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.TOP NEWS
Huge turnover in high school coaching ranks following pandemic season
Santa Cruz Sentinel
For some high school coaches, the COVID-19 pandemic opened their eyes to life outside of the athletic arena. For others, the winds of change simply came rolling through.
A high number of high-profile coaches in Santa Cruz County resigned from their coaching positions following the 2020-21 academic school year. The reasons for their decisions vary, but one sentiment was shared: “It was just time.”
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.COACHING NEWS
How to get athletes to train on their own
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For any coach, keeping athletes focused during practices or in the weight room can be challenging – especially when their minds are on an upcoming competition.
Here are some helpful tips for getting young athletes to actually train on their own, without being compelled. It’s about reinforcing the notion “practice makes perfect” – so on game day, athletes are game-ready to perform at their best.
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How a wrestling coach and Des Moines East softball team stepped up with coach battling cancer
Des Moines Register
As he stands near the right-field pole, Des Moines East softball coach Sam Allgeier feels back at home. Allgeier has hitters on his team taking practice hacks to the left of him and another player gets in batting cage work to his right.
Amid the activity, Allgeier watches the program’s junior high school team take the field.
“All these girls that are now on varsity," Allgeier says, "they all started right here."
The fifth-year coach enjoys long days at the park like this. The 65-year-old would spend long hours here, watching some of the program's lower-level teams play. But that was not the case for much of this season.
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High school athletes getting mixed messages on NIL, executive says
USA Today
With college athletes now allowed to make money off their name, image and likeness ... could high school athletes soon follow suit?
Not so fast, according to the executive director of the National Federation of State High School Associations. Dr. Karissa L. Niehoff points out in a column on the federation's website, nhfs.org, that "state associations have rules in place that prohibit student-athletes from receiving money in any form that is connected to wearing their school uniform."
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High school football coaches taking different approaches to summer workouts
The Columbian
High school football coaches are expecting a return to normal this fall. But the pandemic season — which ended just months ago — still has teams grappling with the aftermath.
“Coaches are creatures of habit,” Prairie coach Mike Peck said. “We are still charting unnavigated waters.”
This summer, football is going to look a little different. Summer camps will be skipped, practices will remain contact-free until July and coaches will use the time to build excitement for a full fall schedule.
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Water polo buildling momentum in Texas ahead of 2022
Houston Chroncile
Many of the best water polo players in the world will compete for Olympic medals July 24-Aug. 8 in Tokyo, notably including the two-time defending champion United States women’s team.
Another medal or two, including a U.S. men’s team that took silver as recently as 2008, could help build momentum for a sport that is generating waves in Texas.
Participation in club and high school water polo projects to increase with it becoming an official University Interscholastic League sport for the 2022 fall season. The transition from club to varsity was originally intended for the fall off 2021 but was rescheduled due to the pandemic.
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From state champ to NCAA official, Johnson City native stays connected to wrestling
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
Matt Sorochinsky's wrestling life has run the gamut.
He was 145-pound state champion for Johnson City High School in 1991, had second- and third-place NCAA Division III finishes at Ithaca College, was assistant coach at Johnson City, Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton, Oneonta State and Binghamton University, and has been a college official since 2002 after starting as a youth and high school official.
Sorochinsky, who turns 48 in August, will return to the Southern Tier as a clinician for a wrestling officials clinic July 10 at Waverly High School's gymnasium.
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10 reasons to get up early — Because early rising isn't just for birds
Healthline
Worms are hardly an incentive for humans to get up early, unless you’re heading out to fish and hoping for some free bait. Still, waking up early does have some perks. Contemplating setting your alarm for an eye-scorchingly early hour? Here’s why it might be worth it.
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Top 3 leadership skills to maintain in a post-pandemic world
Entrepreneur
COVID-19 has transformed life as we know it, impacting everyone personally and professionally. As we begin adjusting to a new normal, leaders must not forget the skills they honed to get through the crisis. Instead, leaders must use this time as an opportunity to adapt and grow and lean even harder into three critical leadership skills that got many through the pandemic's trials and tribulations: empathy, agility and data-driven decision making.
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Nearly 1 in 5 high school students and 1 in 20 middle school students reported current e-cigarette use in 2020. E-cigarette use among youth is unsafe. The nicotine in e-cigarettes can harm adolescent brain development by impacting attention, learning, and memory. Learn more at CDC.gov/e-cigarettes.
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.FITNESS & CONDITIONING
Physical activity may counter negative health effects of poor sleep
Medical News Today
While the negative health effects of physical inactivity and poor sleep have been independently researched and documented numerous times, few studies have focused on the synergistic impact of these factors on mortality.
A study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine investigates the joint association of physical activity and sleep with all-cause and cause-specific mortality risks.
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Sleep, exercise and your odds for a long, healthy life
HealthDay News
Poor quality sleep can shave years off your life, and these effects may be magnified if you don't get enough physical activity.
That's the bad news. The good news is that getting more exercise may help counter some of the health risks known to accompany poor quality sleep, new research shows.
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Intermittent fasting no better than calorie restriction for weight loss
Medical News Today
Intermittent fasting is an umbrella term for diets that restrict food intake to certain time windows. These diets can include fasting for several hours, or even days, at a time.
The dietary practice has become increasingly popular in recent years as a way to lose weight and improve health. The reason for its popularity may be that people consider it easier to maintain than some other diets.
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Long COVID symptoms — such as fatigue, brain fog, and rashes — likely caused by Epstein-Barr virus reactivation
World Organization via SciTech Daily
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) reactivation resulting from the inflammatory response to coronavirus infection may be the cause of previously unexplained long COVID symptoms — such as fatigue, brain fog, and rashes — that occur in approximately 30% of patients after recovery from initial COVID-19 infection. The first evidence linking EBV reactivation to long COVID, as well as an analysis of long COVID prevalence, is outlined in a new long COVID study.
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Eating disorder behaviors alter reward response in the brain
National Institutes of Health
Researchers have found that eating disorder behaviors, such as binge-eating, alter the brain’s reward response process and food intake control circuitry, which can reinforce these behaviors. Understanding how eating disorder behaviors and neurobiology interact can shed light on why these disorders often become chronic and could aid in the future development of treatments.
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