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Injured Wylie player
Possible solutions for over-worked young athletes
By Nick Mantas
Abilene, TX — When an athlete gets hurt, the question of over-training comes to mind.
Did they get enough rest? Were they pushing themselves too hard? Was there pressure to impress college coaches?
For Abilene Select travel basketball coach, Bryant Taylor, he focuses on getting them to the next level.
"My goal is to get the kids scholarships, or get them college exposure whether that be D1 all the way through juco. Obviously you're playing for a State Championship or whatever the case may be but you are playing for exposure," said Taylor.
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Longview's Haynes King and coach John King during Saturday's December 15, 2018, semifinal game against Amarillo-Tascosa in Arlington.
King named THSCA president-elect
By Hayden Henry
Selected by his peers, Longview head coach John King has been named president-elect of the Texas High School Coaches Association.
King, who is entering his 16th season as head coach of the Lobos after a state championship season, called it one of the biggest honors in his coaching career.
"It's one of the highest honors I've ever had as a coach," King said via phone from Houston, site of this year's THSCA coaching school. "Just to be able to be a member of this organization first is an honor then to be able to work on the board of directors and then to be selected as president, it's a big honor.
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