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The article offers a guidance to athletic administrators when writing policies and procedures to be included in a handbook to better communicate them and ensure efficiency and compliance. Tips for writing to produce quality professional documents are outlined. Topics that may be covered include eligibility requirements for athletes, process for reporting injuries, and protocols regarding concussions. Other important actions suggested are asking ideas from coaches and parent consultation.

The article discusses the importance for athletic administrator to improve each of the major modes of professional communication which they might employ. It suggests for athletic administrators to avoid extraneous words that are not absolutely important and the use of jargon that is specific to a particular group and might be not familiar to others. It recommends for athletic administrators to use spell check and have a person to proofread the draft of significant documents.

The article discusses the problems of an athletic director in handling problematic parents of athletes. It cites the importance and difference of education and communication in handling these parents. According to the article, documentation is also imperative. The author suggests that athletic directors should not forget to understand problematic parents no matter how difficult it seems to do.

The article focuses on the leadership values along with values like evaluating coaches, paying bills and scheduling games that should be incorporated by athletic administrators.

The article states that education to coaches can only happen if all excuses are skipped.

The article reminds interscholastic athletics administrators that coaches are the school athletics' most important resource. It argues that the quality and ability of coaches can often overcome subpar facilities, equipment and monetary support. The article also offers tips to adapt a business model to an education-based athletic program, including rewarding ones employees, updating the skills of the coaches, and recognizing potential and mentoring staff.

The article offers guidelines to help athletic administrators provide booster clubs with the necessary and proper direction. Booster clubs are organizations consisting of parents working together to raise funds for a school's athletic department. Booster clubs should however do more than raise money because the organization actually represents the entire school. In addition to the financial aspect, department-wide booster clubs provide service and support.

The article examines the sport of goalball and its contribution in reviving the value of athletics. It references the story of visually impaired wrestler, Kelvin Atkinson of the Maryland School of the Blind (MSB), and the character development program initiated by MSB athletic director, Wayne White. It describes how the MSB instills positive values like competition, teamwork, sportsmanship, and sociability for blind athletes through goalball invitational tournaments.

In this article, the author focuses on Internet policies for athletes and coaches. He explains how social networking sites may negatively affect the image of an athlete and of the school being represented. He discusses the steps to be considered in developing an Internet policy which includes explaining the intent, gathering information, consulting with the legal department. He suggests that athletic directors should clearly define what "questionable behavior" is, and make a statement regarding the privilege of athletics participation.

The article discusses how, with an effective hiring and evaluation process, an athletic administrator implements a sound mentoring program to guide and improve the competencies of his coaching staff. The most important aspect of any mentoring program is helping coaches in a one-on-one setting. Completing the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Coaching Principles Course and obtaining a national certification is an important step in the mentoring program.

The article discusses important documents that the athletic director should keep as part of his role as a personnel manager. It explains that because the athletic director is responsible for supervising the athletic staff, he should keep and maintain documents such as personnel files, contact information and hiring protocols.

The article gives suggestions on how to write an article that is worthy of publication. It says that the first thing to consider is the impact the article will have, especially if it will be published in the "Interscholastic Athletic Administration" magazine since it will be read by about 8,500 athletic administration professionals and could be posted on the web site. Techniques in writing a good article includes maintaining a file of ideas for potential articles, taking the target audience into consideration and having a third person edit the article.

The article provides an understanding of the process of an effective coaching evaluation. Athletic administrators are suggested to use the pre-season staff meeting to introduce the purpose and process of implementing the coaching evaluation. Several items to be included in a presentation of the evaluation document are indicated. A technique for explaining how the rating of coaches are determined in the evaluation form is also explained.

The article explains the approaches and steps that athletic directors can and should take to hold their coaches accountable. A preseason coaches meeting is a great opportunity to introduce new procedures, policies, regulations and to remind coaches that all of such aspects are important requirements of their position. The coaches' checklist includes most of the responsibilities and due dates that coaches are expected to meet.

The article discusses some considerations when starting a workshop for new athletic directors, with particular focus on the athletic directors workshop of the Maryland State Athletic Directors Association (MSADA). The authors note that the basic instructional component of the workshop was determined after a few years of discussion and planning by the MSADA Executive Board. They mention the LTC 502 course as the basic instructional component of the workshop.