Youth Sports Coaches Need To Lead, Not Just Manage

Dan Clemens — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:11:45 -0500

A good youth sports coach needs to be both a leader and a manager in order to be successful. The difference between the two is a subtle but important one:

Coaches Play Important Role In Concussion Safety

Lindsay Barton — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:40:15 -0400

Coaches in youth sports, particularly at levels below middle school, are often on the front-lines of injury treatment, with no athletic trainer or team doctor to turn to when a player is injured. With concussion safety and education laws now in place in a majority of states, coaches play an increasingly important role in concussion safety, especially in the all-important decision about whether to remove an athlete from play for further evaluation.

Good Communication Between Basketball Officials and Coaches Is Key

Barbara Bleiweis — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:45:37 -0400

Frank Sinatra's hit song, "I've Got You Under My Skin," describes perfectly the conflicted feelings officials and coaches have towards each other. Their mutual passion for the game is rivaled only by their intense wariness towards each other.

While they may not see eye to eye very often, and have different goals - the coach in winning the game, and officials in managing it - they should be able to agree on at least one thing: that those goals can best achieved by creating and maintaining the flow of the game.

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