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Coaches can profoundly affect how young athletes develop and determine whether they continue to play sports. When we closely watch their interactions with players, our kids’ needs become clearer.
Fort Worth city council member Elizabeth Beck bullied and threatened the jobs of a volleyball coach and a school athletic coordinator over her daughter’s place on the Young Women’s Leadership ...
ROCHESTER - After allegations of hazing and bullying in his program, Rochester football coach Derek Leonard was suspended for his team's regular-season finale Oct. 25.. After an investigation from ...
Stop Bullying: Speak Up [1] was created in 2010 and has partnered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Stop Bullying.gov), Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), as well as The Anti-Defamation League and The Southern Poverty Law Center through its project, Teaching Tolerance, and other corporate sponsors.
In American popular culture, the jocks, cheerleaders and other athletes are typically depicted at the top of the social pyramid. They are normally portrayed as snooty and ruthless and do whatever it takes to keep the status quo. At the very bottom are nerds and geeks, otherwise known as people who work hard and get good grades while in school.
The coach has significant influence on whether young players specialize in a single sport. Early sports specialization is encouraged by parents, paid coaches, and other people, some of whom hope to produce the next star athlete, rather than by the children or teenagers.
Purdue is investigating claims that longtime women’s basketball coach Sharon Versyp ran a “toxic and hostile environment” with her program, according to the Lafayette Journal and Courier.
The allegations of bullying, Hammon insisted, aren’t true. “It just didn’t happen … the bullying,” Hammon said, via The Athletic . “I spoke with her every day.