Radar guns, bat swing sensors and monitor devices, once exclusive to the elite level of sport, are now affordable to the everyday coach.
“Kids are visual learners and live in the 160-character world; embrace it, there’s no risk,” said baseball head coach Sean O’Connor of DeMatha Catholic High School.
Professional and NCAA athletic programs long shouldered the costs to hire video coordinators, provide professional statistics and create segmented game films, but now youth, high school and smaller-college coaches have affordable access to these technologies.
The quality gap between professional and amateur coaching tools is rapidly shrinking. Parents who miss their child’s games can follow along on their phone. Coaches and players now stay on the same page when learning and practicing thanks to organized, computer-created playbooks and game notes.
Local and state democrats make a push for the construction of METRO’s Purple Line. It’s a project that republican Larry Hogan has said he’ll do away with if selected as Maryland’s governor.
An event in Montgomery county provided those struggling to make ends meet with some help to keep them warm during the cold winter months. One of volunteers, who goes by the name of “Toodles the Clown,” had a very special way to help ease those hardships.
Volunteering at the Maryland Food Bank, a hunger-relief organization with headquarters in Baltimore, is expected to slump after Christmas.
Some toys available on store shelves may be dangerous for kids, according to an annual report recently released by Maryland PIRG, a public-interest organization.
This school year, 14 of Maryland’s 24 school systems will not recognize any religious holidays — such as Christmas and Rosh Hashanah – by name.
Fitness for Health in Rockville is replacing the “work” in working out with “fun” with their “gamer-cising” equipment. The trainers work with all types of clients, from 3 to 95, and with professional athletes to people with autism and cerebral palsy.
Maryland’s top lawyer presents a plan of action saying it’s time to step up awareness about the problem of sexual assault on college campuses around the state of Maryland.