Around here, we’re entering what coaches, athletes, and sports parents know as “Dead Week.” For those unfamiliar, Dead Week is a two-week period during the summer when school-sponsored athletic facilities are closed and there can be no contact, organized workouts, or practices between coaches and student-athletes. No workouts. No practices. No team meetings. No “optional […]

If you’ve spent any amount of time around youth sports, you’ve probably noticed something: there are a whole lot of people making things happen who never show up in the box score. No one keeps statistics on them. There isn’t a championship ring waiting at the end of the season. Nobody announces their name over the loudspeaker. […]