By Randy Vogt Here are some of the things I have learned in 35 years of refereeing: * I have officiated many good players as well as afew good players who thought they were great and let everybody on the field know it. Such as the high school senior playing forward in a New Jersey […]
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Keys to keeper confidence
By Tim Mulqueen It’s perfectly normal to feel nervous before a game, but keepers need to clear their head of negative thoughts. How they go about doing this depends onthe individual. A good goalkeeper coach learns to read his players well enough to know whether to step in — and to know what to say. […]
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NSCAA High School Boys Spring Top 20
[RANKINGS] Snohomish (Wash.) High School took over the No. 1 spot in the NSCAA High School Boys Spring Rankings with a 12-0-0 record. Losses to Norman (Okla.)North and Wando (S.C.) at the Palmetto Cup dropped previous No. 1 Irmo (S.C.) out of the Top 20. For the top 20 rankings … TEAM PREV. W-L-T1 Snohomish […]
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Final NSCAA High School Boys Winter Top 10
[RANKINGS] Cypress Bay of Weston, Fla., finished as the No. 1 team in the NSCAA High School Boys Winter Rankings ahead of New Orleans Jesuit and MissionSharyland, which won the Texas 5A championship on Saturday with a shootout win over No. 6 Katy Morton Ranch. For the final top 10 rankings … TEAM PREV.W-L-T 1 […]
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NSCAA High School Boys Spring Rankings
[RANKINGS] South Carolina’s Irmo High School remained No. 1 in the NSCAA High School Boys Spring Rankings ahead of Nebraska’s Creighton Prep and Snohomish(Wash.) High School. For the top 20 rankings … RANKINGS TEAM PREV. W-L-T 1 Irmo (Columbia, S.C.) 1 11-0-0 2 Creighton Prep (Omaha,Neb.) 4 7-0-0 3 Snohomish (Wash.) 7 8-0-0 4 Lassiter […]
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What's the future for the multi-sport athlete?
By Dev K. Mishra Specialization is common and accepted in most professions. At some point in time Albert Einstein probably decided to focus ontheoretical physics, Tom Brady focused on football rather than baseball, and Yo-Yo Ma chose the cello over the double-bass. The world is better for theirdecision. When is the right time in a […]
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Parents should hush on the ride home
By Mike Woitalla “What is your worst memory from playing youth and high school sports?” That was the question posed to college athletes in a survey by Proactive Coaching. The overwhelming response was: “The ride home from games with my parents.”
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NSCAA High School Boys Spring Rankings
[RANKINGS] South Carolina’s Irmo High School is No. 1 in the NSCAA High School Boys Spring Rankings. Irmo coach PhilSavitz recently won his 600th game. Now in his 33rd season with the Yellow Jackets, Savitz is 12th among active boys high school coaches in wins with a 602-71-5 record. For the top 20 rankings… RANKING […]
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Different paths to stardom (Sebastian's Story)
By Mike Woitalla What especially impressed the South Carolina youth coach about the boy wasn’t what he did with his CarolinaElite club – although Andrew Hyslop was very impressed — it was the soccer Sebastian Velasquez played own his own. “There’s areas in Greenville where you’ll find hundreds of kids and adults getting together on […]
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Tulsa Union upsets Georgia champion
[HIGH SCHOOL] The 2012 Brine Tournament of Champions in Jekyll Island, Ga., featured teams from Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Oklahoma, helping some of thetop spring programs in the country get an idea how they rank nationally. The big surprise was St. Pius X’s 2-1 loss to Tulsa (Okla.) Union that ended the Atlanta area school’s […]