Category: Sport & Coaching
I started high school in 1973 — just one year after Title IX went into effect. Growing up, I really had no idea that there were inequities when it …
As I think of Title IX, I am, to a great degree, filled with emotion. I’ve attempted to process, over the years, what has occurred since its passage but …
I was a first grader when Title IX became law in 1972. I am young enough to have benefited from it and old enough to be aware of having …
In the fall of 1971 — less than a year before Title IX was passed — I was hired to head the Department of Physical Education at Kansas State …
I have always loved sports and participated in them my whole life. But looking back, it’s clear that my generation did not have the opportunities and benefits that exist …
After high school, I went to Penn State University to major in health and physical education. While the university had a varsity men’s soccer team, women’s soccer still only …
In order to have the greatest chance of success in both individual and team sports, coaches should strive to have excellent relationships with their athletes. When these relationships are …
While athletics and organized sports have become more inclusive, with an ever-increasing diversity of participants, coaching and training techniques have tended to stagnate and generalize the motivation for all …
As the parent of three kids, I have seen firsthand how participating in sports has allowed my children to grow and develop strong character traits and social emotional learning …
Interscholastic athletic programs are often described as an “extended classroom,” where students develop positive psycho-social skills within a supportive and positive learning climate. There are places, however, where the …
