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More to Coaching Than Meets the Eye.
Building a competative college team takes a lot more effort than just coaching during the season. Coaches spend their offseason trying to recruit players to come to their school and play for their team, and at Lyndon its not that easy.
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In collegiate sports the road to success starts well before the season does.
"Great players make good coaches great," said Vincent Maloney, The LSC women's baskestball coach. At a small school such as Lyndon, great players don't walk through the door, you have to go find them.
Setting up a network of high school, junior college, and prep school coaches is one of the keys to sucesfully recruiting athletes. These networks are usally with in the school's region. Most coaches at Lyndon will look for players through out New England, while larger, division one schools often recruit nation wide and sometimes internationally.
"Recruiting is selling," said Bill Johnson, the Lyndon State sports information director. Coaches need to sell the athlete on the small things that they can't get anywhere else but their school.
Joe Krupinski, the men's basketball coach at Lyndon State, says that he tries to sell the student on improvement of themselves as well as improvement of the team, telling them that they can be part of getting the school back on the winning track.
Chris Ummer, Lyndon States cross-country coach, tries to sell the athletes on their individual improvement. Most coaches will also try to sell the student on the area that suronds the campus.
Perhaps the biggest challenge is seeing the athlete play. Most high school seasons run at the same time as college seasons. This makes it difficult to recruit.
Krupinski said you need to focus on the current season while keeping the future in the back of your head at all times. So many coaches use the semester break to do the bulk of their recruiting.
"Students are very excited when a coach walks in to see them play," said Maloney.
Once the player is found by the coach, they begin sending letters, e-mails and then a phone call to schedule a campus visit.
According to Ummer, the key to getting a player is the campus visit. He tries to have current runners swing by and talk to the recruits, that way they feel like they are already part of the team and want to come to Lyndon.
Full Story:
In collegiate sports the road to success starts well before the season does.
"Great players make good coaches great," said Vincent Maloney, The LSC women's baskestball coach. At a small school such as Lyndon, great players don't walk through the door, you have to go find them.
Setting up a network of high school, junior college, and prep school coaches is one of the keys to sucesfully recruiting athletes. These networks are usally with in the school's region. Most coaches at Lyndon will look for players through out New England, while larger, division one schools often recruit nation wide and sometimes internationally.
"Recruiting is selling," said Bill Johnson, the Lyndon State sports information director. Coaches need to sell the athlete on the small things that they can't get anywhere else but their school.
Joe Krupinski, the men's basketball coach at Lyndon State, says that he tries to sell the student on improvement of themselves as well as improvement of the team, telling them that they can be part of getting the school back on the winning track.
Chris Ummer, Lyndon States cross-country coach, tries to sell the athletes on their individual improvement. Most coaches will also try to sell the student on the area that suronds the campus.
Perhaps the biggest challenge is seeing the athlete play. Most high school seasons run at the same time as college seasons. This makes it difficult to recruit.
Krupinski said you need to focus on the current season while keeping the future in the back of your head at all times. So many coaches use the semester break to do the bulk of their recruiting.
"Students are very excited when a coach walks in to see them play," said Maloney.
Once the player is found by the coach, they begin sending letters, e-mails and then a phone call to schedule a campus visit.
According to Ummer, the key to getting a player is the campus visit. He tries to have current runners swing by and talk to the recruits, that way they feel like they are already part of the team and want to come to Lyndon.
LSC Profesor's Unharmed in Plane Crash (fake story)
An airliner crashed during takeoff on Thursday while leaving a New York airport. Two Lyndon State professors were on board and unharmed.
Two Lyndon State College Professors were among the 40 people who were unharmed during a plane crash on Thursday.
Lyndon Professor's John Dumont and George Johnson were on board the plan at the time of the crash. The two professors were attempting to return to Lyndon from a conference in New York.
The plane was leaving from LaGuardia in New York and was caring 45 people. The plane crashed during takeoff.
Two Lyndon State College Professors were among the 40 people who were unharmed during a plane crash on Thursday.
Lyndon Professor's John Dumont and George Johnson were on board the plan at the time of the crash. The two professors were attempting to return to Lyndon from a conference in New York.
The plane was leaving from LaGuardia in New York and was caring 45 people. The plane crashed during takeoff.
Phelps In Hot Water (blurb)
A South Carolina sheriff wants Michael Phelps jailed for his actions. That won't happen but he will be punished by the American Public.
Read the full post here
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Phelps in Hot Water
The sheriff in a South Carolina county believes that Michael Phelps should pay for smoking pot a college party.
A photo of the popular gold medalist smoking from what appeared to be a marijuana pipe appeared in a British tabloid recently. The sheriff does not seem to care that Phelps has more gold medals than any other person or that is public relations team wrote him an apologetic statement.
No where in the world are there enough jail cells to hold every person who thinks it is accpetable to smoke marijuana, and Phelps will not be jailed no matter how hard the Richland County sherifs office tries. Phelps has done enough damage to his reputation with out being sent to jail.
This is Phelps second tango with the law after winning golds at the Olympics. A few short months after the then 19-year old won six golds in Athens he was charged with driving under the influence. But his popularity regained itself after these past Olympics and Phelps was projecected to make $100 million in endorsements.
Even though most of his advertisers said they would stay with him, his image is hurt. The American public now has the image of Phelps with a bong pressed against his face burned into their memory. Phelps knows he will have to live with his decisions and wants to grow from it.
"By no means is it fun for me. By no means is it easy," he said to The Associated Press after a swim.
Photo courtesy of CCTV International
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No need to apologize
Original article from Caledonian Record, by Tim Dahlberg, AP Sports Columnist
A photo of the popular gold medalist smoking from what appeared to be a marijuana pipe appeared in a British tabloid recently. The sheriff does not seem to care that Phelps has more gold medals than any other person or that is public relations team wrote him an apologetic statement.
No where in the world are there enough jail cells to hold every person who thinks it is accpetable to smoke marijuana, and Phelps will not be jailed no matter how hard the Richland County sherifs office tries. Phelps has done enough damage to his reputation with out being sent to jail.
This is Phelps second tango with the law after winning golds at the Olympics. A few short months after the then 19-year old won six golds in Athens he was charged with driving under the influence. But his popularity regained itself after these past Olympics and Phelps was projecected to make $100 million in endorsements.
Even though most of his advertisers said they would stay with him, his image is hurt. The American public now has the image of Phelps with a bong pressed against his face burned into their memory. Phelps knows he will have to live with his decisions and wants to grow from it.
"By no means is it fun for me. By no means is it easy," he said to The Associated Press after a swim.
Photo courtesy of CCTV International
Related:
No need to apologize
Original article from Caledonian Record, by Tim Dahlberg, AP Sports Columnist
Monday, February 2, 2009
Blog is Pimped!
The first thing I did to my blog was find the template. The reason I picked the template I picked is because it is close to the colors of a beagle. I also added a few cool gadgets. The first I added was a sports photo of the day. I clicked on add gadget and then went to sports and picked the quotes gadget. I did the same with the sports quote. I also added a poll, asking what my grade should be for this assignment. I also added a blog roll, with the link to Dan's blog on it. And to top it off, the coolest gadget I added was the air hockey game at the very bottom of the blog.
And the final touch: Jambo!
And the final touch: Jambo!
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