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Podcast: Keep Playing! Advice for Parents on College Recruiting for Non-Superstars

In our latest podcast, Coach Tom Newell and Jay Arnold talk with Patricia Marino and Alan Musante on their book Keep Playing - The Six Step Game Plan. The Non-Superstar's Guide to Playing Your Sport in College.

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Tom Newell At Large

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  Tom’s Christmas Letter and Presence at Year’s End… Hello again…I know, I know: “where have you been, tom?”…Let’s just say this: I’ve been a busy camper over the last several months, beginning with my Best Effort Camps & Clinics for kids in Seattle, Tukwila and Renton community centers…We had a great... 12-27-2009, 6:55 PM by Tom to Tom Newell At Large

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  Chuckles...chuckholes and Shamans...all good that ends well... Seattle, May 2nd...I have returned home via Korea and Canada today, happily accepting the itinerary that brought me home to the NW once again...I enjoyed immensely the last 3 plus weeks in the Far East of Russia, especially the last city on my clinics'... 05-23-2009, 3:06 PM by Tom to Tom Newell At Large

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  College Recruiting Symposium: Saturday, May 30th Area Coaches Answer Parents and Student’s Questions and Help Understand Athletics Today Family SportsLife Today presents the fourth annual symposium “Expectations and Revelations: an Insight to the Process of Intercollegiate Recruiting”. The symposium... 05-15-2009, 4:08 PM by Tom to Tom Newell At Large Filed under: Parents, Basketball, College, Community College, Tom Newell, NCAA, High School, Expectations with Revelations, NAIA, Recruiting

Podcast Interview with Pete Newell

Coach Tom Newell interviews his father, legendary coach Pete Newell.  Family SportsLife Today's exposition last year "For the Love of the Game", follows on to a similar exhibition with raised baskets that Coach Pete Newell did in 1961.  You can listen to the full interview by clicking on the play icon below, or download from here.

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  What Makes Clutch Players Better? Consistency. People often believe that clutch players step up when it counts and perform better under stress. But economist Dan Ariely studied how NBA basketball players performed in the playoffs and found that “clutch” players scoring performance as a percentage... 07-11-2009, 4:35 PM by FSLT Staff to News Wire Filed under: Basketball, practice, performance, marketplace, consistency

First Televised Basketball Game with 11-foot Hoops

FamilySportsLifeToday organized the first televised basketball game with 11-foot hoops in June of this year, kicking off a national discussion on the state of professional basketball. See photos and video clips. See a roundup of press coverage on our news wire.