Player Safety »
Features

Deer Creek Renovation: A.D. Advice For Renovating
Bob Diefenderfer, athletic director at Deer Creek High School (Edmond, Okla.), stresses communication, planning and patience when it comes to renovating your facilities....

Deer Creek Renovation: The “DC” Logo As Continuity Between Sports
Grant Gower, head football coach at Deer Creek High School (Edmond, Okla.), discusses the importance of keeping the "DC" logo consistent throughout the facilities. The continuity is a symbol of unification for all student-athletes, no matter what spo...

Deer Creek Renovation: Eight Seniors Get First Look At Facilities (Raw Footage)
Eight Deer Creek High School (Edmond, Okla.) seniors from the football team get the first look at some of the new facilities and upgrades in this raw footage shot by Coach And Athletic Director’s Editor-In-Chief Michael Austin....

Deer Creek Renovation: Program Growth At Deer Creek
Grant Gower, head football coach at Deer Creek High School (Edmond, Okla.), talks about the growth Deer Creek has experienced and how positive it has been for their program....

Deer Creek Renovation: Inside Look At Training/Conditioning (Raw Footage)
This raw footage was taken by Coach And Athletic Director’s Editor-In-Chief, Michael Austin, during his recent visit to Deer Creek High School (Edmond, Okla.). The school recently underwent a renovation of their athletic facilities. Here, student-a...

Deer Creek Renovation: Storage A Critical Part Of Facility Upgrades
Grant Gower, head football coach at Deer Creek High School (Edmond, Okla.), tells us why more storage was such a critical factor in the recent renovation of the athletic facilities....

Powerline: Exploring neck-up response training
First step explosion, instinctive change of direction (COD) and swift response to visual and pressure cues are vital athletic attributes sought after by coaches of all sports. The approaches, equipment and protocols implemented for training these com...

Three tips for keeping facilities clean, athletes healthy
You know the drill at private health and fitness clubs. First, you use the machine. Then, you clean the machine. Keeping equipment clean and germ-free is important in these facilities because of high traffic. Likewise, dozens of athletes walk thro...

Sherry Moseler: Create Meetings To Discuss Conditioning
Sherry Moseler,Girls Volleyball Conditioning programs are important for successful sports teams. While Arrowhead is a fairly large school, there are still athletes who play in multiple sports. To make sure student...

Jason Abels: Budgeting For Training Equipment
Jason Abels, Head Trainer Each spring, Arrowhead trainer Jason Abels provides a yearly athletic training budget to activities director Kevin Flegner. “He’s been great to work with when I explain what we’d like to have ...