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Posts tagged "Youth Sports"

High School: Olympic Athlete Lolo Jones Has No Qualms With Her Virginity

Whether it is the recent release of my book (Becoming a True Champion), the topics I cover on my blog, or my tendency to stand firm on ideas and thoughts I have on certain issues, I do tend to attract conversation regarding controversial and/or semi-controversial topics. Sometimes they just seem to find me, and this... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
May 25, 2012 at 7:00 am
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High School: It's Just Our Imagination That Behavior at Youth Sports Events Isn't Getting Out of Hand

So you think all this hoopla about crazy unsportsmanlike behavior is not getting out of hand at youth sports events? Watch this: Just two questions. Where are the coaches? Why are they not both out there helping to try and control their own teams? Definitely not a pretty sight from my perspective, how about yours... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
May 23, 2012 at 7:00 am
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High School: Great Piece by USA Today’s Brennan on Adults’ Bad Behavior in Youth Sports

I truly enjoyed reading Christine Brennan’s piece at USA Today, ‘Rec rage’ by adults too common at youth events, on parental misbehavior in our youth sports culture. It’s certainly been something I’ve discussed on many occasions over the last several years and it’s nice to see the issue being addressed further by an online source... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
May 21, 2012 at 7:00 am
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High School: The Good, Better and Best vs. a Master Coach

With summer fast approaching (and summer practices right around the corner) I thought it a good idea to repost what I believe to be important differences between coaches and master coaches, and all that lies between. (Original post – September, 2012.)   A coach is a teacher working toward giving their athletes a good understanding of... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
May 18, 2012 at 7:00 am
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Inspiration Knows No Gender Bounds: My Top 6 Inspirational Stories of Female Athletes

In honor of Mother’s Day yesterday, women in general, and the athletic accomplishments of the female gender, I would like to re-post a piece from a couple years back. The list below contains some mind boggling inspirational athletic feats. It was after one of my inspirational speaking presentations (to a high school girl’s volleyball program)... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
May 14, 2012 at 7:00 am
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High School Sports: Former College Basketball Coach Wants to End High School Sports

I have to admit, based on Dan Hinxman’s piece Ex-coach proposes ending high school sports, I thought it absurd a former coach, Len Stevens, would support just such a notion. However, the reasoning behind why he feels this way does have some weight, at least on the surface. First, I do see this idea of... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
May 9, 2012 at 7:00 am
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High School Sports: Perspective in Sports is EVERYTHING!!!

My recent highlighting of inspirational sports stories has got me thinking…again. I mean, you have to wonder how certain individuals, athletes, are able to face such difficulties and still come out on top, finding ways to overcome the obstacles that stood before them. It’s a topic I have covered before, yet one I can’t stop... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
May 7, 2012 at 7:00 am
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High School Sports: Spina Bifida no Match for Niles North Pitcher James Fuller

This past April must have been inspiration month as another article about an athlete facing tough adversity (and many surgeries) to accomplish something most just take for granted―playing high school baseball. In the Chicago Sun-Times, a piece titled Undeterred by spina bifida, Niles North senior stunning foes on mound highlights the difficulties associated with such... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
May 4, 2012 at 7:00 am
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NCAA Champion Anthony Robles: A Man on a Mission Has No Bounds

Inspiration, motivation, desire; three almost interchangeable terms which hold the power to move us from where we are to where we want to be. Like a smoldering, yet ever-present fire, sometimes white hot in intensity, the significance of these terms to the overall theme of becoming the best one can be simply cannot be denied... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
April 27, 2012 at 7:00 am
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High School: A Definition of True Success That Builds From the Inside Out

Back in December of 2009, after a conversation I had with one of my kids, I was contemplating the idea of what true or real success is. A definition, so to speak, that would help give clarification to the term. I mean everyone has their own personal definition of what success is to them, right? However, in today’s... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
April 25, 2012 at 7:00 am
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