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  Hey guys, did you know athletes with the higest risk of ACL injury are Soccer, Basketball, Football players and skiers. Truth. But UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and Kasier Permanente are giving you a chance to talk to sports medicine pro’s and elite players to learn how to improve your... Read more
   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
   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
   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
Do you have kids itchin’ to get out and play new sports? The First Tee (nationwide golf program) is a fantastic place to start. No only do they teach our kids the sport, but core values that help mould  make them into young people of exceptional character. Check out... Read more
   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 : 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
   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
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

Character Combine

Blog February 13, 2012 0

A variety of vintage sports memorabilia (1880-2012) will be for sale at St. Leander’s Catholic Church this June. And it’s one show you don’t want to miss! In fact, show-producer Mark MacCrae is giving a $1 off when you mention SportStars! Take him up on it, right? Door prizes will be... Read more