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TGCA NEWS SEPTEMBER 2016 2016-2017 TGCA OFFICERS President of TGCA 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President Past President Executive Director Assistant to the Loyd Morgan Kriss Ethridge Jason Roemer Liana Gombert Sam Tipton Executive Director Rogers HS Lubbock Coronado HS Kerrville Tivy HS Smithson Valley HS TGCA Office Lee Grisham TGCA Office TEXAS GIRLS COACHES ASSOCIATION 9.16 FEATURE ARTICLES Coaching Through It By Danny Mitchell, TGCA Track & Field Vice Chair PAGES 1-2 TGCA Continues to Support, Promote, Honor and Educate By Sam Tipton, TGCA Executive Director PAGES 3 Get to Know: New TGCA Membership Coordinator, Audra Rice By Audra Rice, TGCA Membership Coordinator PAGES 4 10 Ways to Get a Better Night’s Sleep James A. Peterson, Ph.D., FACSM PAGES 10 Connecting Training to Sport Specific Application DX3 Athlete PAGES 11 Behavioral Health Texas Health, Ben Hogan Sports Medicine PAGES 12 ALSO INSIDE TGCA Has Moved / Open House ...........................1 TGCA Resource Center .......................................... 2 Coach Update Profile Reminder............................4 2015-16 Athletes of the Year .................................. 5 2015-16 Coaches of the Year................................. 5 2015-16 State Champion Coaches ....................... 6 Career Victories .........................................................7 Membership Deadline for Nominations ............. 8 Sports Honors Online Nomination Deadlines .. 8 Sub-Varsity COY Nomination Deadline .............. 8 Revisions to Cross Country All-Star Selections 8 General Nomination Instructions ......................... 9 Instructions for Online Honors Nominations ..... 9 AD&D Benefit ...........................................................12 Important Dates .......................................................13 2017 Summer Clinic ................................................13 Sponsors ....................................................................14 cover photo courtesy Bel Diaz photo courtesy Michelle Womack SEPTEMBER 2016 TGCA NEWS | CONTENTS Coaching Through It Danny Mitchell Tatum High School | TGCA Track and Field Vice Chair As I start my 19th year of coach would work the cross snow and many times come them home, because that's coaching Football, Track & country kids out for me, be- to work sick, but I always what my coaches did for Field, I think back to my early cause I had first period and have to remember to coach me when I was an athlete years of coaching. after school football practice through it. at Daingerfield High School I had so much energy and every day. Our mindset as a coach in the 80's. I always figured time to get things done in the Coaching through the ear- and athlete must be, I can’t that was just part of the re- classroom, on the field and ly morning practices and the let my team, teammate and quired job description. on the track. My first three late night games, I have dis- coaches down. As we work We are currently in the years in education, I coached covered it takes ALL of the fourteen to eighteen hour middle of the cross coun- cross country, football and coaching and support staff days and nights, we are try season, most of the kids track & field. Getting up at 5 helping each other out to still held accountable to be have been running all sum- :00 a.m. or earlier for a cross run a successful program. A on time for work, school, mer and are attending foot- country meet on a Saturday majority of everyone’s teams parking lot, hall and cafete- ball and volleyball two-a-day morning, after a Friday late are involved in band, cheer- ria duty, completing lesson practices, as well as trying to night football game was a leading, football, volleyball plans, grading papers and fit time in for cross country challenge in itself, know- and off season basketball. driving the bus to games. practice. ing that my football duties The amount of sleep I get In the early days, after A typical cross coun- were waiting on me when I or don’t get doesn’t even practice, I would ask kids try athlete attends an early returned from the meet. In matter. I’m always going that didn't have a ride home the early days, my assistant to be at work, rain, sleet, to jump in and I would take Continued on Page 2 TGCA HAS MOVED We have completed the move to the new offices at 1011 San Jacinto Boulevard, Suite 405A. Please continue to use the mailing address of P.O. Box 2137, Austin, Tex- as, 78768 for all correspon- dence. The phone numbers and fax number will stay the same. We will be sending out a flash.com email with a link for photos and descrip- tions very shortly. We thank you for your patience while we made the transition. SEPTEMBER 2016 TGCA NEWS | PAGE 1 Coaching Through It Continued from Page 1 One of my triple jumpers is a three-time defending, a.m. cross country prac- school and state record hold- tice, followed by early a.m. er at 42'2 ½ feet and is num- band practice, work through ber one in the nation, and at the school day, attend af- beginning of her senior year, ter school band practice she moved to Garland, Texas as well as fit in an evening and then to Houston, Texas. cross country practice and Her successes have moved will still be successful as we on to a different school and coach them through it. The coach. students, as well as myself I have a great group of have a full load of school kids, who are striving to be work to juggle, but nothing the best they can be. Al- has changed, the kids are though, we are sitting in the putting in the work and I am middle of football, volleyball doing the same, because it is and cross country season, what I was born to do. my eyes, as well as my ath- In my career, I have had lete’s eyes are set on that the pleasure of winning State Track Meet in April. Back-to-Back 2A state cham- For all of you hard working pionships (2012-2013), we coaches out there, it IS worth just set the state record in it, the long days and nights, the 4x100 relay at the state the hard work, and juggling track meet with a time of your home and school life 47.54 seconds, which earned will all pay off, just keep us our third consecutive pushing forward and coach 4x100 Relay gold medal. through it. photo courtesy Amanda Byers people interested in girls’ This site will be contin- athletics in all sports. ually expanding and will Everyone is encouraged make available an unlimited to go to the Resource Center source of educational ma- site. It’s as easy as clicking terials for you from various the logo above. Please take outlets in a variety of deliv- the time to walk through the ery methods. The agreement between designed to allow individ- different features offered. The Resource Center is the Texas Girls Coaches uals access to educational Do not miss the section designed to be an economi- Association and Coaches materials at a discounted on wearables. These wear- cal way to obtain up to date Choice to launch a Resource price. Coaches Choice has ables are specifically de- educational material to help Center is now a reality. designed the Resource Cen- signed to support the Texas you become better in your The Resource Center is ter especially for TGCA and Girls Coaches Association. field. photo courtesy Courtney Repka SEPTEMBER 2016 TGCA NEWS | PAGE 2 TGCA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT, PROMOTE, HONOR AND EDUCATE Sam Tipton Texas Girls Coaches Association | Executive Director The Texas Girls Coaches TGCA sponsors the only composed of the best ath- in some of the top coaches Association is entering its summer clinic for coaches of letes in Texas. Cheerleading from across the state, along 66th year of existence. It was girls’ athletics aimed at im- All-Stars perform during the with successful local coach- established because there proving the total school pro- basketball All-Star games. es, to conduct a clinic based was not an organization to gram. Lectures are not only Thirty-two members are se- on lectures and a hands-on support, promote, and honor offered in specific sports, lected by their peers to serve approach to furnish valuable the coaches and athletes par- but special lectures are pre- as coaches for the All-Star instruction to the coaches ticipating in sports for wom- sented to keep the attending activities. of that area. The UIL is on en in the state of Texas. It is coaches current on issues In addition to all-star hon- site to conduct a coaches’ the purpose of TGCA to treat concerning the health and ors for student/athletes of education program and to each sport under its umbrella safety of athletes. The UIL member coaches, TGCA give sports updates for the with the same degree of pro- gives updates in volleyball, also recognizes all-state and administrators, athletic direc- motion, honors, and repre- basketball, softball, track academic all-state in cross tors, and coaches. sentation. TGCA now offers & field, cross country and country, volleyball, basket- The Texas Girls Coaches honors in all UIL sanctioned cheerleading. Professional ball, softball, track & field, Association is appreciative sports. TGCA has evolved, Staff Development cards are cheerleading and academ- to the school administrators, through the hard fought ef- distributed certifying coach- ic all-state honors in soccer, athletic directors, and the forts of influential past lead- es registered and attended golf, tennis, team tennis, University Interscholastic ers, into being the central lectures and activities in the wrestling and swimming and League for their continued voice of the coaches of girls’ Coaches Education Program diving. There is a Coach of support. It is the desire of athletics to the University In- (CEP) at the annual summer the Year, Athlete of the Year, the TGCA to be an instru- terscholastic League, school clinic, and TGCA is certi- and Sub-Varsity Coach of the mental part in helping to administrators, athletic direc- fied by the Texas Education Year selected for 1A-2A-3A- maintain the highest pos- tors, media, legislators, and Agency of the Sate of Texas 4A and 5A-6A in each sport.