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Sports Coach
WELCOME TO PERSONAL SPORTS COACH!
Sports Coach provides
links to Fantasy Sports and Sporting Games that can be played
on-line.
Tips on sportsmanship, rules and playing sports, as well as some recipes
that Sport's Moms & Dads might use to accommodate practices and games are
also located in Sports Coach.
You can go to links & tips
by clicking on the appropriate choice in the blue side bar on the left. A
number of the individual sports links can help you with skills and techniques
(i.e. golf, running, skiing, soccer, weight training).
Always feel free to send me
suggestions or addresses for sites that will improve Personal Coach.
INDIVIDUAL
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Multi-Sports Sites: AllSports.com;
AthletesHelpingAthletes;
ESPN (SportZone);
EuroSport.com; FansOnly.com (College); Interactive
Internet Sports; Olympics (Museum);
NCAA;
Sports Illustrated; Sports
Illustrated For Kids; SportsForWomen;
Stadiums
& Arenas; StatsZone.com; TotalSports.net;
US Sports Academy; Xplore
- Sports;
Health/Training/ Nutrition: Asimba.com;
AthletesVillage; Enutrition.com;
FitnessOnLine; eFit.com;
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Archery/ Bowhunting: Archery
Institute.com; National
Field Archery Assoc; National
Archery Association; Bowhunting.net;
The Bowsight;
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Auto Racing: Indy
Magazine; National Hot Rod Assoc; Professional
Sports Car Racing; RaceShop.com;
NASCAR; RaceZine;
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Badminton: International
Badminton Federation; Shuttlecock.com;
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Baseball: Bambino
League; Fastball.com;
Hall of Fame; LittleLeage;
Minor
Leagues; Negro
Leagues; Baseball
Weekly (USA Today); MLB
( Braves; Cards;
Cubs; Indians;
Reds; Yankees);
Society For American Baseball Research; SEC;
UK;
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Basketball: OnHoops.com;
NBA; WNBA;
SEC (men); SEC
(women); UK;
TRAINING;
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Billiards: Billiards
Congress of America;
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Bowling: BowlingWorld.com; PBA;
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Boxing: Boxing.com;
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CheerLeading: Universal
CheerLeaders Association; UK;
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Climbing: Climbing
Archive;
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Croquet: World
of Croquet;
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Cycling: Cyber
Cyclery; GearHead Magazine;
International
Mountain Biking Association; VeloNews;
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Equine: American
Quarter Horse Assoc; HorseWorld.net;
Racing Museum; Thorough
Bred Times; US Dressage Federation;
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Fantasy Sports: CDM
Sports.com;e-Sports.com;
FantasySportsGuide.com; Fantasy
Sports Services; Sports
Illustrated for Kids; SportsMark.com;
SportsShares.com; US
Fantasy Sports;
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Fencing: US
Fencing Association;
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Fishing: Finefishing.com;
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Football: Australian
Rules; Canadian
FL; College
Hall of Fame; NFL; NFLplayers.com
; Arenas; Dunbar;
SEC
;UK;
TRAINING
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Frisbee: Frisbee.com;
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Golf:
19th Hole; Golf.com; GolfChannel.com;
GolfWeb.com; IGolf.com;
PGA; The
Masters; WorldGolf.com (US
courses); TRAINING
& PERFORMANCE;
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Gymnastics: USA
Gynmastics;
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Hockey: HockeyGuide.com;
LCS Hockey; NHL;
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In-Line Skating: Aggressive
Skating; Skating.com;
SkateCity.com;
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Outdoor Sports: AdventureSeek.com;
AdventureSports On Line.com; AdventureTravel.com;
Alloutdoors.com; Climbnet.com;
Get Lost Adventure
Magazine;(mountain biking, rock climbing, skiing, snowboarding); GreatOutdoors.com;
MountainZone.com (snowboarding,
skiing, hiking, rock climbing, mountain biking, photography); OutDoorPlay.com;
Outdoor Recreation Coalition;
OutsideMag.com;
WomenOutdoors.com;
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Rodeo: Professional
Rodeo Cowboys Assoc;
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Running: ActiveUSA.com;
American Running Assoc.;
High
School Runner; Peak Running; Running.com;
Runner's World; Cool
Running; The Running Network;
Running-Thriveonline.com;
RunningTimes;
Triathlete Magazine; USA
Track & Field; UK;
TRAINING
(RUNNING); (TRACK
& FIELD); (TRIATHLON):
XTri.com;
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Skateboarding: Skateboard.com;
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Soccer: American
Youth Soccer; Carling
Premiership (England); Coaching;
College Soccer; FIFA.com;
MLS; Regional
Soccer Info; SoccerAmerica.com;
SoccerNet; Soccer
News & Magazine; SoccerSite.com;
Soccer on TV; Tournaments
& Cups; US
Men; US Soccer On Line; Men's
World Cup; Women's World
Cup;
Local: Dunbar; Indoor;
KYSA: LYSA;
SEC; UK
(men); UK
(women);
Local Clubs: The
BLAZE U12 Page; The
RAIDERS U14 Page; The
BLAZE U14G Page ; VooDoo
Soccer ;
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Swimming: TRAINING;
SwimNews; USwim.com;
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Table Tennis: International
Table Tennis Federation;
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Tennis: TennisServer.com;
US Tennis Assoc; UK
(men); UK
(women); TRAINING;
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Volleyball: Schneid's
Volleyball Page, (College Scores); UK;
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Weight Lifting: International
Power Lifting Federation; CyberPump;
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Winter Sports: Amateur
Speedskating Union; AtPlay.com;
CompleteSkier.com; CrossCountry
Skier Magazine; Extreme
Skiing; Figure Skating;
GoSki.com; SkiCentral.com;
SkiNet.com;
SnoLinks.com; SnoWeb.com;
US Ski Team; WinterChannel;
TRAINING;
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Wrestling: The
Mat.com; Pro
Wrestling Museum; WWF;
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Yachting: YachtingNet.com;
International Sailing Federation;
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SPORTS GAMING: AlphaSim.com;
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Sportsmanship
The diverse rules in various sports are unified by the overriding
considerations of sportsmanship. Sportsmanship is the conduct and
attitude of participants that incorporate fair play, respect, courtesy,
striving spirit and grace in winning or losing. Fair play is
consistent with rules, logic or ethics in sports which together with
respect, courtesy and graciousness extend well beyond the articles of play
or rules.
Sportsmanship and its dark twin unsportsmanship are like
so many things that "you know when you see." Consider each of the
following examples, and you will easily recognize sportsmanship.
1. In 1969 in Spain and again in 1971 in France, a
forward attacker in soccer saw the goalkeeper and defenseman rendered
unconscious by a collision. Rather than continuing on for the score, the
attacking players kicked the ball out of bounds to give the opponents a
chance to recover. Play was resumed with all members of both teams able to
participate in the winning or losing of the contest.
2. In the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Olympics, Eugenio Monti
of Italy led in the two-man bobsled after his final run. Only a sled driven
by Tony Nash of Great Britain was thought to have a chance at beating Monti,
but a bolt in the steering assembly of the British sled failed just before
Nash's run. When Monti heard of this, he took the corresponding bolt from
his own Italian sled to Nash who used it, set a course record and won the
gold medal.
3. In the 1989 world marathon kayak championships in
Copenhagen, the British team was in second place when the rudder of the
Danish paddlers who had been in the lead was damaged in a portage. The
British team stopped and helped in the repair, and then went on to finish
one second behind the Danes in a race that lasted almost three hours.
4. In single scull rowing in the 1928 Olympics,
Australian Henry Pearce was leading when he entered into a colision course
with a mother duck swimming across his path with her string of baby
ducklings. To avoid injuring the ducks, Pearce pulled in his oars and waited
for the ducks to pass. He then resumed his race and finished as the gold medallist.
Unsportsmanship has been just as recognizable. Thugs were
hired in the late 1800's to play on a per game basis in college football
games, and were responsible for injuries and deaths. In the 1990's, a man
was hired by Tonya Harding to attack her Olympic competitor.
Professional sports have introduced real challenges to
the concept of sportsmanship that are not of insignificant consequences to
young players in the process of defining their own values and attitudes. To
compete fairly and win is a rather straightforward goal in amateur sports
that gets expanded to include behaviors that are exhibited by athletes in
professional sports. Much of this is probably explainable by the financial
rewards available to professional athletes. Have we unconsciously granted
professional sports an exemption from sportsmanship due to the vast amounts
of money involved? I believe the answer to be "NO!" Unfortunately
we have developed the notion that interest in athletics can be leveraged by
exaggerating the rewards offered by professional sports. In so doing, we
have simultaneously activated psychosocial pathways that lead to
exaggerations in behavior, appearance, attitude and expectation. With this
attitude, a person can begin to operate above and beyond other people, above
and beyond society and its expectations. It is fascinating to me how certain
professional athletes like Ty Cobb, Charles Barkley, Dennis Rodman and Mike
Tyson have made an issue of not wanting to be a role model. Role modeling is
not the issue. The issue is sportsmanship. Whether professional or
not, athletes are expected to understand and practice sportsmanship using
conduct and attitudes that demonstrate fair play, respect, courtesy,
striving spirit and grace in trying to win, having won or in losing. The
responsibility for sportsmanship is personal and shared. Most athletic
competitors are not professional. Sportsmanship results when a participant
brings to the game a well developed consciousness of the competitive moment
coupled to a sensitivity for the timeless values associated with living,
hoping, dreaming, and aspiring. Any damaging action to a life, a hope, a
dream or an aspiration is the opposite of the personal and group inspiration
that is so positively a part of sports. Consequently, it is my belief that
unsportsmanship can be explained by a consciousness that has failed to
develop. Importantly, I believe that everyone has the capacity to develop
this consciousness and to practice sportsmanship. For this development there
is no greater responsibility than that entrusted to the youth coach. If any
of this seems too difficult or unnatural, John Wesley's formula for faith
applies as well to sportsmanship, "Practice it until you have it!"
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The Rules
Rules of any
athletic competition extend from the definition of how the game is played to
how the individual must play the game. Some individuals may have a prevalent
attitude that is quite uncomfortable with anything that addresses how we
must act, especially if it might limit individuality or expression.
Nonetheless, it is quite impossible to keep play "in bounds"
without defining "out of bounds". Because we are prone to
encourage each individual to march to the beat of their own drum, we run the
risk of subliminal suggestions that de-emphasize conforming to rules,
regulations and even laws. Thomas Payne's Civil Disobedience
introduces structured rule breaking. Encouraged to be unique, we can resent
that which tells us how to do anything. Thus, it would not be unexpected to
find certain psychosocial outlooks that create the opportunity for conflicts
between rule keeping and rule breaking. We indulge in considering the
diversity of situations that we are involved in and how different actions
can be quite appropriate in each situation. Armed with this post-modern
sensitivity, we develop a set of right choices for individual situations. I
refer to this personal set of right choices as ethics and their
differential application in dissimilar situations as situation ethics.
At times it appears that our most common situation ethic may well be:
"I obey the law ---- if it is a good law ---- and if it is
convenient." This can be specifically interpreted as, "I stay
within the speed limit,---- if there is a school zone, ---- if I have enough
time to get where I'm going and especially if a police vehicle is
present."
Sports capitalize on situation ethics in several
important ways:
First, sports define situations in ways so exact and
precise that large annually updated rule books are created and continuing
education courses become necessary for umpires and referees.
Second, sports permit responses allowed for
situations (i.e the ethics) in different sports to vary enormously.
For example, in contact sports like boxing, hockey and football, the allowed
use of body force is more extreme than in soccer or basketball, while being
much more limited in baseball.
Third, sports apply different allowances to responses by
different participants in the same sports competition. The keeper in soccer
can use his hands, while field players cannot. Holding by the defense in
football can be part of a legal tackle, but is not allowed by the offense.
In basketball, the defense is allowed unlimited access to all parts of the
floor, while the offense can only stay in the painted zone for three seconds
before being required to exit.
Fourth, sports interpret infractions with penalties that
differ quantitatively. In basketball there are one, two and three point foul
shots. Penalties focus on the individual in sports like basketball, but are
applied to the team in others like football. In some sports ejections can be
temporary (hockey), while in others, they are permanent (basketball) and can
extend to a subsequent game (soccer).
Situation ethics in sports have an important culmination.
They introduce processes which convert interpretation of
"I can do whatever I want in
different situations"
to
"I must conform to different
standards in different situations".
It is fascinating to me that when individual perspectives
on situation ethics are allowed to mature through sports competition, the
capacity for quite recognizable individuality and creative expression
result. Rather than turning out individuals with robot-like compliance,
sports develop people who question and argue the call. More substantially,
sports also develop individuals who question the rules. It is distressing to
think of the people in the world who fail to question the rules, who believe
that laws are acceptably perfect and that we should refrain from allowing
changes to the Constitution. Sports rules show that precise and intricate
governances can be changed without disastrous effects on the game.
Introduction of the shot clock and three point goal in basketball, the
relief pitcher and designated hitter in baseball and elimination of the drop
kick and low blocks in football were preceded by fierce arguments of merit,
but have not ruined their respective sports. Are these points only
rhetorical or are they real? Americans watched the first World Cup in the
United States and questioned how a time clock can be used that does not
officially end the game. They witnessed numerous contact incidents, some
quite violent, and questioned why no foul was called? Of course, the current
rules have time being kept on the field at the discretion of the referee and
decide many contact fouls on the basis of "intent to gain
advantage" (i.e. if no advantage is gained, the referee may not call a
foul). Because of evident differences between soccer and the major American
sports, the American World Cup was a virtual sports laboratory for rule
questioning. Americans are used to balls that must touch out of bounds
rather than those in soccer that cross a plane and are called
"out" while still in the air. In the major American sports, you
really have to be paying attention to be able to identify who actually
committed a foul so that the idea of stopping play to demonstrate the foul
by giving a player a card documenting an infraction is foreign to Americans
and might be questioned by some. Similarly, it is possible to question why a
tripping penalty, guarding the man making the throw-in and going out of
bounds to return and play the ball all can result in a card being issued in
soccer. It is obviously explained by the rules being stated the way they
are. Do similar opportunities exist for questioning the rules in the major
American sports? Certainly!!!
Consider basketball: The "blue"
team outplays and considerably outscores the "green"
team for the whole game. With one second left in the game, play is
stopped with the "blue" team leading
82 to 30 over the "green" team.
Surprisingly, the game ends with the "green"
team the winner! How could this be? The answer is simply that the
"blue" team fouled out their last
player with one second left, and the rules maintain that when one team is
unable to place a team on the floor, the opposing team will be named the
winner. Of course fans of the "blue" team would argue that the "green"
team should simply be given the ball and allowed to score at will in
the final second, knowing that the "green"
team could not possibly score 52 points in one second!
In the 1996
Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the United States women's softball team lost 2-1
to the Australians in extra innings instead of winning during regulation
when Dani Tyler failed to touch homeplate after hitting her homerun for the
Americans. Although American fans might argue that nothing was going to
bring that homerun ball back into play after it was hit over the fence and
therefore the run should count, the rules maintain that runs are scored by
advancing to homeplate. Failing to touch homeplate constitutes a failure to
advance and the run cannot count. In the same Summer Olympics Damon Baily,
the 100 M Gold Medalist in the Olympics four years earlier, made his start
in the 100 M after the gun sounds on two repeated starts and was
disqualified on the basis of false starting two times. The explanation: a
rules change recognizes that it is physiologically impossible to break from
the blocks in less than 0.1 seconds after hearing the starting shot. Because
Damon Baily left the blocks on both starts in less than 0.1 seconds after
the gun was fired, he received a disqualification. Nevertheless, it is
possible to argue that Damon Baily did not leave the blocks before the
starter's shot was fired and therefore did not false-start.
Most often calls are argued when they are perceived to be
"bad" (i.e. in error, wrong or unfair). Nebraska football fans
will probably never forget losing to the 12 man Colorado offense on the last
play of the game.
One of the questionable trends in athletics is to make
use of planned rule breaking as part of competition per se.
Basketball provides clear examples of executing fouls in order to force the
other team into a situation where they are denied the opportunity to score
on a 3 point goal or must shoot twice to get the same 2 points they might
otherwise obtain by one shot from the field. The rules recognize this aspect
of game strategy and maintain that the fouls must not be violent or
dangerous. Curiously, the rules in basketball also focus on limiting intentionality,
interpreted usually in terms of a push or hold. There is an important
distinction about intentional rule breaking, namely that it is committed with
the objective of being caught so that the rules can be utilized in some
allowable competitive strategy. This is quite distinct from trying to break
the rules without being caught in order to gain an advantage in competition.
I refer to this as "playing against the rules" and this should not
be recognized as an acceptable situation ethic under any circumstances. The
most obvious negative aspect of rules breaking is blatant cheating. Cheating
in sports is older than the the Olympics of ancient Greece. In Homer's Iliad,
Odysseus defeats Ajax in a footrace by getting the goddess Athena to trip
Ajax. In any sport, the rules must include forfeiture as the consequence of
cheating. As a consequence, cheating is handled imminently, directly, and
consequentially in sports competition so that cheating is appropriately
rendered purposeless. Unfortunately, a cheater operates from a more
primitive way of thinking that either does not consider the possibility of
being caught, does not consciously realize that being caught will result in
loss by forfeiture or does not think that he will be caught. A second aspect
of rules breaking involves "playing the referee." There will
always be moments in sports that are removed from the referee's attention.
However, it is not a right choice to make use of these as competitive
opportunities.
Rules are generally meant to be kept, and their
discretionary use in game strategy has effects that can carryover to other
sports or into society. The two most negative aspects of this carryover
occur whenever the game strategy is allowed to focus on physically disabling
an opponent or on playing an opponent rather than the game. For example,
there is virtually no way to apply the strategic controlled fouling found in
basketball to American football. It is hard not to receive the impression
from NFL football that both playing and disabling an opponent are common
practices of the game. It is interesting to note that body screens when not
in possession of the ball are accepted in basketball, but not allowed in
soccer, amounting to interference. Indeed, the rule is explicit in soccer
that you must play the ball; however, while playing the ball, the rules do
allow the body to be used to shield the ball in order to keep playing the
ball. Are these situations arcane and can they be confusing? The answer is
"yes" to both. They underscore that thought and consideration are
necessary parts of sports participation, and that a participant might
encounter undesirable carryover from other sports which could range from
erroneously believing an action is allowed to thinking competition needs to
be focused on an opponent rather than the game.
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Playing
The words playing and play are understood in very different
ways and applied to widely divergent situations. The range of meaning can
apply to activity that is far from serious as something that we actively do:
For example,
playing with toys --- to occupy in amusement,
to play cops and robbers --- to pretend,
they're not fighting just playing --- to have fun,
to play a joke --- to acting in jest;
however, there are also common serious usages:
to conduct yourself appropriately --- to play fair,
to perform --- to play the oboe,
to assume a role --- to play the peacemaker,
to cooperate --- to play along or to play ball,
to take advantage of --- to play on or play upon,
to minimize --- to play down,
to emphasize --- his biography played up his experience,
to use up --- we were emotionally played out,
to curry favor --- to play up to,
to do halfheartedly or non-seriously --- to play at,
to act according to accepted customs --- to play the game,
to be accepted --- it played well or will play in Peoria,
to delay --- to play for time,
to feign --- to play possum,
to manipulate --- to play both ends against the middle,
to be evasive --- playing games,
to date around --- to play the field,
to surrender an advantage--- to play into their hands,
to bet --- to play $2 on each race,
to behave recklessly --- to play fast and loose,
to take risks --- to play with fire,
and there are some odd usages of the this word and
concept:
to cause recorded sound to be heard --- to play a
record,
to wear down --- the fish was played for 2 hrs and finally brought in,
an attempt --- a play for sympathy,
a literary work performed on stage --- the play Romeo & Juliet,
freedom --- the CEO was given full play to run the company.
Certain of these usages for play owe some
derivation to ‘pretend/amusement’ metaphors, to ‘game’ metaphors, or
to a combination of the two. Against this range of usage for play and
playing, there is considerable interpretative spillover to sports so
that there is room for sports play to mean quite different things to
different people. I have a limited or perhaps more fixed meaning for sports
play.
Specifically with regard to sports, playing is
activity engaged in for enjoyment or recreation. In this context, recreation
is mind-body refreshment that is stimulating or leads to growth in a
physical, mental or emotional sense. Sports are activities involving
physical exertion and skills, are governed by rules and are often undertaken
competitively. Games, then, are individual, particular or specific sports
activities. To play has been accepted within sports to mean to engage
in (i.e. to play soccer), to compete against (i.e. to play Notre Dame), to
work at a position i.e. (to play sweeper or striker), to make a move in a
particular game (i.e. to play the ball back) and probably more. It is
perhaps the purposefulness of sports play for enjoyment that leads to the
dysfunctions for which sports are the most criticized. Some of these
dysfunctions occur when innocent expectations of enjoyment are coupled to
restrictions governed by rules, outcome and attitude. Indeed for the
individual who is flexible enough to accept the inflexibilities of
individual sports, enjoyment will be the easiest. Conversely, for those who
cannot accept being called for infractions, who must have every appeal
rendered in their favor, who feel there must be more time allowed for their
efforts or who cannot endure the ending of competition in a loss, there will
be little enjoyment. These dysfunctions are much more serious when they
involve a neediness for identity based on domination, intimidation,
subjugation, retaliation, harassment or discrimination. Moreover, very fine
lines separate worthwhile elements in sports play from undesirable
behavioral pathologies. For example, at what point does the intensity of
highly focused competition become intimidating? When does the parent-child
sharing during practice and training become overborne by a parent's need for
vicarious fulfillment? It is a slippery slope down which this enjoyment
leads, and while it is quite easy to see when things have sped out of
control (usually in others), the precise velocity critical for developing
this enjoyment is very hard to gauge.
Even in the absence of human dysfunction, it is not
unusual that the enjoyment aspect of playing a sport will be challenged.
Play can be hard! Continuing to play can be tough!! I make this point with
apologies and credit to Robert Service from whose original verse I have
adapted the following:
Keepin’ On Playing
"When the play gets
wild, and you're scared as a child,
And the defense hooks you bang in the head,
And you're sore as a blister, and wanting to whisper,
To lower your chin and gasp: "We're dead!"
But the Spirit of Man says: "Fight all you can,"
And giving up easy is barred.
In victory and goal, oh it's easy to glow.
It's the hell-served-for-breakfast that's hard.
"You're sick of the game?!" Well, that's quite a shame!
You're young and you're brave and you're bright.
"You're getting a raw deal!" I know--but don't squeal,
Buck up, do your damnedest, and fight.
It's the plugging away that will win you the day,
So don't be cheap, old pard!
Just draw on your grit; it's so easy to quit:
It's the keeping-your-chin-up that's hard.
It's easy to cry that you're beaten--and die;
It's easy to slither and crawl;
But to fight and to fight, when hope's out of sight---
Why, that's when the game's best of all!!
And though you'll get sore, keep trying the more,
You'll never be broken or marred,
Just have one more try--it's dead easy to die,
It's the keeping-on-playing that's hard".
The truth is that hard, tough play yields incredible
enjoyment. I believe that this enjoyment carries through the outcome of any
play, and that it defines the aspect of resiliency in competition or
play. This resiliency is as simple as "sticking to it", and
because it can be haunted by the disappointment of some outcomes, it
involves "coming back to it". In many ways playing a sport can be
a "bounce" test. Just like cranberries that are selected for
freshness by their ability to bounce over a small processing barrier,
playing selects for those who can bounce back for more play.
If you are going to play or coach for that matter, and
you alone can decide if you will, you will find dealing with outcomes
inescapable. In these dealings, it pays to remember one simple reality: No
matter what the outcome --- after the game, tournament, play-offs, series,
Cup, finals, or Olympics --- everyone goes back to all the same things that
mattered before play began: to the same family, same parents, same wife,
same brothers & sisters, same friends, same house, same schools, and
same job. In addition, from sports competition you will have the
feelings and memories of your own sharing in hard, tough play to add to the
other treasures of your life.
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Coach's
GOOD EATS …… For all the
times Coach has kept and will keep players late …. These are great recipes
that can be kept in the oven until practice is over and are thusly easy on
Soccer Moms and Soccer Dads.
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Sausage and Zucchini After Practice
Casserole (now you will have something good to do with all that zucchini
that people give you)
2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 pounds ground chuck
1 pound hot or mild Italian sausage
3 zucchini (cut into 1/2-inch cubes)
4 garlic cloves (chopped)
1 onion (sliced)
1 cup long-grain rice
1 14 1/2-ounce can whole tomatoes (chopped)
2 teaspoons fennel seed
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh basil
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh rosemary
Salt black pepper to taste
3 cups chicken broth or stock
1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Heat the oil in a large
5-quart Dutch oven. Add the ground chuck and sausage. Brown. Drain and set
aside. Saute the zucchini, garlic, and onion in the dutch oven with hot oil
until soft and translucent. Add the rice and cook until opaque, about 2
minutes. Add the tomatoes, fennel, red pepper flakes, basil, rosemary, salt,
pepper, and chicken broth. Heat thoroughly or until just to the boil. Stir
in the meat. Transfer to arectangular baking dish. Top with some Parmesan
cheese and bake for 1 hour.
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Coach’s Beans
(even if you think Coach doesn’t know beans)
This is a sweet baked bean dish that is great as a main
course or with a ham or barbecued ribs. It's a big hit at outdoor cookouts,
potlucks, and on camping trips.
Ingredients
1/2 pound hamburger
1/2 pound chopped bacon
1 medium onion, chopped
One 16-ounce can pork & beans
1 can kidney beans
1 can butter beans
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup BBQ sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1 Tablespoon prepared mustard
Brown hamburger, bacon, and onion. Drain. Drain the liquid
from the butter and the kidney beans, add to meat mixture along with the
pork and beans. Mix sugars, BBQ sauce, ketchup, chili powder, mustard, and
small amount of ground pepper. Add to meat and bean mixture. Mix well and
pour into sprayed 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Serves: 8
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Chicken Tortilla Cold Day Casserole
(season to taste with Tabasco sauce)
Caution: use no more than 1 bottle of
Tabasco per Keeper in the family
2 T oil
2 T oil
6 chicken breast halves, boned/skinned, cut into thin strips
1/2 cup thinly sliced green onions
1 clove garlic (minced)
3 T cornstarch
4 cups cold chicken broth
1 1/2 cup shredded monterey jack cheese (divided)
1/2 cup Miracle Whip salad dressing
1/2 cup sour cream
1 (4 oz) can chopped green chilies (undrained)
1/2 cup sliced ripe olives (divided)
1/4 cup chopped parsley or cilantro
12 (7 inch) flour tortillas
Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add
chicken, onions, and garlic, cook stirring frequently until chicken is
golden brown and cooked through, about 10 minutes. In saucepan stir together
cornstarch and chicken broth stirring constantly. Bring to boil over medium
heat; boil one minute. Stir in 1 cup of the cheese, salad
dressing, sour cream, chilies, 1/4 cup of the olives and cilantro until
smooth. Remove 1 cup sauce and stir into chicken mixture. Spoon 2 tbsp
chicken mixture into each tortilla; roll to enclose. Place tortilla
seam side down in a 13x9 baking pan. Spoon over remaining sauce. Top with
remaining cheese and olives. Bake at 350' for 25 minutes or until
thoroughly heated.
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Yum Yum Post Game Casserole
1 box (5 oz.) long grain or wild rice, cooked
1 pound broccoli, steamed
3 cups cooked chicken or ham
2 cups shredded cheese, Cheddar or mozzarella
2 cups fresh or canned mushrooms
1 cup mayonnaise
1 can cream of celery soup
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/4 teaspoon curry powder
1 cup crushed croutons
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Spray coat a 9 by 13-inch pan.
Layer rice, broccoli, meat, cheese and mushrooms into pan. Combine soup,
mayonnaise, mustard and curry. Pour over layers. Combine crushed croutons
and butter. Top the layers. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake
in 350 degree F. Oven for 30 minutes.
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General Rules For Quality Family Time
During the Soccer Season:
- Strikers set the table
- Defenders clear the table
- Midfielders do the dishes
- Keepers take out the trash
- Do not use your hands (or your feet), use fork &
knife.
- No water bottles at the table.
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Tip:
Training and performance:
A very good place to start to visual demonstrations is to use GetFit.com.
Choose interactive fitness then exercise then click on a
muscle area on the figure then click demonstration. You can use
this site to observe technique and to plan your training.
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You can always get to this page from the NETWORD directory
(http://www.netword.com/index.html)
by typing in "Personal
Coach".
Comments, suggestions and requests are welcome.
If you have a site that you think should be included,
please let me know by e-mail ().
Content Copyright 2000, Edward J. Pavlik
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