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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

DECEMBER Coach of the Month:
Matt Rama, Boys Basketball/Boys & Girls Cross-County/Track & Field, Red Cloud H.S., Pine Ridge (SD) Indian Reservation

Coaching at one of the most impoverished areas in the country, Coach Rama has made it a point to his student-athletes that by combining academics and drive in the athletic arena, one will be able to accomplish anything that he or she wants to in life.

Nominate Your Coach for Scholastic Coach & Athletic Director/National Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA) 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:
Need a Press Breaker? Just Open This Umbrella

Basketball coaches who are having trouble combating pressure may find the proper antidote in the Umbrella Press Breaker shown in the accompanying diagrams.

Featured Powerline Story
Old-School Strength Training in the New Millennium

The age-old adage, “What goes around, comes around,” could easily have its genesis in the strength/conditioning field.

Featured Administration Story
Emergency Game Management

Over a four-day period last winter, I had to battle a bad case of the flu and I came out the winner-I didn’t miss a day of school.

Featured Parisi Speed School Training Story
Why is Strength Training Important To Athletes?

The improvement of performance in athletics over the past few years has been phenomenal. For example, 20 years ago the average football lineman weighed 250 pounds and ran a 5.2 second 40-yard dash.

Featured National Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA) Story
Baseball: Showing Skills in Video

Skills videos play a monumental role in the baseball recruiting process. A properly produced skills video maximizes a student-athlete’s collegiate recruiting potential in a way that most other recruiting tools can not.

Featured Product
McDAVID USA

The McDavid M202 Knee Brace with Polycentric Hinge provides protection in a lightweight configuration using an aluminum inlay reinforcing a plastic insert with a metal hinge, according to the company.

Did You See This?
Take a Seat — Literally

A Cincinnati Reds fan has been banished from the teams’ Great American Ballpark for trying to take a stadium seat with him. A judge ordered Bradley Hosler, 20, to stay out of the Reds’ stadium for a year.
Police said they caught Hosler leaving the ballpark with the plastic seat he had ripped out.