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  1. Heinie Wagner

    Coaching Attention Challenged Kids

    I'm coaching a 6th grade boy with serious attention span issues. His father apologized to me after a game last weekend where the kid was totally out of it and the father suspected it was because they hadn't given him his meds yet, regular time for them was right in the middle of the game I...
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    Statistic - sharing them with the team???

    I coached a high school varsity AAU basketball team this spring. All kids from our local high school. My assistant kept stats. I was going to share them with the team after the season but was convinced it was a bad idea to share everyone's stats with the whole team, kids might bully other kids...
  3. Heinie Wagner

    Little League age changes - Again!

    Little League Baseball® to Begin Utilization of August 31 Age Determination Date for the 2018 Season; Children Born Between May 1 and August 31, 2005 to be Grandfathered as 12-Year-Olds For 2018 Season...
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    Tryouts

    It's tryout time for travel basketball.   We run tryouts by doing some drills, lots of 3v3 and some 5v5.  We move players around a lot, trying to get the players competing for spots to play against each other as much as possible.  We have two nights, 90 minutes each, in a gym with one big court...
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    US Soccer - 2016 Changes

    "Next year, the world of youth soccer will continue its evolution as all members of U.S. Soccer will begin to transition on two key factors to encourage further youth development. The first change will be the nationwide adoption of Small-Sided Games and the second will be a shift from...
  6. Heinie Wagner

    League Athletics, SportsSignup, iScore bought by Time

    Time Inc. Acquires Youth Sports Firms, Creates ‘Sports Illustrated Play’ Unit   "The company has purchased SportsSignup and LeagueAthletics.com, which provide online management tools to youth sports leagues that enable parents, coaches and players to check information such as team schedules and...
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    Coaching Girls vs Coaching Boys

    I've coached a bunch of boys basketball, rec, travel, AAU, even helped out with High School.   I've helped my wife out just a little with our daughter's team. I'm probably going to take over that role from her next year, my wife has had her fill of dealing with parent issues. They will be 8th...
  8. Heinie Wagner

    Basketball NFHS Rule Changes for 2014-2015

    The NFHS added the following new rules for this season:   10-6-12 NEW: The following acts constitute a foul when committed against a ball handler/dribbler:                 a. Placing two hands on the player.                 b. Placing an extended arm bar on the player.                 c. Placing...
  9. Heinie Wagner

    Worst Parent Stories

    I'm posting tryout results later today and expecting some unhappy feedback from parents, 36 kids at tryouts, we picked two teams of 10.   We've posted results for 11 teams already. The worst feedback so far was from a father (who I know well) who told me how much I will regret cutting his kid (I...
  10. Heinie Wagner

    Missing Games for Religious Reasons

    We have a girl trying out for travel basketball who I've been told plays travel soccer but misses all the Sunday games for religious reasons.  Because of the number of girls we have at that grade level, we're taking everyone who tries out but if we weren't I'd have to give it a lot of thought...
  11. Heinie Wagner

    LL Baseball Chants/Cheers

    The LL team I help out coaching has 3 chants that they do.  To their credit, the boys do them with gusto, over and over and over again.  I do the book, so I'm in the dugout pretty much the whole game (i.e. I don't get out and coach bases).  I hear them a lot and from up close.   Anyone have a...
  12. Heinie Wagner

    Your biggest triumph

    In contract to your most painful/worst loss, what is your biggest triumph in coaching?  Not just a game, but any victory or accomplishment.   Mine is easy.  I coached an 8th grade boys travel team this past season, it was a B team (top 10 players selected to A, next 10 to B).  A couple kids were...
  13. Heinie Wagner

    Defining Athletic Ability in Youth Sports

    I hear a lot of people talk about athletic ability.  How do you define it.  I think most people don't have a definition, it's one of those "I know it when I see it" kind of things.  For example, a swagger or lots of confidence seems to me to be easily confused for athletic ability, the same with...
  14. Heinie Wagner

    Music at youth sporting events

    Just about every pro, college or even high school has music pre-game, halftime and even during timeouts.   Is this appropriate for youth sports, like Little League Baseball, Travel Basketball, etc?
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