Sentences with phrase «as a high school athlete»

Founder Alden Blease first experimented with functional foods as a high school athlete.

CSP offers programs for youth as well as high school athletes.

As a high school athlete who had to make the walk through the locker room before school and glance at the list on the coaches office window, I've always strenuously objected such a notion.

As a high school athlete, you've had some success «'' hopefully a lot of success «'' to reflect on.

This is the kind of nutrition and hydration advice that Lindsay Baker sought as a high school athlete.

I originally started out as a high school athlete, playing basketball and track, and then went on to run cross-country in college.

Elvire Emanuelle is solid as a high school athlete with dad issues, but the movie feels too by - the - numbers

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The majority of CoachUp's athletes range from grade school up through high school — a natural pyramid, as Fliegel points out, with the best athletes most likely to continue through high school graduation.

In one of the three complaints, Jim Gatto — director of global sports marketing for basketball at Adidas — and four other defendants were accused of bribing high - school athletes to play at universities sponsored by Adidas (referred to as «Company 1» in the case).

In his heyday Antonious was a hearty athlete who ran three miles each way to high school, and as an adult he became an accomplished duckpin bowler.

If I wanted to be a disingenuous putz, I could pretend that comparison meant something (as if the bodies of a high schooler and a grown - ass professional athlete wouldn't be markedly different), and I could point out that Jones sure had a noticeable dip in production when he turned 32 and then suddenly got much better (as if that kind of variance doesn't happen in baseball all the freaking time).

His athletic playing and coaching experience includes: Coached BAVC boys and girls club teams including 18s (boys and girls), 16s (boys and girls), 15s (girls), and 13s (girls) Current De La Salle Junior Varsity Coach Former Clayton Valley High Girls Varsity Head and Assistant Coach Former Las Lomas High Varsity Assistant Coach Former St. Francis CYO and Walnut Creek Youth Basketball Coach Former AA Rated Sand & Grass Doubles Division I Football and Basketball Player (University of Maine) All - State High School Football Player (Maine) Rich brings a broad perspective on youth athletics as a club director, coach, high school and college athlete, and a father of a high school and college athlHigh Girls Varsity Head and Assistant Coach Former Las Lomas High Varsity Assistant Coach Former St. Francis CYO and Walnut Creek Youth Basketball Coach Former AA Rated Sand & Grass Doubles Division I Football and Basketball Player (University of Maine) All - State High School Football Player (Maine) Rich brings a broad perspective on youth athletics as a club director, coach, high school and college athlete, and a father of a high school and college athlHigh Varsity Assistant Coach Former St. Francis CYO and Walnut Creek Youth Basketball Coach Former AA Rated Sand & Grass Doubles Division I Football and Basketball Player (University of Maine) All - State High School Football Player (Maine) Rich brings a broad perspective on youth athletics as a club director, coach, high school and college athlete, and a father of a high school and college athlHigh School Football Player (Maine) Rich brings a broad perspective on youth athletics as a club director, coach, high school and college athlete, and a father of a high school and college atSchool Football Player (Maine) Rich brings a broad perspective on youth athletics as a club director, coach, high school and college athlete, and a father of a high school and college athlhigh school and college athlete, and a father of a high school and college atschool and college athlete, and a father of a high school and college athlhigh school and college atschool and college athlete.

With Folsom now the marquee football program that Cordova once was back in the 1970s and 80s, the Lancers» numbers — of both players and wins — steadily decreased through the years as the best athletes in Cordova's enrollment area drove a few exits east on Highway 50 or simply abandoned the sport at the high school level.

As a youth growing up in Canoga Park, Calif., the son of an Italian - American father and an Irish - French mother, Tim Foli was such a talented athlete that by the time he graduated from high school he was offered both football and baseball scholarships to the University of Southern California and Notre Dame and a $ 75,000 baseball bonus by the Mets, who had made him their first choice in the 1968 free - agent draft.

Yet most athletic officials, even those who oppose it, regard Prop 42 as a well - intentioned effort to strike a balance between academic integrity and the need to provide an opportunity for the disadvantaged athlete who wants a degree and is willing to work hard to get it — a kid like John Thompson was as a high school senior in Washington, D.C. Thompson says he could not have gone to college under Prop 42, but he's careful not to paint Proposition 42 in racial terms.

He's been discussed as the # 1 player in the state of Michigan and was used mostly as an athlete in high school.

If you're playing first base in high school, that means you're probably not as good of an athlete as the kids playing center, short, and catcher.

The Evening of Dreams attracted stars like Folsom's Jake Browning, Capital Christian's Justice Shelton - Mosley and Paige Florio, and Oak Ridge's Laurel Maunder and Ryan Sullivan as 42 local high schools and 22 colleges (including athletes returning from as far away as Ole Miss) were represented.

Trap shooting is doing so both figuratively and literally as student - athletes are increasingly hitting the range at local shooting clubs to hone their craft and compete against students of rival high schools.

Rather than sign with a club team, as is the fashion for many high school athletes, she's true to her roots.

A top student and football star in South Central L.A., Kitam Hamm is one of a growing number of high school athletes who face life - and - death decisions every day as they try to survive in gang - infested communities

The juniors programs focus on preparing athletes for high school and collegiate play, as well as tournament play.

As we begin our 11th season, we continue to offer highly competitive cheer teams, classes, high school camps, and choreography as well as group tumbling & private lessons to all athletes in the Bay AreAs we begin our 11th season, we continue to offer highly competitive cheer teams, classes, high school camps, and choreography as well as group tumbling & private lessons to all athletes in the Bay Areas well as group tumbling & private lessons to all athletes in the Bay Areas group tumbling & private lessons to all athletes in the Bay Area.

Everyone talks about a graduating class from high school and key athletes moving on into college, but it's always fun to check out those who've earned jobs as rookies in the NFL after playing in college.

Proposal 48 holds that entering athletes can be eligible as freshmen only if they have a minimum score of 700 on the combined college board SAT test (or a 15 of 36 score on the American College Test) and a 2.0 high school grade - point average in 11 core courses.

At 6» 5», with a 39 - inch vertical leap and 4.25 speed in the 40, he established himself as West Virginia's greatest high school athlete since Jerry West.

So if participation in high school sports is good for students, at a certain level it makes sense that as many students as possible should get that opportunity — but if the same group of athletes hogs three sports» worth of spots, then opportunities are lost for others.

One Cowboy wrestling family member in particular, I have had the honor and privilege to coach, as well as mentor beyond high school is 1996 alumni Joe Iacono, a true student - athlete motivated by sheer determination to follow and achieve his dreams.

This is a 16 week progression, and just the beginning for a high school athlete, as the athlete gets stronger we continually progress to higher boxes and hurdles starting over with the same 16 week progression as long as the athlete continues to show proficiency.

As the high school sports season gets back into full - swing, I see an influx of young athletes who suffer injuries to their knees.

Currently, as Director of Player Development for the NFA, Hewlett is involved with conducting more than 70 youth development camps annually for youth and high school athletes.

For 2016, SportStars editors uped the ante choosing nearly 100 - additional athletes and including some never - before recognized sports like rugby as it contiues to gain a high school footing.

Yes, swimming at the highest levels is an individual sport, and as athletes start to separate themselves from the pack, it makes complete sense to swim the events that a) you enjoy the most (because in the long run you'll most likely do better at them), and b) suit your skills — but in case you haven't noticed, you're in high school.

So as a general rule, throughout high school, roughly 70 percent of a young athlete's training program should be based on general fitness and athletic ability.

The Unified races will be one of the many highpoints of Bay Area Games as more than 500 Special Olympics Northern California special education student - athletes compete in track & field events on Tuesday at Acalanes High School in Lafayette.

Brian Cole (Early Enrollee): Discussed as the # 1 player in the state of Michigan and was used mostly as an athlete in high school.

Does playing for the right team, club or high school guarantee getting recruited for college is a question all parents of elite athletes end up facing sometime along the way as their children continue their growth as athletes.

A 2014 study (1), however, found that, despite the 2010 endorsement of 6 national medical societies of a single PPE form as part of an effort to standardize the screening process, and nearly unanimous public support for PPE screening by a qualified health care professional before participation in a consistent manner across the country, the medical community is still largely unaware of national sports preparticipation physical evaluation guidelines and only 11 % of athletes at US high schools are guaranteed to receive a PPE fully consistent with the national standard.

Producer of: The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer (PBS) and author of: Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports (Harper Collins) is well known as the «Mother of Youth Sports Safety» for her tireless advocacy and solutions based work in safeguarding young athletes.

While the study found that high schools in the state were meeting the law's minimum guidelines - likely left purposefully vague as a necessary legislative compromise for an unfunded mandate - Chrisman and her co-authors thus expressed the hope that further revisions of the law would beef up the educational requirements for athletes and parents.

While O'Kane said there was some evidence that concussion education could improve the percentage of athletes reporting concussions, pointing to a 2012 study [8] finding that high school athletes receiving concussion education were twice as likely to report symptoms to coaches compared with those with no education (72 % vs. 36 %), he acknowledged that a 2013 study [9](also by researchers at the University of Washington) found that many high school soccer players, despite understanding the symptoms of concussion and the potentially severe complications from playing with concussion, would continue to play despite symptoms.

She pointed to one patient, a high school athlete, who had clearly recovered from his concussion - to the point that he was performing in the superior range on neuropsychological testing and getting As in school - who was nevertheless so worried, anxious, and paranoid about hurting his head again that he thought he'd suffered another concussion when he happened to turn his head quickly from side to side!

One 2013 study, for instance, found that high school athletes only reported 1 in 7 impacts they classified as «dings» or «bell - ringers,» many of which are likely concussions.

Interestingly, just days before the NFL's decision to suspend the use of impact sensors was announced, my local paper, The Boston Globe, came out with a powerful editorial in which it urged college, high school, and recreational leagues in contact and collision sports to consider mandating use of impact sensors, or, at the very least, experimenting with the technology, to alert the sideline personnel to hits that might cause concussion, and to track data on repetitive head impacts, which, a growing body of peer - reviewed evidence suggests, may result, over time, in just as much, if not more, damage to an athlete's brain, as a single concussive blow, and may even predispose an athlete to concussion.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 18 -2-25a (2013) requires the governing authority of each public and nonpublic elementary school, middle school, junior high school and high school, working through guidance approved by the department of health and communicated through the department of education, to do the following: (A) Adopt guidelines and other pertinent information and forms as approved by the department of health to inform and educate coaches, school administrators, youth athletes and their parents or guardians of the nature, risk and symptoms of concussion and head injury, including continuing to play after concussion or head injury; (B) Require annual completion by all coaches, whether the coach is employed or a volunteer, and by school athletic directors of a concussion recognition and head injury safety education course program approved by the department.

Sports - Related Drug Testing: The Illinois High School Association, the organization that governs participation in interscholastic athletics, requires random testing of high school athletes who have qualified as individuals or as members of a team for selected state series competitHigh School Association, the organization that governs participation in interscholastic athletics, requires random testing of high school athletes who have qualified as individuals or as members of a team for selected state series competSchool Association, the organization that governs participation in interscholastic athletics, requires random testing of high school athletes who have qualified as individuals or as members of a team for selected state series competithigh school athletes who have qualified as individuals or as members of a team for selected state series competschool athletes who have qualified as individuals or as members of a team for selected state series competition.

The survey also found that eight in ten support a requirement that an athlete be evaluated and cleared by a doctor before being allowed to return to play sports after suffering a concussion (as is now required by law, at least at the high school level, in virtually every state).

The two most recent studies of concussion rates among high school athletes (1,2) report concussion rates in girl's lacrosse essentially tied with girl's soccer for the highest among girl's sports, nearly as high as the concussion rate in boy's lacrosse (not statistically different in terms of rates), and almost double the rate of the girl's sport with the next highest concussion rate (basketball).

While energy drinks have become extremely popular among adolescents and young adults in recent years, with many young athletes seeing them as a quick and easy way to maximize athletic performance, many groups, including the National Federation of High School Associations (NFHS), recommend against their use for re-hydration and warn that consumption may hurt not help athletic performance by causing side effects as bloating, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, light headedness, and impaired sleep.

When I finally had a chance to speak, we were already running over the 2 1/2 hours allotted for the roundtable, so I was only able to briefly touch on two of my many message points: one, that the game can be and is being made safer, and two, that, based on my experience following a high school football team in Oklahoma this past season - which will be the subject of a MomsTEAM documentary to be released in early 2013 called The Smartest Team - I saw the use of hit sensors in football helmets as offering an exciting technological «end around» the problem of chronic under - reporting of concussions that continues to plague the sport and remains a major impediment, in my view, to keeping kids safe (the reasons: if an athlete is allowed to keep playing with a concussion, studies show that their recovery is likely to take longer, and they are at increased risk of long - term problems (e.g. early dementia, depression, more rapid aging of the brain, and in rare cases, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and in extremely rare instances, catastrophic injury or death.)