We’re almost one-third through the 2010-11 school sports year; so it’s time to remind myself of what I learn every August as the new year kicks off.
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School sports is a team sport. It’s not just something that coaches and athletes do; but something, even in so-called individual sports, that a team must do together to do well.
A minor repair to a vocal cord forced me into 48 hours of silence recently. I rather enjoyed it and, frankly, was a little sorry to see it end.
Before we change our calendars to 2011, the MHSAA will have launched a streamlined mobile version of MHSAA.com, as well as its first six mobile applications for four platforms . . .
The recent journey of school sports has had some “detours and adjustments,” to be sure – the change of seasons and the failing economy the two most obvious.
This is election season, and we’ll hear political commentators talk a lot about the need for candidates to “stay on message.” That’s probably good advice for those of us involved in school sports.
We’ve seen traditional mail be replaced by email, and we now may be watching texting, tweeting and Facebook replace email.
If we merely whisper our beliefs, not much will be made of the mistakes we make. But neither will much become of our message.
From the Director is the official MHSAA Blog which will touch on pertinent school sports topics periodically throughout the school year from various MHSAA Staff.