They allow coaches to concentrate on teaching instead of winning, which is supposed to be the point of youth sports development.

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With talent scouts constantly on the lookout for excellent individual performances, Development League team coaches often have a difficult time teaching unselfish, team-oriented basketball.

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The SocZ contemplates planning for a similar center outside Shanghai, with housing and teaching and training facilities for coaches and referees.

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Mr Holledge said teachers' working hours were unaffected as the school paid for teaching assistants and other people, including sports coaches, to conduct the extra activities.

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Now he is in his second year teaching third-graders at Deerwood Academy in Atlanta, and he coaches football at Coan Middle School with two other corps members.

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Mr. Staley coaches the Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School girls' basketball team in South Carolina when he isn't teaching economics and government.

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