Humanistic coaches focus on encouragement and positive motivation. They believe humans seek out fun and want to actualize themselves

By Ken Reed

Originally published by Troy Media

“Fun is good.” – Mike Veeck, creator of a variety of innovative and fun baseball promotions

Unfortunately, the vast majority of coaches, from the youth level to […]

By Ken Reed

Originally published by Troy Media

We’re in the middle of a mental health crisis, and it’s crying out for more attention.

Lives are being lost to suicide. Depression, anxiety and other forms of mental illness negatively affect entire families, not just the individual suffering. Work productivity is impacted to a significant […]

Sport at its best is a co-operative activity. We compete with our opponents, not against them

By Ken Reed

Originally published by Troy Media

I love to collect quotes on a wide variety of subjects but especially sports. I’ve shared some of my favourites in the past. However, there are so many great […]

A win for the U.S. and its democracy?

By Ken Reed

Originally published by Troy Media

Major League Baseball’s decision to move the all-star game out of Georgia and to Colorado will guarantee that state voting laws will be a big story in the days surrounding the game.

Colorado’s voting system will […]

The general approach should be to have experts in each sport come together and decide on the specific rules for allowing fair competition

By Ken Reed

Originally published by Troy Media

Most of the sports issues I write about are pretty straightforward – at least in my mind. The solutions seem pretty clear.

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What constitutes manhood in sports culture is archaic. As if the sports world has been frozen in time – Neanderthal time

By Ken Reed

Originally published by Troy Media

What former New York Mets general manager Jared Porter did to a female reporter is despicable. He certainly deserved to be fired after admitting to […]

By Ken Reed

Originally published by Troy Media

We’re in the midst of both a COVID-19 pandemic and a childhood physical inactivity epidemic.

That creates a dilemma for young athletes and their parents: Is the risk of playing organized sports during the pandemic greater than the risk of the negative physical and mental […]

Why is the Cleveland baseball team waiting until 2022 to make the change? Let the healing begin now

By Ken Reed

Originally published by Troy Media

Finally, Cleveland’s Major League Baseball (MLB) team says it plans to replace its racist Indians nickname. That’s great news.

The Indigenous shouldn’t be used as nicknames and […]

The policy appears to be ‘the show must go on,’ no matter what the health consequences are

By Ken Reed

Originally published by Troy Media

U.S. college basketball’s March Madness is one of my favourite sporting events of the year.

The upsets are fun. The one-loss-and-you’re-gone format of the national championship […]

Mental health challenges also negatively impact sports performance

By Ken Reed

Originally published by Troy Media

Anxiety and depression are common mental health issues among college students.

According to Daniel Eisenberg, an associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, one in three American college students experience […]