League of Fans

By Ken Reed

John Wooden was fond of saying “Sport doesn’t build character, it reveals it.”

Building character should be a high priority for youth sports coaches. Unfortunately, too many youth sports coaches operate with a win-at-all-costs (WAAC) mindset. Developing strong character traits in their athletes are a secondary consideration, if they are considered at […]

By Ken Reed

There has long been a fairly popular perception that schools should be about “the life of the mind” and that physical activities in general, and physical education in particular, should have nothing to do with the learning process.

Given all the research data showing a positive relationship between exercise and the […]

By Ken Reed

“It’s time to do away with coaching by humiliation and fear. When college coaches choose to coach this way and win, then coaches at all levels feel they have to emulate this behavior. This results in an environment with an enormous rippling effect with harmful social consequences … As parents and citizens, […]

By Ken Reed

I coach a middle school girls basketball team. Practice for the season starts in a week. As such, I’ve been doing some preparation and planning for the season.

In doing that, I came across some old wisdom that I think is very applicable to athletes of all ages today. It comes from […]

By Ken Reed

Recently, I was chatting with a group of sports fans about the state of sports. Each of them were disillusioned by SportsWorld today. And the primary reason cited was that they see sports being driven more and more by the chase for money, even at the youth sports level. To them, the […]

“Women aren’t born less interested in sports. Society conditions them.”

— Valerie Bonnette, Title IX consultant

By Ken Reed

Despite the tremendous gains brought about by Title IX, we unfortunately still live in a country in which female athletes continue to be treated unfairly and unjustly in the sports arena. In fact, the gap in […]

By Ken Reed

Flag football, in general, is very popular. There are more than 20 million participants in 100+ countries.

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) and the NFL are leading a push to have flag football be part of the Olympics held in Los Angeles in 2028.

The fastest growing segment […]