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Archive for February, 2010

Top Team Facing Disqualification

New Jersey’s top-ranked boys high school basketball is facing expulsion from the state tournament for holding illegal practices before the season, the Star-Ledger reported today.
St. Patrick’s, ranked fifth in the entire country, is the school in question. Here is the article.
Rules about out-of-season practice vary from state to state. In New Jersey, players may not [...]

Management Strategies

Two of the NBA’s greatest coaches opposed each other last night, and their post-game remarks help explain what has made them so successful.
Phil Jackson’s team won, and he gave credit to the players. Larry Brown’s team lost, and he took responsibility for it.
It’s a good management strategy. Give credit to the workers when things go [...]

Clubhouse Chemistry

No matter what they major in during college years, coaches need some sense of chemistry. Not molecular chemistry, but human chemistry.
Relationships mean everything to sports teams. Bad chemistry has doomed many a dream. Great chemistry can produce what seems to be an overachieving team.
This subject comes up because of a report from ESPNBoston.com that Rajon [...]

The Myth of the Gifted Child

New York magazine has printed an article called “The Myth of the Gifted Child.” It tells of exams taken by pre-school children in New York. Results can go a long way toward placing a child on a track to high-level schools.
There’s just one problem with this: the test could very well be worthless. Even [...]

The Super Bowl and You

This coming Sunday, millions of people will demonstrate the power that is within them. They’ll do it by the simple act of watching the Super Bowl.
What exactly does watching the Super Bowl prove? Everything. It proves that people have the ability to set goals and work to achieve them.
Just think. How often do you find [...]