Athletics supervisors cite concerns about the sensors’ value and costs.
DOD, NCAA Team Up to Change Attitudes About Concussions
As part of the effort, up to 10 research grants of $400,000 each will be awarded to colleges and universities and others studying factors that could help to change the behaviors of student-athletes.
Permits Allow Hunting on Maryland Farmers’ Fields to Control Crop-Eating Deer
Year-round hunting is possible through Deer Management Permits for farms with damaged crops.
Maryland Reforms Juvenile Probation System with ‘Graduated Responses’ Decision-Making Tool
Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services is developing an objective decision-making tool called a ‘system of graduated responses’ and plans to run a full pilot program in January.
Venison, the Other Red Meat, on Maryland Tables
“You can barely tell it’s not beef when it’s cooked right.”
Harriet Tubman National Park Nears Approval
Harriet Tubman to Become first African American Woman with National Park
The Satirical Comedy World Wages War Against Washington’s NFL Team
Do satirical television shows alter young people’s perceptions, or are they simply reflecting views already held by younger Americans?
Maryland Coaches Embrace Affordable, High-Tech Toolset
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.
Coaches Gain Family Time, Improve Practices With Video Analysis Services
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 Cutting Edge: Sport Sensor Technology for the Modern Coach
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.