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Youth Sports Coaches: Building Character, Winners, Or Ego?

Most youth sports coaches are honorable and we can trust that their overall intentions are positive. But parents need to be aware of three possibilities when it comes to the true motives and goals of any coach.
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Mostly Positive Response To Jason Collin's Coming Out Story Is Good Start

In the last few weeks, three events have brought sex and sport to the forefront of public and media attention again, but, this time, two of the three stories have been positive, one even prompting President Obama to issue a statement of support.
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By Coming Out, Has The NBA's Jason Collins Changed the Face of Sports Forever?

The NBA's Jason Collins made history today by coming out as gay - the first time an NBA player has done so while still actively playing.
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Tim Twellman
Tim Twellman

College Cost = It’s Time for YOU to Set a New Standard!

Submitted by Tim Twellman on Mon, 04/15/2013 - 17:27. | comments

College has become a burden - specifically, a financial burden for families and college graduates all across the United States. At one point in history, receiving a college education was an honor of the highest quality. A college education not only guaranteed you a job but it didn't cost anywhere near what it costs today. In fact, most college students could work their way through college and not have a single cent of debt after graduation.

High school student-athletes and their families need to set a new standard in their college search, says a longtime college soccer coach.
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3 Things Every Parent Should Know About Resistance Training for Youth Athletes

The decision of when to sign up your child for some form of resistance training is a tough decision for many parents. Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation when it comes to resistance training for youth athletes, some of which has been around for decades. It's time to set the record straight, says a veteran strength and conditioning coach.
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NFHS Partners with USTA to Promote No-Cut Policy for High School Tennis Teams

Three cheers to the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), which announced today that it is partnering with the United States Tennis Association to support and promote USTA's "no-cut" policy for high school tennis teams.
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"Winning Takes Care of Everything" and Other Sporting Myths

Nike's latest edgy ad in which Tiger Woods claims that, "Winning takes care of everything," has evoked a wide range of responses in the media, and, one might hope, around the family dinner table. After all, why miss a teachable moment when you're a parent of a young athlete? But what exactly is Nike's message, wonders one commentator on sports and society.
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Gretchen Rose
Gretchen Rose

Louisville's Kevin Ware: Thinking More About His Team Than His Injury Was A Great Lesson For Easter

Submitted by Gretchen Rose on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 15:02. | comments

Is it just me, or did we just see the Easter Story re-enacted during the Louisville/Duke game on Sunday?

Christian parents around the world lovingly take their children to church and celebrate the Lenten season in the hopes that their children will eventually understand the story of Jesus Christ and the gift of Salvation that he gave to humankind. The religious story is simple: he died so that "we" can live on with a rich spiritual life on earth and in Heaven.

That Louisville's Kevin Ware's first thought after suffering a gruesome injury on Sunday against Duke was for his team, not himself, gave Easter Sunday a whole new meaning for one Texas mom and her 12-year-old son.
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Gretchen Rose
Gretchen Rose

Getting Kids To Games On Time Is More Than Half The Battle!

Submitted by Gretchen Rose on Wed, 03/06/2013 - 15:19. | comments
"90% of life is just showing up."
~ Woody Allen ~

 

How sports parents juggle all their responsibilities when winter and spring sports converge? It depends on the number of kids, says one Texas mom: two kids calls for man-to-man, three requires a zone, and three or more means it's time to run the option.
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Sexual Non-Conformity In Sports: Are All Men Straight And All Women Gay?

Despite progress in women's and LGBT rights, the way the mainstream media portrays non-conforming or sexually ambiguous athletes has not changed much in three decades, argues a leading expert on gender in sport, citing the treatment of Olympic athletes Caster Semenya (left) and Johnnie Weir.
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