Coaching

INTERVIEW: Howard Soskind Talks About The Challenges of Being A Coach/Athletic Director At An Urban High School

Published on: 6th January, 2006

With Paul Schienberg, PhD
December 18th, 2005
Soskind: In order to be able to perform well you have to have control of your mind and be able to control all the outside emotions you have in life. One of the things we are fighting most on our team and in classes.
Schienberg: Give me an example of [...]

MOVIE NEWS: Reversal

Published on: 6th June, 2003

By Paul Schienberg, PhD
I had the good fortune of running into Jimi Petulla. He has created a film called “Reversal” with the help of Alan Vint (director). They have combined their talents to produce a story, based on real life, about a father (acted by Jimi Petulla) and son (acted by Danny Mousetis) caught up [...]

INTERVIEW: Jeff Torborg

Published on: 6th April, 2003

With Paul Schienberg, Ph.D.
Jeffrey Torborg was born in Plainfield, New Jersey on November 26, 1941. He played as a catcher for 10 seasons in the major leagues for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the California Angels. Jeff caught several no-hitters, most notably Sandy Koufax’s perfect game on September 9, 1965 vs. the Chicago Cubs. He [...]

PARENTING: Dealing with Abusive Coaches

Published on: 6th March, 2003

by Miguel Humara, Ph.D.
Last year I went to watch my cousin’s 13 year-old boy play for the championship of his soccer league. Tom’s a pretty good soccer player and I was surprised to hear him say as we drove to the field that he didn’t know if he was going to play the following year. [...]

Youth and School Sports – There Is A Choice

Published on: 6th November, 2002

by Mitch Lyons
If you are involved in organized youth or school sport in any capacity, you have one of two choices that you can make:

You may keep the current and traditional team model where children focus on sport-specific skills, with ambiguous life skill messages taught verbally, varying from team to team, [...]

COACH’S CORNER: First Time Working With Kids

Published on: 1st July, 2002

by Miguel Humara, Ph.D.
“Dad, I want to play on the _______ team!” In today’s world, many of our children are beginning to participate in organized sports at a young age. Unfortunately, we also have many demands on our time as well. Most experts in child mental health will tell you that in order to have [...]