Coaching High School Middle School Wellness 
SHAPE America
JUNE 2, 2022
My dad was a soccer player in high school and helped found a rec league in our community in East Hampton, CT, which my brother and I both played in. When I started middle school, there was no girls soccer team, and it didn’t occur to me that I wouldn’t be allowed to try out for the boys team — so I did. I lasted one day.
SHAPE America
APRIL 18, 2023
Every May, we celebrate physical educators and coaches — the “champions” who help kids gain the confidence, competence, and motivation to be physically active in school, before and after school, and for the rest of their lives. The week also serves as the kickoff to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.
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SHAPE America
JUNE 7, 2022
I collected newspaper clippings daily, as well as anything and everything related to the team. We were a very middle class family, so going to a game was a stretch, but schools in the St. I did play summer rec league softball for a couple of summers, but in school, there was nothing we were allowed to play. End of story.
PLT4M
AUGUST 25, 2023
Five years ago, when Paul Russick took over as head football coach at Honesdale High School in Pennsylvania, he had aspirations for success on and off the football field. And like many football coaches, he looked at the weight room as an opportunity to help build the program.
Stanford Childrens
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
You’ve got to do something in your spare time, so you might as well make it count, right?” In high school and college, Wilson took on his first mentoring role as the captain of various sports teams. Coaches play a valuable role for kids who don’t have fathers,” he says. Service is what I’ve always believed in.”
Montessori Physical Education
AUGUST 20, 2023
Whether that is incorporating them more in the overall gameplay, complimenting them on a job well done, or offering encouragement during mistakes, all these actions make teammates feel good. Coaches like players who are fun to play with because they enhance team unity. Players who are fun to play against do not cheat.
Stanford Childrens
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
In fact, the high school senior recently committed to dive for the University of California, Berkeley, for next fall. When I first started diving, I wasn’t sure I wanted to keep doing it, but my coach said he could take me far. He’s a well-rounded diver who competes on all levels of springboard and platform.
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