Scholastic

		Volume 7	November 7, 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. The information and nomination form are below. Help us salute those coaches who make a difference.

Best,
Kevin Newell
Editor, Coach & Athletic Director Magazine

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NOVEMBER Coach of the Month:
Greg Toal, Head Football Coach, Don Bosco Prep H.S., Ramsey, NJ

Don Bosco Prep has won three state titles since 2002 under Toal’s leadership and has been ranked in the top 8 three times, including second in 2003, in USA Today’s “Super 25” ranking of the best high school football teams in the country.

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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
Building Up the Attack and Attacking the Goal

Once a shot is taken and the keeper has the ball, the attack begins. This is obvious — but perhaps not.

Featured Coaching Story
How Sports and Business Connect

At some point in our lives we have all been coached through something-an athletic event, the birth of a child, coping with the loss of a loved one, shaving for the first time, or learning how to type.

Featured POWERLINE Story
Building Strength and Power With 4 x 4’s

We receive a truckload of requests for basic, productive, easy to administer strength training workouts. They usually come from coaches who feel they are in a rut and would like to interject routines that generate enthusiasm as well as strength and power.

Featured Administration Story
Help with the Recruiting Process

Perhaps due to the escalating costs of a college education or simply a desire to help their child, more parents than ever are seeking help with the college athletic recruiting process.

Featured Parisi Speed School Training Story
The Secret of “Game Speed”

Scholastic’s Coach of the Month Imagine that you are about to drive somewhere and you find out that the car has no breaks. Would you go on the trip? Or would you fly in an airplane with a pilot that did not know how to land?

Featured National Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA) Story
What’s New in Basketball: Taking Advantage of College Visits

With college campuses bustling again, now is the perfect time to visit some of the colleges and universities you have been researching.

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Did You See This?
Bird Brains

The owners of Paul Brown Stadium, home of the Cincinnati Bengals, have withdrawn a request seeking city approval to shoot pigeons that have been pooping on fans during games.

Team officials have said they’re looking into other ideas, such as strobe lights, netting, or noise makers to get rid of what many refer to as “the rats of the bird world.”

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

Trivia question:
Who is the only player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup (soccer) final? Email the correct answer to knewell@scholastic.com by 11:59 p.m. on Nov. 14 to enter for a chance to win a Coach & AD wooden desk clock courtesy of SMi Awards . One winner will be selected at random.

Congratulations to Philip Schmehl, Head Coach, Men's & Women's Rowing, University of Mary Washington, for correctly identifying the Harvard-Yale regatta (crew race) as the first and longest-running American intercollegiate sporting event. Philip won his choice of a Human Kinetics book or DVD (prize value up to $25). Winners, please log on to the Human Kinetics Web site to select your choice of a book or DVD. Thanks to everyone who participated! And thanks to Human Kinetics for its generosity!

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Prize ARV $50. Limit one entry per person. Participation is open to legal residents of the U.S. who are coaches and athletic directors in U.S. high schools and colleges. Employees of Scholastic, Inc., and their immediate family members, are not eligible to enter. Sponsor not responsible for technical problems or failures of any kind and reserves the right to modify or cancel this promotion in the event of any such technical problems or failures. Void where prohibited and in Puerto Rico.