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Polish Your Game With Basketball Drills

With the right drills, a coach can make basketball practice for young athletes both enjoyable and useful.

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How to Decide If Playing College Sports Is Right for You

Watch a game at a local college to gauge the level of talent

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SEO Optimization and Social Media Marketing Tips

All these tips can seem overwhelming at first, but take things one step at a time and you’ll be surprised at just how much your club can grow. When it comes to running a volleyball club, volleyball is just the half of it. In order to field strong teams wherein players are developing their skills […]

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Hockey Dryland Training Drills

Things don’t happen in predetermined ways out on the ice, so they shouldn’t happen in predetermined ways during your training. Hockey itself is both an art and a science in terms of what it takes to prepare the athletes for a game. Dryland training is no different. Coaches need to select exercises that are going to […]

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Goalie Warmup Drills

Wearing equipment that fits properly is very important to allow our goalies to succeed. These drills should be done every practice. You cannot expect goalies to get better if they are only getting shots in practice with no work on their technique. Some goalies may not be able to do a few of these drills. Start […]

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Do’s and Don’t of College Recruiting

Make personal contact (don’t make mom or dad call). Follow up on the season; ask about experiences with the team. Doing this shows real interest. Who is Coach Hyndman? The US Youth Soccer Show recently sat down with Schellas Hyndman, head coach of FC Dallas in Major League Soccer, to talk about the do’s and don’ts […]

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Top 10 Tricks to Teaching Young Gymnasts

As long as a couple students hear you, the talkers will wonder why people are putting their hands on the top of their head. Then they of course figure it out and follow along. Kids. We all love them, but controlling them at gymnastics is a tough job. How do you get them to calm […]

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Miniature Monsters of Midway

Chicagoland’s Jr. Wolves, North Shore Griffins rank among nation’s best youth football sites Apologies to Jordan and Sandberg and Toews and Kane, but Chicago is most definitely a football town. Ditka. Payton. Da Bears. Monsters of the Midway. All that passion for football, apparently, filters down to the youth level. The Chicagoland Youth Football League bills […]

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The Best Times to Send Coaches Video

Most coaches discover recruits because the student-athlete proactively reached out to them — not the other way around

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Questions You Should Ask College Coaches

Many athletes and their families will tell you campus visits really made the decision process much easier. Some schools shined while others that looked great on paper just didn’t live up to expectations. At the end of your recruiting journey you should feel confident about your college choice, knowing you’ve picked a school where you can […]

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