My dad bought me a book about preparing high school athletes for success. The book is called 6 Steps to Success for High School Student-Athletes and is written by Alonzo Barkley. Barkley is a former college and professional basketball player that now coaches high school in Alabama. Although my focus is on youth recreational sportsContinueContinue reading “6 Steps to Success for High School Student Athletes”
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Youth Sports as a Means to Teach Life Lessons
This morning my wife shared a Facebook post from a friend about a high school football coach that suspended his entire team because of rampant bullying (here’s the link to the story on Huffington Post). I thought: wow, what a courageous stand by the coach. Suspend the entire team?! I would think this kind of actionContinueContinue reading “Youth Sports as a Means to Teach Life Lessons”
High schools against pitch counts?
It is hard for me to believe that, in this day and age – with all we know about arm injuries (and admittedly there is still a lot we don’t know), there are youth sports organizations balking at the idea of pitch count restrictions. Particularly given the lack of hard core research, why wouldn’t weContinueContinue reading “High schools against pitch counts?”
Hustle & Attitude 