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As football coaches, we often get locked into doing things because that is the way we learned it.  Of course, there is nothing wrong with doing things that have been successful.  You don’t have to be able to reinvent the wheel, but you also don’t need to be afraid to do things differently, as well. As [...] […]

Preseason evaluation is a necessary task that must be performed to have any idea of where your team is starting from and what direction your season plan should go.  A coach with a dominate passing game plan, must have the right tools to be successful and if they are not present in the preseason, must [...] […]

On my continuous journey of observing the youth sports landscape I just returned from watching a youth football practice last night. Here are some of the things I saw: Poor Safety Concern for Kids Poor Coaching Techniques A lot of standing around & downtime Not a lot of fun Let me set the scene. It’s the first practice [...] […]

I cannot decide what irks me more, parents & coaches who destroy the fun in youth sports through their bad behavior and misdirected mission to win games & championships (which is a majority of you by the way) or the so-called youth sports experts that reside at Universities and ONLY write books and papers on [...] […]

I was a guest on Bloomberg Radio last week. A few days later, I received this wonderful note from former minor-league player Phil Rosengren.My name is Phil Rosengren and I am a former minor league pitcher. I'm now the trader for a small hedge fund in CT, but I stay involved in the game by giving pitching lessons to young ballplayers on weekends. I' […]

Bulletin from last month's LLWS: Apparently, a few people weren't watching.Sunday's Japan/Hawaii championship game drew a 2.0 overnight rating on ABC, down 29 per cent from last year's game between California and Taiwan (2.8) and down 43 per cent from Georgia/Japan in 2007 (3.5).Could it be that coverage - about 50 televised games in Augu […]

   “90% of our players are coming from the east coast”, she says, “and we put an emphasis on developing a family here.”   When you’re surrounded by the best, you consider yourself to be the best, and in this way … Continue reading → […]

“(Larry Badash) attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he completed a BS in physics in 1956. At Rensselaer, Larry competed on the Lacrosse team. On occasion RPI faced a Syracuse team led by future Cleveland Browns great Jim Brown who played … Continue reading → […]