COACHING TIPS: How to “Time” Your Practice Sessions in Advance
Players’ Attention Span During Practice Sessions by Doug Abrams Coaches are teachers who deliver most of their lessons in practice sessions and games, rather than in conventional classrooms. In youth leagues and interscholastic sports programs alike, learning and performance depend not on the coach’s delivery, but on the players’ reception. Paul “Bear” Bryant, Alabama’s longtime … Continue reading
ABUSIVE COACHES: The Fallout Continues…4-Time National Coach of the Year is Forced to Step Down
The legacy of the Rutgers/Mike Rice disaster has claimed another college coach. Bill Holowaty, the long-time and highly successful baseball coach at Eastern Connecticut State, was suspended with pay last week, but then, the 68-year-old coach simply decided to retire. He had been the head baseball at Eastern Connecticut, a perennial Div. III powerhouse, for … Continue reading
Div. I vs. Div. III – If Your Athlete is Looking At Colleges…
A note from Rick Wolff: Let me introduce you to Rich Wolfin, who — like so many of us – dreamed of his son Jake someday playing college basketball. And Jake was flat-out terrific in HS, and as a result, started to think about getting an athletic scholarship to a major Div. I program…..but I’m getting ahead … Continue reading
ABUSIVE COACHES: Key Steps that Every Coach Needs to Review
The only positive that has come out of the Rutgers/Mike Rice situation is that sports parents, athletes, and educators are beginning to speak up about verbally abusive coaches. Personally I have heard over the last two weeks from a number of parents about their kids’ coaches, and how out of control these coaches are. It’s … Continue reading
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People ask me all the time about the various sports parenting books Ive written over the years, and where they can be purchased. Traditionally, I have sent people to bookstores to find a copy or two, but I realize that there are fewer bookstores around these days, and shelf space in them is always tight. … Continue reading
MOVIE REVIEW: A New Look at a Classic Film…
“Searching for Bobby Fischer”: A “Wonderful” Chess Movie for Youth Sports Parents and Coaches By Doug Abrams Two recent national news stories spurred me to write a different kind of column this time. What follows is my first-ever movie review, about a film that can still stimulate parents and coaches to think seriously … Continue reading
ABUSIVE COACHES: The Fallout from the Rutgers Fiasco
I felt compelled to talk about the aftermath regarding the Coach Mike Rice and Rutgers’ coaching mess on my show this AM. To me, there are two major piece of this mess. One, of course, is the outrageous behavior of Mike Rice. How in the world an individual can reach the heights in NCAA basketball … Continue reading
ABUSIVE COACHES: What Parents Should Learn from Rutgers/Mike Rice
WE CAN ALL DO BETTER By Dan Venezia (“Coach Dan”, a former professional baseball player in the Minnesota Twins organization and an author, conducts clinics on sportsmanship.) When any of us, as a parent, sends a child to college with the expectation that the child will participate in varsity athletics, the college is taking the … Continue reading
ABUSIVE COACHES: My Anger with the Rutgers’ Basketball Situation
What happened with Mike Rice and the Rutgers mens’ basketball program just angers me deeply. And it should anger youn deeply as well. If you are a coach – whether it be at the youth level, travel team level, HS or college – it is absolutely sacrosanct that you never physically or verbally abuse your athletes. … Continue reading
COACHING TIPS: Smart Coaches Never Stop Learning
Coaches Sharing With Coaches By Doug Abrams In secondary schools and youth sports associations alike, coaching today presents both unprecedented challenges and untapped opportunities. Ability to teach the game only begins the coach’s job description. This column discusses ways in which coaches can share ideas about how to meet the challenges and maximize the … Continue reading
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