Focusing on Coaching Concerns of the Future…
Tom DeCara (“Coach Tom”) was my guest this AM. I had asked him to think about how HS and youth level coaching is going to change in the years to come, and he was right on the money when he said that HS coaches and travel team coaches are going to eventually have to deal … Continue reading
Trashtalking, freedom of speech, and blogs and Facebook
This entire area of Facebook opinions and blog postings is really beginning to concern me. Today’s generation of HS athletes are now learning how to trash-talk online, and even worse, it’s speading to adults who feel compelled to post anonynmous nasty comments on newspaper blogs. As law professor Doug Abrams said on my show, the law … Continue reading
Rick Peterson on youth pitching
I sure hope you had a chance to listen to Rick Peterson, the pitching coach of the Milwaukee Brewers, talk this past Sunday about kids and pitching. Peterson, who has devoted his lifetime to the inner workings of top pitchers, had all sorts of observations about pitching, including: o Kids today are overused too much as … Continue reading
Young athletes and the temptations of gambling
Every year I try to do at least one show about the growing epidemic of kids who get involved in betting, wagering, and gambling on sporting events. Whether it’s betting on the Super Bowl or playing online poker, too many kids are being drawn into the disease of gambling. As Don from Gamblers Anonymous pointed … Continue reading
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Steve Kallas
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