HEALTH WATCH: Setting Up for Success
Health & Fitness February 13, 2012 0
A look at the most common volleyball-related injuries and how to practice prevention HEALTH WATCH : Caitlin R. Mouille, PT, DPT, MTC Volleyball is one of the most popular girls sports with school and club programs located across the country. Each year more than 460,000 high school... Read more
TRAINING TIME: Heart Science
Health & Fitness February 13, 2012 0
Heart Rate Variability measurements provide invaluable data for the training process. TRAINING TIME : Tim Rudd for IYCA Heart rate variability (HRV) has been getting a ton of press lately, and with good reason. Coaches and athletes all know that training, nutrition and recovery always has been,... Read more
POWERED BY TRUCKS: Get Hip To the Flexor
Health & Fitness February 13, 2012 0
Now that another school year is under way, the fall sports season is not far behind. Among those sports is my favorite “” football. With football comes a lot of sprinting and the test is on to see how well the body has been prepared in the offseason... Read more
CONCUSSIONS: Check Your Head
Health & Fitness February 13, 2012 0
Don’t wait for a suspected concussion to have your brain scanned It’s hard to make the concussion statistics any scarier than they already are. Millions of traumatic brain injuries occur each year in sports and recreation-related activities. Many concussions are difficult to detect and many athletes underreport... Read more
GET MENTAL: Proper Focus
Health & Fitness February 13, 2012 0
GET MENTAL : Erika Carlson Do your technical skills matter? Of course. How much time do you spend developing those skills? Most high school/youth athletes spend an average of 10 hours per week practicing and competing at their sport. If you do additional work with specialized technical... Read more
Turf Wars
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Last year’s cover story in SportStars by Ben Enos focused on football bragging rights being decided in games between teams from the Bay Area and the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section. At the time Enos wrote the story, the Sac-Joaquin held a 114-90 edge in reported games from the... Read more
Preseason Bowling
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State of Play by Mark Tennis Heading into the closing weeks of the last two California high school football seasons, there weren’t many certainties except it was pretty obvious that whichever teams were going to play in the CIF Division II State Bowl game, the Northern California team... Read more
Holly Court Highlights Big Week for St. Francis volleyball
Club Sports February 13, 2012 0
SACRAMENTO, Calif. ““ The St. Francis volleyball program hosts the annual Holy Court matchup Wednesday as part of a week that features matches against three of the Sacramento area’s top teams. In addition to Sacramento Bee No. 1 Christian Brothers, the Troubadours travel to No. 6 Oak Ridge... Read more
Dogs4Diabetics 2014 Raffle
Club Sports February 13, 2012 0
Our furry friends over at Dogs4Diabetics are selling raffle tickets with AMAZING prizes to win! Check out and Enter the 2014 Raffle before October 13th, 2014. The raffle drawing will be held during the 2nd Annual Dogtoberfest celebration held at The Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, CA. Raffle Tickets will... Read more
After two years of seeing the North and South eliminate one of their strongest candidates for the California Interscholastic Federation State Football Bowl Championships, the CIF announced Monday it would be doing away with the regional bowl for its Open Division. The regional bowl games will still... Read more
Don’t Fear the Static
Health & Fitness February 13, 2012 0
While dynamic warm-ups are taught more and more, static stretching can still be very effective. Health Watch : Jamie Faison I was working at an Elementary School Field Day last week, and I was teaching the students about the importance of warm-up and stretching before exercises. When... Read more
