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Getting Angry Easily or Being Too Hard on Yourself Can Ruin Your College Future
A college coach can be watching at anytime. You never know. So, when you make a mistake, what do you do? Throw your helmet, a towel or a fit? Do you hang your head and mutter under your breath? When you do these things, what’s a coach supposed [...]
It’s All Really a Matter of Economics
College coaches are required to squeeze as much out of a dollar as possible. What does that have to do with them rarely going to high school games? Let me explain it this way: If I said that you would win a prize for bringing me the [...]
Gaudy Numbers Make Taylor High Shortstop an Obvious Choice
Her credentials are eye-popping: A junior shortstop, for the week Kayla Drury batted .600 with six runs scored, six steals and four RBIs as her school, Taylor (FL) High improved to 6-2 on the young season. Through all games to date, Kayla was hitting at an impressive .593 [...]
The Next Few Years Will Be the Most Interesting and Influential of Your Life
There is a full-length feature film being made at this moment. No one has any idea if it will be a box office hit or a flop. And, the only the person who can manipulate the outcome is you…because it’s a movie [...]
Shooting Guard Garners Post-season Honors for Third Straight Year
Former NSR basketball prospect, Lenoir-Rhyne’s Cameron Sealey has been named to the 2010-11 All-South Atlantic Conference Women’s Basketball First Team. Cameron was second in the conference in scoring (17.9 ppg) this season and led the Bears in free throw percentage (.801), steals (50) and three-pointers made [...]
Pressure. That’s what paralyzed and kept Ohio State head football coach, Jim Tressel, from coming forward last April with information about two of his prized players having sold memorabilia to a Columbus, Ohio, pawn shop owner. In failing to comply with NCAA rules, Coach Tressel proved that even guys that wear sweater vests will compromise their principles in [...]
Time Ticks On As You Wait for Something to Happen…Move It!
Sitting on the sideline probably never worked for you, right? Playing second fiddle, bringing up the rear, taking a back seat…whatever you want to call it, you have always tried to avoid these predicaments if at all possible. Sure, when you were younger, the [...]
Lessons Have Been Learned from the 16-year-old Wes Leonard
Don’t we all wish we could go out like Fennville (Mich) High School athlete Wes Leonard exited this world? With his team’s undefeated season on the line in overtime, Wes drove the lane and put up the winning shot with thirty seconds remaining. As [...]
Coaches Recruit the Best Athletes They Know About
Want to grab the attention of college coaches at a club or travel tournament? Go to the middle of the floor, field or track. Then, jump up and down while screaming your head off. That should do it.
But, that’s not the kind of [...]
Shot at London Olympics Within Reach for Former Gator
The breakthrough comes for athletes at different times. For years, some toil in obscurity and struggle to maintain their motivation while results just don’t show. Former NSR swimming prospect, Sara McLarty, wasn’t getting down about her progress as a world-class triathlete in 2010. But still, [...]
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