Dear Coach,

Welcome back to what promises to be another great sports year!

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.

The Coach & AD staff is also pleased to announce a total redesign to our Web site, www.coachad.com. It now has a great new look and feel. Plus, we have introduced Powerline ONLINE, a video version of our popular strength and conditioning column in addition to animated, interactive basketball diagrams. Look for more exciting introductions in the months ahead.

Now, the No. 1 magazine for athletic professionals is the No. 1 Web site for athletic professionals.

Best,
Kevin Newell
Editor, Coach & Athletic Director Magazine

CDC Releases New Study On Sports and Recreation-Related Concussions
Launches campaign to announce its "Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports” tool kit.

A concussion is a brain injury caused by a bump or blow to the head that can change the way your brain normally works.

Even what seems to be a mild bump or blow to the head can be serious. As many as 3.8 million sports-and recreation-related concussions are estimated to occur in the United States each year.

Scholastic Coach & Athletic Director
Coach of the Month

High school coaches are America’s unsung heroes. Tell us why your coach should be the Coach & Athletic Director High School Coach of the Month.

Featured Instructional Story
Stack 3-3 Zone Blitzes

To combat the rising tide of spread offenses, many colleges and high schools are adopting the 3-3-5 or 3-5-3 defense. The 3-3's flexibility and adaptability can help pressure the passers and cover multiple receivers and formations.

Featured POWERLINE Story
Smart Training With Dumbbells

Even though the fire-storm on free weights vs. machines rages on, one undeniable fact continues to emerge from the ashes: Dumbbells (DBs) offer an effective, relatively safe, and very smart training mode across a broad range of applications.

Featured A.D.Ministration Story
Dealing With a Coach Who Has a Huge Ego

Confidence is one of the ultimate elements of the coaching personality. School principals are always looking for someone who feels comfortable in his ability to instruct and lead. But it can go just so far. Leadership has a beginning, a mid-point, and then a warning sign – starting with a mild ego and stretching into the problem phase.

Featured Coaching Story
Dealing With Parents in the 21st Century

Several years ago we had a terrific young lineman on our football team: hardworking, very coachable, big and strong, who could run a 5.5 40.

Featured National Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA) Story
Recruiting 2.0

In 1983 when I was a junior in high school, I received a good piece of advice: "If you are good enough, they will find you."

Featured Product
Wilson has introduced The Wave™, an innovative, composite leather, microfiber game ball, featuring precision control Wave™ Technology.

Did You See This?
Bleacher Creature…

Kenneth James Lane was arrested for brazenly dismantling a set of bleachers at a small ball field in Clover, S.C., in order to sell it as scrap metal.

Lane took apart a set of bleachers, two dugout benches, and a park bench valued at $4,000. When questioned by several onlookers, the thief told them he had permission and was just replacing the bleachers for a church.

Investigators found the metal at K & K Recycling in Gastonia, N.C., where perplexed workers had no inkling from where the huge haul had come.

Said K & K owner David Hutto: “The bleachers, when they came in here, they were bent up. It looked like scrap. He had tried to bend them in half and everything else.”

There was neither a Superman cape nor an empty can of spinach found on the premises.