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Dealing with Pressure

January 6, 2010
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Anyone who has ever played competitive sports knows about “pressure” – especially how it always seems to enter the picture when the game is on the line!  Why is it that the basketball hoop seems to be the diameter of a soda bottle when attempting that game winning free throw, or the catchers mitt seems [...]

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The Realities of Playing Professional Sports

January 6, 2010
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For many kids today, becoming a professional athlete and enjoying the many perks of such a career – including celebrity-status, being on television, having their own sports card, or even being featured on a video game – is the dream of a lifetime!  Most pro athletes enjoy the benefits of lucrative contracts, receive celebrity-status almost [...]

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Youth Sport Burnout; An American Crisis?

January 6, 2010
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Youth sports burnout in America is increasing in at an alarming rate, and millions of kids nationwide are becoming both mentally and physically fatigued from playing sports too intensely, often year-round.  Sadly, this phenomenon seems to be getting worse, and not better.  This is probably due in large part to several contributing factors: Our country’s [...]

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Sport Specialization vs. Sport Sampling

January 6, 2010
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Have you ever stopped and wondered whatever happened to the three-sport letter winner?  In the “old” days of athletics (really only a few years ago), most talented student athletes successfully played multiple sports, leading to the achievement of earning multiple varsity letters in high school.  Interestingly, a new trend has emerged today where the multiple [...]

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Student Athletes as Leaders in our Schools & Communities!

January 6, 2010
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How many times do we ascribe the title of “leader” to kids involved in interscholastic sports and ask them to be positive role models, yet do not offer them any kind of training or insights as to how to become an effective leader? Student athletes have a great opportunity to impact their schools and respective [...]

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Is Sport Failing our Youth?

October 12, 2009
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Is sport failing our youth?
Sport itself is like an athlete with limitless potential, but in many ways sport is lacking the direction and foundation to sustain greatness. One key foundational block is education. Teachers spend nearly a quarter of their young adult life prepping to be certified and teach in the classroom. We entrust administrators and teachers to prosper the [...]

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