Posts Tagged ‘ Coaching-Education ’

Editor’s note: This week the local paper did an expose about a local high school wresting coach who was arrested and charged with sexual assault on a minor by a person in a position of trust.  Turns out this coach has a stellar won-loss record, steered his team to a State Championship and was...
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Stephen Walker interviews Paige Gregson, a graduate student Brock University completing her masters in sport sciences.
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Podium’s Podcast of the Week – An interview with Samantha Monda by Stephen Walker, PhD – CC-AASP Dr. Aimee Kimball, UPMC Center for Sports Medicine was the lead researcher on this study, and was ably assisted by graduate students Samantha Monda (West Virginia University), Dana Voelker (Michigan State University), and Sarah Compton of Argosy...
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by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP Jay Goldstein from the University of Maryland – speaks to us about his research sponsored by the NFL’s National Football Foundation on coaching education variables in youth football at the Association of Applied Sport Psychology meeting in St. Louis this past year.  This study involved monitoring a youth football...
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Bridging the gap between coaching research and practice By Michael P. Sheridan, Ph.D. What is this article about? The purpose of this article is to provide support for coaches who wish to review, consider, and apply findings from recent research in coaching education to their practice. This article will review a recent research article...
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Malcom Gladwell writes about youth sports, Rick Pitino, David & Goliath and war strategy in the New Yorker: by Dr. Stephen Walker, CC-AASP When Vivek Ranadive’ coached his Redwood City – 12 year old girls basketball team to the National Junior Basketball Championships, he was more than a curiosity.  Never having played basketball, and...
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By Dr. Stephen Walker, CC-AASP Last night capped the end of March Madness when the NCAA Basketball Championships were completed.  U Conn and coach Geno Auriemma took the women’s championship in undeniable fashion – as they went undefeated for the season – never winning a game by less than 10 points.  Roy William’s North...
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by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP Probably the most enjoyable aspect of working with athletes, coaches, trainers and parents of emerging stars in development is the opportunity to help them – get over it.   “IT” varies from person to person. I won’t tell you that watching a coach pitch a fit, or hearing of...
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Here Comes March Madness! The Mens and Womens NCAA Basketball Tournament Today, the brackets for the NCAA Basketball Tournament are being announced….and everyone has dreams of winning. In my opinion, no sporting event on planet earth brings out the best in coaches like the road to the National Championship. John Wooden, unprecedented winner of...
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Bridging the gap between coaching research and practice. By Michael P. Sheridan, Ph.D. What is this article all about? The purpose of this article is to provide support for coaches who wish to review, consider, and apply some of the findings from recent research to everyday coaching. This article will review a recent research...
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