Coaches, as this blog has mentioned previously, need to embrace the new media - especially when considering the social and communication behavior of their athletes. This weekend, an interesting discussion was repeated from an earlier broadcast of Spark on cbc.ca - the link follows. Essentially, it covered how people of all ages now view friendships, contacts, rank people, along with how they communicate and what is important to them. If nothing else, the discussion is thought-provoking, especially for coaches attempting to cross generation gaps:
http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2010/02/full-interview-danah-boyd-and-william-deresiewicz-on-friendship/
To view an article that goes into further detail, go to:
http://chronicle.com/article/Faux-Friendship/49308/
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