HS CODE OF CONDUCT: Here’s How One Athletic Director Makes His Program Work
If you have a chance to listen to the interview I did this AM with Chris McCarthy, the Athletic Director at John Jay HS in Cross River, NY, it will be well worth your time. I have said many times on my show that there are very few jobs that are as demanding and as … Continue reading
Why Teams Should Respect Custodians and Other Service Employees
By Doug Abrams A few years ago, a fellow youth hockey coach told me about an emergency his team faced late in the prior season. The team was scheduled to play at 7:00 one Saturday night at the home rink, and he grew nervous when his starting goalie had not arrived by about 6:30. The … Continue reading
Another Top HS Prospect Gets Burned by the Internet…When are these kids going to learn?
For the past several years, we’ve been preaching on WFAN’s The Sports Edge that kids have to be EXTRA diligent when it comes to using social media. Whether they’re posting comments or photos on their Facebook account, or sending text messages, or posting comments on Twitter, they have to be aware that once something is sent … Continue reading
My Top Ten Sports Parenting Predictions for 2012…
So much has happened in recent years in the ever-changing world of sports parenting, that I thought I’d finish out 2011 with my Top Ten Predictions for the coming year. Here we go: 10. LL Baseball will follow the NCAA and the Nat’l HS Baseball Federation and allow only BBCOR (and of course wood) bats. … Continue reading
HS Girls’ Basketball Chant: “One, Two, Three…N-Word”?
The media reports from Buffalo, NY, were hard to believe. For the last few years, the members of the Kenmore East HS girls’ varsity basketball team would meet for a private session in the lockeroom before taking the court. There were no coaches or adults present. And then, the girls would say a little prayer, … Continue reading
The Continuing Strange Saga of the 9 Wayne Hills HS Football Players
The school board in Wayne NJ announced right after Thanksgiving that they were now going to enforce the ban on the 9 varsity football players who were arrested and charged with the aggravated assault which left two kids from Wayne Valley HS seriously hurt after a party some weeks ago. The coach of the Wayne … Continue reading
When HS athletes are charge with serious crimes: Should they be allowed to continue to play?
The focus on the 9 Wayne Hills (NJ) HS football players brings up an age-old debate about whether athletes who are charged with serious crimes should be immediately suspended from all extracurricular activites (including state playoff games), or whether they should be allowed to continue with their affairs until they have their day in court. … Continue reading
Colleges Recruiting is One Thing…But HS Coaches Recruiting Other HS Players?
The story out of upstate New York was both bizarre and stunning. It would seem to be yet another case of coaches who want to win at any cost. As my guest John O’Brien of the Syracuse Post-Standard related the details this AM on my show, as a result of some ongoing investigation by the … Continue reading
Hair style and tattoos…personal freedom of expression? Or does a coach have the right to set down rules?
Pretty interesting discussion this AM on the show. It stemmed from a situation from Tennessee where a high school football player showed up at spring camp sporting a mohawk. His coach took one look, and said in effect, “You can either keep your mohawk, and not be on the team…or get your hair cut properly, … Continue reading
Commitment to the Team: Just How Important?
One of the more distressing calls I received this AM came from a sports parenting Dad who was concerned about his son, who’s a senior in HS and plays on the school lax team. For a variety of reasons, the boy rarely gets any playing time, and he’s now questioning his dad as to whether he … Continue reading
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