The Benefits of Youth Sports. The Young Athlete: A Sports Doctor’s Complete Guide for Parents by Dr. Jordan D. Metzl and Carol Shookhoff is a valuable read for parents of young athletes. Among the topics discussed are: How to keep your child athlete healthy in mind and body How to deal with the coach and [...]
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Nothing beats a night at the ball park…especially a cool minor league park when the creative marketing geniuses behind the scenes have crafted a promotion worthy of Barnum and Bailey to attract fans. Here is a list of some of the best giveaways in minor league history. Take me out to the ball game!
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Why is that millions of American kids play soccer, and have for years, but the chances of seeing a live, prime-time soccer game on a major network in the US anytime soon are about the same as you filling up your rent-a-car with premium gasoline after taking it through the full-service car wash? In the [...]
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Help Kids Play has partnered with CoachDeck to provide unique fundraising opportunities to youth sports leagues and clubs everywhere. For over ten years, Help Kids Play has been in the business of producing “credit card”-style value cards full of attractive offers and discounts from local merchants. If your organization is looking at new ways to [...]
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More from the sage John Wooden: Mr. Vince Lombardi is supposed to have said, “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” Well, if he said that, I disagree. I believe making the total effort is everything. And that’s all I ever wanted and all I ever asked from myself or my players. It’s all you [...]
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Our partners at StopSportsInjuries.org have developed a tremendous “Coaches Resource Page” which offers tips on proper stretching, hydration, warm-up and cool down, including downloadable PDF documents on injury prevention for a variety of sports. If you are coaching, this is an invaluable site filled with great information presented in easy-to-understand and concise language, (not page [...]
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Carl Joseph was born without a left leg. However, one of ten children raised by a strong mother who never let him feel sorry for himself, Carl excelled in high school as a defensive lineman, basketball and track star. He could dunk, won the district high jump championship, and even went on to play college [...]
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The St. Petersburg times published a list of their 100 greatest sports stories of the past 100 years and it is very interesting reading. Many of these are stories you may have forgotten or, perhaps, not heard of at all. Any sports fan or historian will love this article. An excerpt from number one on [...]
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The Miami Heat are asking the crowd at their home game Tuesday night to sing the national anthem in unison. This reminded us of another time that the crowd ended up singing the anthem at an NBA game, courtesy of Maurice Cheeks and his kind-hearted gesture to young Natalie Gilbert.
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