Scholastic

		Volume 8	November 20, 2007

Sidelines brings you late-breaking stories, links to Coach & AD editorial features, news you need from manufacturers and suppliers, and a chance to interact with fellow coaches and ADs on subjects of mutual interest. It also provides you with an opportunity to tell our editors about topics you need to know more about from the coaching world.

Speaking of coaching, Coach & AD and the National Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA) want to honor the men and women of such a valued and honorable vocation. That being said, we are counting on our trusted and loyal readers to nominate your favorite sports instructor for Coach of the Month. Each month’s winner will receive a plaque commemorating the honor.

This month’s recipient is Greg Toal, head football coach at Don Bosco Prep High School in Ramsey, NJ.

On another note, Coach & AD has really gone to great lengths to revamp our Web site www.coachad.com in the past several months. In addition to the outstanding coaching and sport-specific articles you have come to expect, we now offer streaming video and interactive, animated diagrams.

Our November updates include Powerline Online and Gridiron Online, two fantastic monthly video features that focus on strength and conditioning and football, respectively. There is also a terrific story written by Joe Torre on the importance of relay plays, bolstered by incredible animated diagrams courtesy of the folks at Immersion Media. These diagrams not only show you what to do on certain relay plays, but provide audio commentary as well. Check it out!

Best,
Kevin Newell
Editor, Coach & Athletic Director Magazine

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Featured Instructional Story
Punt Returns by the “100s”

One of our major convictions as a football coach is that our punt-block team can make a difference. We call that team the “100s”.

Featured POWERLINE Story
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Long before the release of Warner Brothers' blockbuster movie, 300, I came across an article chronicling the extremely challenging and brutally intense training regimen the actors endured prior to filming.

Featured Administration Story
Five Game-Changers: Administration

An athletic administrator's position is constantly growing, changing and evolving. There are more responsibilities, expectations and pressure than ever before and the following changes have had a major impact upon the administration of athletic programs.

Featured Parisi Speed School Training Story
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More athletes are playing sports than ever. With the increase in athletic participation, there has also been an increase in athletic related injuries. One injury that outpaced the number of athletes joining sport is that of the anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL.

Featured National Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA) Story
Basketball: Explanation of Scholarship Breakdowns

As a head basketball recruiting coach, I talk recruiting with many families on a weekly basis. One common area of confusion for families involves the scholarship opportunities for college bound basketball recruits.

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Did You See This?
CSI: Upper Peninsula

The body of George Gipp, the former Notre Dame football legend who inspired the rallying cry “Win one for the Gipper,” was exhumed recently for DNA testing in his hometown of Traverse City, MI.

The test was sought by the Gipp family and met legal requirements, Houghton County Medical Examiner Dr. Dawn Nulf said, although it angered some relatives who live in the area where Gipp was born and raised.

Nulf declined comment about why the request was made.

An ESPN crew filmed the exhumation for a feature story, but a spokesman said the network played no role in arranging it.

Gipp’s remains were taken Oct. 4 from Lake View Cemetery near the village of Laurium, about 550 miles northwest of Detroit, where he was buried in 1920 after dying from pneumonia and a strep infection during his senior year at Notre Dame. They were returned to the grave the same day, Nulf said.

Gipp was a prolific runner, passer and kicker who was Notre Dame’s first All-America selection. He scored 83 touchdowns and held the school career rushing record for more than 50 years.

No word if the ME considered placing the Irish’s abysmal 2007 season in a nearby unmarked grave.

Let us know what issues or topics you would like to see addressed in Sidelines. Send your e-mails to: knewell@scholastic.com

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