BY TOM CURRY Colleges today may want to recruit a certain student athlete to fit into their program. But remember that the student and parent must be able to fit in with the program. The other day, we had an assistant college football coach in our athletic department recruiting one of our players. As I sat in and listened…
Should You Let Junior Play High School Football?
Authors Galgano, Cantu and Chin conclude that with more than a million teenagers competing in football every year, “it is clear that the risk of CTE looms as a potential public health disaster.”
Choosing Your Child’s Individual Coach Or Sport Instructor
BY TOM CURRY The right choice could make a big difference while the wrong choice could be a disaster.
Get In The Game & Play!
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The Perfect Gift: Putting The “KID” Back In Youth Sports
COACH’S CORNER BY TOM CURRY – In an age where seven- and eight-year-old “travel teams” are chosen and play full schedules… it is important to listen to our own children and watch for clues that are given off by the child warning us of the need to back off. Much has been talked and written about the right…
Good News, Bad News
FROM THE COACH’S CORNER BY TOM CURRY Despite efforts to curb Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying, these issues still make their way to our headlines each season. What can you do to protect your child from such incidents? I have been in the coaching profession since I was 18 years old. Starting as a volunteer at…
Special Olympics Narrows Health Gap Faced by People with Intellectual Disabilities
Thousands in nine countries received free health care through Healthy Communities initiative. Global campaign to expand to 100 Healthy Communities by 2025 announced. Washington, D.C. – 19 November 2014 – Special Olympics released data today outlining the results of its successful two-year old Healthy Communities initiative and announced that it will expand the program from…
Linebacker Sacks Ewing’s Sarcoma
LIVING WITH A DISABILITY BY JERRY LEVINSON Because of his passion for the game of football, Herzlich passed on the surgery and began a grueling seven-month routine of chemo and radiation. Ewing’s Sarcoma (“ES”) is a very rare and highly aggressive form of bone cancer that forms from a certain kind of cell in bone…
Social Media: Helping Your Child Do The Right Thing
BY: Tom Curry What school would want to admit a student who routinely posts offensive remarks on their Facebook page?
Sports and Friends…What Really Counts!
COACH’S CORNER BY TOM CURRY Winning is great and championships are always fun, but the friendships you take with you will remain, long after the last whistle blast is heard. I often think how lucky I have been in my life. I have a great family, a good job and some wonderful people I am…
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