Player’s Injury Brought Us Together
from My SA Sports
 Within hours after Hurricane Ike battered the Texas Coast, Raul Ytuarte was packing his bags at his home in Hondo to go wherever Wal-Mart needed him to help with the retailer's relief efforts and cleanup of damaged stores.
By the next morning, Ytuarte and other Wal-Mart employees from the San Antonio area were en route to Houston. Although his workdays will be considerably longer for at least the next month, volunteering to go to the storm-ravaged area was an easy decision for Ytuarte. The way he sees it, helping people he doesn't know is the least he can do to express his gratitude for the outpouring of support his nephew, former Hondo football player Jose Robles, received after his brush with death last year.
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Update on State Board of Education (S.B.O.E.) Actions on 4x4 Graduation Requirements
from THSCA
After initially approving a petition submitted to the State Board of Education (SBOE) requesting that athletics be added to the list of allowable elective credits for graduation the SBOE has take action to initiate the rule making process. More
Rockwall-Heath Program has Grown up Quickly
from Dallas Morning News HS Game Time
When Mickey Moss was named Rockwall-Heath's football coach in February, Austin Moss knew he would be leaving South Garland. It was an easy decision. The star linebacker wanted to keep playing for his dad. And, oh yeah, Rockwall-Heath has a lot of really good players. More
Athletes: Be Careful with Weight Training
from The Observer Dispatch
A couple of decades ago, coaches mistakenly advised athletes to perform very fast repetitions in order to become faster on the field or on the court. There are several reasons why this type of training will not work. In order to become faster in a particular sport, you must practice the very same movements that are done during competition. Neuromuscular pathways must be developed, stimulating muscle fibers in as similar a fashion as during a game. Performing rapid movements with weights will do little to improve an athlete’s skills in a particular sport. Conditioning specialists, at times, attempt to re-create sports movements against resistance, and for the most part, fail to generate any significant improvements in sport skill development. More
A Legend in His Time
from Victoria Advocate
Jack Cook, who coached basketball in Victoria for 20 years before becoming the Victoria school district’s first athletic director, died at the age of 88 after a long battle with cancer. Cook was inducted into the Texas High School Coaches Association’s Hall of Honor in 1977 before retiring in 1985. More
UNLV Study Finds Evidence Against Pre-exercise Stretches
from The Rebel Yell
A new study by UNLV kinesiology researchers found that certain pre-exercise stretches can cause reduced performance by limiting leg power. More
Bosqueville, Evant Quarterbacks Piling Up Big Numbers
from Waco Tribune Herald
The quarterback is always the big fish, whether he has 5,000 classmates or 105. The smaller the pond, though, the more a big fish will create ripples, and there are some nice catches making splashes in the local Class 1A tank so far this season. Experienced quarterbacks like Bremond’s LiDarral Bailey and Itasca’s Mikey Marshall have their teams up and running, while first-year QBs like Axtell’s Weston Popham and Mart’s Xavier Williams seem to be making the wheels turn just fine. But nobody in Central Texas is stirring the water, at least through three games, quite like 1A whoppers Blaze Blackburn of Bosqueville and Aaron Doyle of Evant. More
Replacing the Coach Doesn’t Solve Problems
from Science Daily
Bringing in a new coach rarely solves problems, regardless of when it is done. This is the conclusion of a study from Mid Sweden University about hiring and firing coaches in the Swedish Elite Series ice-hockey league during the period 1975/76-2005/06. Despite this fact, coaches are nevertheless very publicly fired. The study shows that it is a mistake to replace the coach. More
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