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Dr. G's blog
COMPETING TO GET BETTER vs. COMPETING SO AS NOT TO LOSE
Submitted by Dr. G on Fri, 05/28/2010 - 18:28.There are two, vastly different headsets that an athlete can take into a competition. The first will help that athlete stay loose under pressure, take risks and perform more freely, and thus closer to his/her potential.
COACHING THE NEANDERTHAL WAY: USING DOMINATION AND FEAR
Submitted by Dr. G on Tue, 05/25/2010 - 08:11.There's a very old school of coaching out there. VERY OLD as in prehistoric!!! It subscribes to the belief that the coach is the all powerful, all-knowing OZ and NO ONE on the team should ever question or challenge him/her.
WHAT YOUTH SPORTS SHOULD BE ABOUT: WINNING AND GAME FIXING
Submitted by Dr. G on Sat, 05/22/2010 - 13:30.Just when you thought you had heard it all, along comes Michael Kman, a 45 year old basketball "coach" (and I use the term extremely loosely here), who in mid-May was arrested by Pa. State police and charged with trying to bribe basketball officials with $2500.00 to fix games!!!!
THIS JUST IN FROM THE NFL: CHEATING IS COOL!
Submitted by Dr. G on Sat, 05/22/2010 - 12:44.It's always heartwarming to know that the NFL is taking "positive" (no pun intended) steps to ban cheaters from its' ranks. In the first month of last season, Texas outside linebacker Brian Cushing tested positive for hCG or Human chorionic gonadotropin.
IT'S CRUNCH TIME.... WANT TO PLAY LIKE A CHAMPION?
Submitted by Dr. G on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 10:19.It's that time of year again when spring sports in both high school and college approach post season tournament play. Now the games get "really important"and the pressure to win and play your best is turned way up high!
IF YOU THINK THAT THIS IS JUST ABOUT YOUR CHILD'S SPORT, YOU'RE SADLY MISTAKEN!
Submitted by Dr. G on Sun, 04/25/2010 - 09:03.Parents initially get involved in their children's sports with the hopes that they can help their son or daughter have a rewarding and successful life experience. In general, they hope that their child will have fun, learn a ton of valuable athletic and life skills and be successful.
UCONN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL - LET'S GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE!!!!
Submitted by Dr. G on Tue, 04/13/2010 - 10:50.Coach Geno Auriemma and his University of Connecticut Huskies have just completed a second straight perfect season with another NCAA Championship!! That's 78 wins in a row! Except for the national championship game, the Huskies blew out opponents by an average of almost 50 points a game!!!
BULLIES IN SPORTS
Submitted by Dr. G on Sun, 04/11/2010 - 08:37.By now, the tragedy of South Hadley, Massachusetts high school student Phoebe Prince is international news that is reverberating through schools all over the world. A transfer student from Ireland, 15 year old Prince was the target of a relentless, systematic and aggressive bullying campaign that went on for months. Prince was mercilessly picked on both physically and emotionally.
THE REAL MADNESS IN MARCH BASKETBALL
Submitted by Dr. G on Sun, 03/21/2010 - 14:55.Just this past week US Secretary of Education, Arnie Duncan demanded that college basketball programs shoot for a higher percentage graduation rate of their student-ATHLETES. Duncan was proposing that unless these programs can't achieve at least a 40% graduation rate, (i.e.
SHE WANTS TO STOP PLAYING AND HER PARENTS ARE MAKING HER FEEL GUILTY FOR IT!
Submitted by Dr. G on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 13:28.I recently got an email from a high level college volleyball player who had made the decision to no longer play in college. She had been playing competitively for a very long time for a high level club team, claimed it was no longer fun and that she had lost her passion for the sport, and now she wanted to stop.
