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Knee Injuries

Posted by Mike McMahon at Oct 22, 2001 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )
There are many components to the knee making it vulnerable for various types of injuries. Many injuries are successfully treated conservatively, while others require surgery to correct. Here are some facts about the knee from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
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Coach Jackson's Pages

Posted by Mike McMahon at Oct 22, 2001 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )
Larry has been a head varsity basketball coach for 21 years and has 363 career wins. He has coached in Missouri, Arizona and Texas. He has coached one State Quaterfinalist team; one Regional Championship team; four District Championship teams; five district runner-up teams; nine play-off teams; eight teams which finished third in district.
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ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURIES

Posted by Mike McMahon at Oct 22, 2001 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )
Cross, M.J. (1998). Anterior cruciate ligament injuries: treatment and rehabilitation. In: Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine and Science, T.D.Fahey (Editor).
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HOW TO HELP YOUR DAUGHTER AND HER TEAM

Posted by Paul Loucks at Oct 21, 2001 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

(Basketball Coaching - In Search of Excellence)
           
1. Please don't shout advice to your player during the game. Shout encouragement? You bet. A steady stream of technique suggestions, though, has no value. Your insightful tips may conflict with my instruction.

2. Please don't harass the refs. Parents that loudly harass the referee are embarrassing to the player and the team. When a parent makes a spectacle of himself at a game, the player is embarrassed. If the ref is being reamed by a parent for a bad call (by definition, a bad call is any decision made against the parent's child), what does the player learn? He learns that the mistake wasn't his fault. It was the result of poor officiating. This is a bad habit to get into.

Don't encourage your child to place the blame for their failures upon others. One of the benefits of playing sports is learning to accept responsibility instead of making excuses.

Sometimes a call is hard to take for whatever reason. Such times are tests of emotional control. If a player can learn to bite his lip and move on, a parent can learn to sit quietly for a moment and let the emotion pass. Learning to cope with disappointment is a valuable life skill.

3. Don't blame the coach for your child's problems or lack of playing time. Your child's struggles to succeed are your child's problems. Let him work them out without your interference. A player has every right to ask a coach what needs to be done to earn more playing time, for example. But a parent stepping in to demand playing time is another thing altogether.

4. Please don't talk bad about the coach in front of your child. The worst thing a parent can do is take pot shots at the coach, criticizing decisions, and complaining about his leadership. Support the coach and stand behind his decisions.

5. Please don't razz the other team's players. The other team's players should be considered off limits. Yelling at or deriding someone else's child is a shameful practice for an adult at a sporting event. Parents who intend to disrupt, distract or upset players exhibit the worst of poor sportsmanship.

As a parent, be involved in a positive way. Attend your child's games as often as you can. Cheer for all the kids on the team. Help with fund raising. Assist with logistics. If you're not sure how to help, ask the coach.