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Category: COVID-19 and Sports

Losing a Season

by Paul Putz | Jun 4, 2020 | Coaching, COVID-19 and Sports, Running The Race Well | 0

Keith Wahl, baseball coach for Valor High School, reflects on how he has faced the disappointment of losing a season.

Pressing Play on Sports Films

by Paul Putz | May 25, 2020 | COVID-19 and Sports, Running The Race Well | 0

Nathan Keil, a graduate of Truett Seminary who is now a teacher and coach, reflects on what sports movies can teach us amid the pandemic.

Why Educational Athletics?

by Paul Putz | May 14, 2020 | Coaching, COVID-19 and Sports, Running The Race Well | 0

High school athletic director David Engbers reflects on the meaning and significance of school sports.

Coaching Someone Else’s Game Plan

by Paul Putz | May 11, 2020 | Coaching, COVID-19 and Sports, Running The Race Well | 0

Jessika Caldwell, basketball coach for Valor Christian High School, reflects on what it’s like to go from coaching in a state tournament to leading school lessons at home.

With Seasons On Pause, Let’s Choose To Serve

by Paul Putz | May 6, 2020 | COVID-19 and Sports, Running The Race Well | 0

Taneka Rubin is a professional basketball player and an author. She was playing this year in Spain when her season was suddenly cut short. In this post she discusses her response to that disappointment and her decision to look beyond herself.

Survive and Advance: Sports Leadership in Times of Crisis

by Paul Putz | May 1, 2020 | Coaching, COVID-19 and Sports, Running The Race Well | 0

Chris Hobbs reflects on his experience as an athletic director during the coronavirus crisis and offers guidance for fellow leaders.

How Athletes Can Cultivate the Virtue of Faith

by Paul Putz | Apr 27, 2020 | COVID-19 and Sports, Running The Race Well, Theology | 0

Philosophy professor and soccer coach Mike Austin writes about the Christian virtue of faith and how it might be cultivated in the context of sports.

A Football Coach’s Perspective: With Crisis Comes Opportunity

by Paul Putz | Apr 24, 2020 | Coaching, COVID-19 and Sports, Running The Race Well | 0

Mike Breeden is a former high school and college football coach who now ministers to coaches. Here, he shares two ways he believes coaches can use the current crisis as an opportunity for growth.

Reaping a Harvest Even When A Perfect Season Is Disrupted

by Paul Putz | Apr 22, 2020 | Coaching, COVID-19 and Sports, Running The Race Well | 0

The Hope College women’s basketball team had an undefeated season in 2019-20, until the coronavirus cut it short. Assistant coach Courtney Kust writes about that experience and what she learned from her team this year.

In The Beginning

by Paul Putz | Apr 20, 2020 | COVID-19 and Sports, Identity, Running The Race Well | 0

Art Remillard, a professor of religious studies and a former college athlete, explains why reflecting on our sports-related “origin stories” at this time can help remind us of our meaning and purpose.

Let’s Remember the Life-Changing Legacy of Eric Liddell

by Paul Putz | Apr 17, 2020 | COVID-19 and Sports, History, Leadership Profiles, Running The Race Well | 0

Cindy White, Program Director for the Faith & Sports Institute Retreat, discusses the life-changing legacy of Olympic gold medalist Eric Liddell and explains why Christian athletes today should learn from his example.

Keep Digging Into the Box

by Paul Putz | Apr 15, 2020 | Coaching, COVID-19 and Sports, Running The Race Well | 0

Dani Price, Assistant Softball Coach for Georgia Southern University, reflects on the way she has wrestled with the challenge and disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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