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From 2013 CHKD Coach’s Clinic: Overuse, Overtraining, and Burnout
This past Saturday I attended Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters’ “Keeping Youth in the Game” Sports Clinic. The clinic was designed for middle school and high school coaches and youth...
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From 2013 CHKD Coach’s Clinic: Injury Prevention through Dynamic Stretching
This is Part 2 in a series on what I learned from the Sports Medicine Coach’s Clinic put on by Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters this past Saturday. You can read Part 1-Overuse, Overtraining,...
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From CHKD Coach’s Clinic: Injury Prevention through On-Field Screening
This is Part 3 in a series on what I learned from the Sports Medicine Coach’s Clinic put on by Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters this past Saturday. You can read Part 1-Overuse, Overtraining,...
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Dance Teacher Summit 2013
My August was kicked off at the Dance Teacher Summit in New York and it was fantastic! Three days of learning from top teachers how they teach; taking classes in ballet, tap, jazz, and modern; and...
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January Teacher Challenge: Talking Less
Challenge… Accepted! I’ve decided to issue myself a teacher challenge every month. It will be something that I’d like be more mindful of and work on improving. I hope to report back at the end of the...
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January Teacher Challenge Check-In
Last month’s challenge was to Talk Less. I wish I could say I dominated this, but it was a struggle! Here are my observations of myself this month: When did I use extra-talk? 1) When we were doing...
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February Teacher Challenge
Demonstrating with My Left Side! This month I am challenging myself to demonstrate with my poor, neglected, left side. I can feel how my right side has benefited from years of favoritism and its time...
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February Teacher Challege Check-In
The Challenge: Demonstrate with the Left (Deceptively hard!) Poor left. When I was little I used to try to make myself write with my left because I thought it must feel left out. But it was so...
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My Very Long Absence: Part 1
This year has been a year for change, creation, and learning about strengths I didn’t know I have. January: I moved to a new city (I’m in State College, PA now!). February: I made a return to the stage...
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Teacher Challenge: Taking More Time
When I first began teaching I convinced myself that if the class wasn’t dancing to music, then I wasn’t doing my job. I’m being paid to teach dance after all, right? We. Must. Keep. Moving. Do you ever...
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