Participation in athletics provides student-athletes a place to develop autonomy and grow socially through interactions with peers, parents, and coaches (Torres & Hager 2013). Coaches entrusted by parents to guide and nurture their child's sport experience fulfill the role of teacher, counselor, colleague, mentor, supervisor, and leader…

Explains how in high school athletics, the primary tenets of maintaining positive relationships with team constituencies are communication, team rules, and team planning (i.e., player conferences, team conferences, and evaluation). Success in winning the toughest game and reducing conflict with players and parents lies in a coach's ability to…

This guide presents a series of scenarios that encapsulate the legal, philosophical, and common sense challenges faced by middle and high school teachers every day. Each scenario includes the vignette, the topical problem areas into which it falls, four possible solutions, space for the readers to state what they would do in each situation, and…