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Show The Magna TimeaWeat Valley News, Thursday, March 21, 1997 5 Sports Good Coach A 0 2Z) Whats a good coach? There aint no answer. There aint gonna be no answer. There never has been an answer, and thats the answer. - Book of Hag y - T5 h Its that time of year again tournament time, championship time, time to evaluate coaches, your coach and my coach. Time to hire and fire. Time to solve all of your teams problems by changing coaches. Will it really help? I dont think so. What makes a good coach, anyway? Is it looks? Nope. Ive known some good coaches that were so ugly they made horses shy. Ive known some lookers who couldn't lead blind turkeys to the rest room. Looks are not the answer. Do you have to be tough to be a good coach? Sometimes? Some coaches are tough and their players know it; others try to act tough and arent. You cant change your personality just cause youre a coach. You gotta be yourself to succeed at coaching. The genetic recipe is there use it As it is written: Make the mot of yourself, thats all there is of you. I know some low-kenice guy coaches who win. Its possible. You gotta be positive at least; make people believe, believe they can do it; buy in to the coaches plan; be a group. Its a team game. Good coaches demand allegiance to their plan. Most parents dont know a good coach from a bad one. Most coaches are like parents: some good and some bad, good some days and bad others; good some years and bad others. Many parents look at the coach like he was a side dish that they didnt order. A good coach has to like hot dogs and pizza. Coaches eat a lot of hot dogs between games, and pizza after. If you dont like arena food, youre in for a long, unhappy career. You need the constitution of a billy goat and the stomach of a hippo. Good coaches always have a game plan. They know what the other team is going to do. They coach all the way to the end of the game regardless of the score. They dont abdicate their position just 'cause they are twenty points behind. Good coaches are good leaders and very good teachers. They make their players better players and better people. A good coach is one who doesnt let the parents get to him. Basketball s. justice would be if the coaches would get together and criticize the - .&? pt9,A y, i - Kearns runner trots across the plate as Cyprus catcher and umpire wait for ball to be put back into play. - Photo by Alan Blain Big green machine prepares for successful season on the diamond by ALAN BLAIN shf STAFF WRITER The Kearns High School Baseball Team began preseason play with a talented squad and hopes for a successful season. The Cougars bring a gifted team to the diamond this year and head coach Kenyon Clark is optimistic mahout the teamschances for a suc- -, 'cessful season. , Every game is going to be tough with the talent that exists in our region, said Clark. We are going to have to be ready to play every game in order to be successful. Kearns returns three players who started last year and two others who saw some varsity action. The Cougars will depend on a deep pitching staff to carry much of the burden during region. We have the ability to go seven deep in our rotation, said Clark. With our pitching staff we feel like we have the capability to play with anyone. The two pitchers who will anchor the staff are Jeremy Lambert and Nick Williams, with Brady Craft, David Martinez, and Chad Clark being counted on to help lead the Vs. 1 par-cnt- 'IN r Russell, Shane Sameulson, Johnny Jones, iTavls Deskins, Btady Kraft, Brandon ftrran, Nick Burbidge, Ben Trujillo, and Cody Wells, Coaches include Kenyon Clark, and assistant Coaches Prietas and Anderson. H flf fL L1l Kearns team huddles up during recent game with Cyprus. The Big Green Machine is talented and ready for action. Cyprus Football - UTE Conference seeking coaches Kearns Region Three Schedule Those interested in coaching one of our youth football teams this 7 or Carolyn at fall, please call Gordie at Interviews for these coaching spots will be March 20 at Jj 250-618- 250-063- r.l m kaa dh " 3. a Better Way 7b Treat A Common Prostate Problem (NAPS) There is now a more effective way to treat the symp- AU Games Begin At 3:30 p.m. toms of prostate enlargement, according to an unprecedented study, in The New England Journal of Medicine. In many cases, doctors have prescribed Proscar to treat the condition. However, the study shows theres another drug that is superior in symptom relief. A Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Research Service study found that Hytrin, manufac- tured by Abbott Laboratories, Would you like your Little League or other team picture taken by a profeaolonal photographer? Picture taken In full color Each player receive a 4x0 print In enlarged folder reasonable Enlargement or reorder it prices Contact Gary R, Blodgett at tha Magna Time 2505650 1 fill Sometimes, when shooting a basketball, your brain sends a message to the hand, but it gets intercepted at the elbow. SIMONS SAYS: A good basketball teams motto should be: Early to bed and early to rise, practice hard, and advertise. Dixie College next year. The Cougars are young in the infield with second base, short stop ,and third base being anchored by We have some younger juniors. kids playing on the infield but they are a talented group and we feel they can handle those positions. Clark said the team has the goal to play hard and play as a team every game. If the Cougars take heed to their coaches teachings, Kearns will post a lot of victories this season. Members of the varsity team 1 V fl A good coach doesn t make excuses. If he loses, he waits to fight anoth er day. Shake a legal pad over a coachs grave and hell rise and draw up a game plan. SIMONS SAYS: Cougars. Lambert has already signed a letter of intent to pitch for include; Jeremy Lambert) Nick Williams, Chad Clark, Chad Riches, Brandon Lytnart, David Martinez, Mike Wall, Wade L i ffsctlvely treated the eymptome of benign proetatlo hyperpleele, or BPH eymptoma an alternative superior to Proeear in aymptom relief, aald Dr, Herbert Lepor, chief Investigator tbr the atudy. BPH efforts ont In threa man over tha aga of SO. Tha eymptoma rahge from frequent nighttime aurgoty. amooth muscle of the prostata. In eontrait, Proeear rtducee tha alia of tha gland itcelf. The etudy confirm that net only ic there no naad to shrink the proatata to relieve eymptoma a f BPH, but alae BPH. "Acrose the board, Hytrin wai Urination to complete obstruction of urinary flow, fn the pact, men have opted to correct tha problam aurgtcally. However, thta atvuiy deuonatratea cartel n man can relieve the eymptoma of BPH Using Hytrin, thus avoiding the costly, and sometimu rieky, cur gieal procedure. The drug works by relaxing the Mediation that ahrinhl fllvea man with to tha gland mey have no significant afflict on eymp tome," earn Dr. Lepor. Tha atudy, conduetad ever a one year parted Involving 1,889 man, waa ftmdad and approved by the Veterana Administration Cooperative Studlea Program, Abbott Laboratories, and March dt Company, maker of Proeear. |