Scholastic Coach articles from January 1994

Scholastic Coach archives from January 1994

High school athletics. (The Hidden Costs, part 2) (Transcript)
January 1, 1994... THE MHSAA HAS no objections to statewide tournament telecasts and tapedelayed telecasts during the regular season, but it objected to the plan (since discontinued) for live, nationally televised high school games of the week in football and...

The blitz and the scramble. (basketball strategy) (New Mexico State's 2-1-2 Zone Press, part 2)
January 1, 1994... AS WE EXPLAINED IN NOVEMBER, our multiple 2-1-2 zone press is really three different presses in one. The philosophy, basic fundamentals, and first variation (The Web) were explained in Part 1. The second variation is The Blitz. Following...

Preparing for the job interview. (interviews for athletic coaches)
January 1, 1994... PREPARATION IS THE KEY IN interviewing for a job, just as it is in making up a game plan or recruiting players. What you do before the interview is nearly as important as the interview itself. Though there are no quick and easy ways to...

Multiple adjusting pass routes. (football strategies)
January 1, 1994... THE EMERGENCE OF THE RUN & shoot offense and the rule permitting offensive linemen to block with their arms have given the passing game a great boost in popularity. A lot of teams that once ran the football are now turning to a controltype...

Good medicine for goalkeeper training.
January 1, 1994... as most coaches know, coaching the goalkeeper creates all kinds of problems. * First. there is the general lack of knowledge about goalkeeper coaching. Not only is such coaching difficult to fit into the practice sessions, it is difficult to...

Maintaining your turf. (caring for playing fields)
January 1, 1994... THOUGH the increasing emphasis on player safety has led to many rule changes and the close monitoring of equipment, perhaps the most vital area in player safety -- the playing field -- is often taken for granted. The condition of our...

The vision thing. (teaching soccer players the virtues of constant field assessment)
January 1, 1994... ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT and apparently easiest aspects of being a good player is looking at the field. Why do we say "apparently?" Because "looking over the field" isn't as simple as it sounds. It is a problem that plagues even the...

Back to the swinging I! (strategies for football)
January 1, 1994... IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THE best-laid plans of mice, men, and offensive coordinators can go bust against a pair of hard-charging defensive tackles or blitzing linebackers. Aggressive defenses can cause all kinds of problems for the high...

If you can't counter-trey, you can counter-draw!
January 1, 1994... SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE THESE days is running some form of the Counter-Trey popularized by the Washington Redskins under Joe Gibbs. As shown in Diag. 1, it has the tailback faking in one direction and then coming back to take the hand-off and...

Winning and losing with the 3-point shot. (basketball)
January 1, 1994... DO WINNING BASKETBALL teams use the 3-point shot differently from losing teams? Let's go to the video tape. The NCAA introduced the 3-point shot in the fall of 1985. By 1992-93, the coaches had had seven full seasons to adjust to the rule...

Shooting: a state of mind. (basketball)
January 1, 1994... COACHES WILL UNANIMOUSLY AGREE THAT shooting is, to a great extent, mental. The great shooters are those who are able to shoot under pressure, and that is largely a matter of confidence. Confident shooters can control their thoughts, feelings,...

Straight arm half-nelson. (wrestling)
January 1, 1994... EVERY WRESTLER HAS SOME form of half-nelson in his repertoire. Since the hold makes it easy to turn the opponent onto his back and then work into a pin, the half-nelson is usually considered a basic technique. Unfortunately, once the basic...

Earning a varsity letter.
January 1, 1994... IN THE 25 YEARS I HAVE BEEN involved in high school football as a player and now a coach, I have noticed a 180[degrees] turn in the system of awarding varsity letters. When I was a player, lettering was based solely on how many quarters...

Going home in doubles. (importance of doubles in tennis)
January 1, 1994... OVER THE PAST THREE SEASONS, our Palo Alto H.S. doubles teams have won 139 matches while losing only three. Since our matches are made up of five singles and two doubles, and we generally win the doubles, it's easy to understand why we have...

Critiquing the discus throw.
January 1, 1994... THE DISCUS THROW IS predicated on a series of closely integrated biomechanical movements encompassing every part of the body. From start to spin, rotation to "drive step," and arm whip to release, every action most be closely synchronized...

Putting a loop in the batting order. (teaching baseball players the insignificance of the batting order)
January 1, 1994... WE'VE ALL SEEN IT HAPPEN: A softball player, after enjoying success at the plate in her summer slow-pitch leagues, moves up to the high school varsity and discovers that, after batting No. 3 all summer, she is now going to hit in the No. 6...

A Grant in aid for the AFCA. (interview with Grant Teaff, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association) (Interview)
January 1, 1994... COACH: Where were you brought up and what sports did you play as a youngster? TEAFF: I was raised in the small cattle ranching town of Snyder, TX that struck it rich during the oil boom later on. It was a great place to grow up in. I...

Salute to a heavyweight. (a tribute to Charles McClendon, ex-executive secretary of Association of Football Coaches of America)
January 1, 1994... The passing of the guard is always a solemn and poignant occasion. And when the "guard" happens to be an end who went on to coach for 30 years and then put in 12 extraordinary years as executive director of the AFCA, the occasion becomes even...