I recently read of a study in which head coaches of professional soccer teams were at risk of being fired. The authors of this study measured the physical output of players during practice.
Learn if specialization in baseball affects Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic (KJOC) shoulder and elbow scores based on the grade the participant started showing high specialization.
Data analytics are here to stay and continue to become more and more complex. But coaches, managers, and owners should never forget that quality coaching remains an integral part of success.
I watch a lot of sport and a lot of different sports, I’ve often seen players who may later that day compete against each other hanging out and joking etc. I’ve never understood that.
Learn more about how the level of humility/arrogance expressed through athletes’ social media postings and post volume is associated with the athletes’ in-game performance.
Many players want highlights, ESPN top 10 moments, and those financial deals that come from attention. Coaches must be intentional to teach players to “act like you’ve done this before.”
Learn more about how university coaches’ used their experiences and strategies to help first-year student-athletes balance their academic study, athletics, and personal lives.
The summer of 2022 provided two monumental opportunities to reflect on the journey of women’s athletics over the last 50 years. In June 2022, Title IX celebrated 50 years and is, undoubtedly, the single most important piece of legislation ever written for female athletes in the United States.
Pat Conroy was an award-winning author well known for his work particularly focused in the southeast United States. However, before becoming a household name for his literary abilities, he was a college basketball player. In a rare deviation from his normal topics, Conroy wrote a non-fiction book about his four years of college ball.
I was recently talking to an accomplished athlete who was struggling to perform some of the fundamentals of their sport. After they spent a few minutes breaking down their technique into fine detail with me, I encouraged them to forget it all. “You’re overthinking this,” I told them. “Your own mind is interfering with your ability to let your body do its job.”
