4 Reasons Coaches, Athletic Trainers And Players Fall Head-Over-Heels For Custom Mouthguards
As an athletic trainer or coach, it’s hard to get your players to fall in love with a piece of athletic equipment — especially one they’re required to wear. And that’s even truer for a piece of gear your players struggle to even like at times, such as their mouthguards. Whether your athletes “lose” their […]
When Is It Time To Throw In The Towel On Your Season?
In professional sports, when a team’s season is over — traditionally when they are mathematically eliminated from the postseason — it begins planning for the future. Sometimes that means sitting veteran players so rookies and less experienced members of the team get valuable playing time. Sometimes that means having a fire sale and trading off […]
Athletic Equipment: 3 Keys To Purchasing Gear For Your Team
As an athletic trainer or team coach, you only have so much in your budget to use on athletic equipment, and you have numerous players to outfit. But while the costs add up quickly, price tags shouldn’t be your only concern. Sure, spending $120 here for a pair of shoulder pads and $80 there on […]
Athletic Equipment: Make Compliance A Non-issue
Mouthguards are simple: they protect your players from injury. What isn’t so simple: making sure your athletes wear their mouthguards, and wear them properly. In nearly every sports league across the United States — from pee wee football to high school lacrosse — mouthguards are becoming a mandatory piece of athletic equipment; yet many athletes […]
Culture Change: 4 Steps To Successfully Install A New Team Culture
With football season coming to an end and the NFL and NCAA football coaching carousels in full swing, it’s the time of year that we hear a lot about culture. Culture is a very meaningful and important idea in sports. A team or organization with a strong, deeply-rooted culture is typically a perennial contender — […]
Player Conduct: Where Has All The Sportsmanship Gone?
Throughout the years, we’ve seen athletes engage in egregious acts of disrespect on the field, court or ice: Just recently, Ndamukong Suh stepping on Aaron Rodgers’ leg and ankle. Todd Bertuzzi’s punch to the back of Steve Moore’s head leading to career-ending complications. Ndamukong Suh kicking Matt Schaub in the groin. The Pistons-Pacers on-court fight that […]
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