HYDE PARK Ernest Radcliffe is a father figure to thousands of kids on the South Side.

Hes also a football coach with a distinctively gruff voice and screeching whistle.

Yeah, hes loud, said Rastus Hill, one of Radcliffes assistant coaches with his youth football program, Southside Wolfpack. But the kids, they listen.

Southside Wolfpack recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. The program has long provided helmets, shoulder pads and a safe haven for Black youth at its field in Jackson Park. Radcliffe and his wife, Tonya, watch over 220 kids, have youth football teams ages 6-13 years old and a national champion cheerleading team.

Southside Wolfpack has helped thousands of kids go to college, produced hundreds of Division 1 athletes and sent three players to the NFL.

Ernest Radcliffe dropped his whistle and smiled as he named some of the men who grew up wearing his black and red uniforms: former Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver DaRon Brown, former Michigan State University defensive end Demetrius Cooper and Radcliffes own son, Kendall, a former minor league baseball outfielder.

Former quarterback Greg Brown is now a chef, and Abdullah Pratt is in residence at the University of Chicago Medical Center, Radcliffe said.

Im proud of all of them, Radcliffe said. People I used to coach are starting to bring their children.

Radcliffe, 59, keeps a full schedule and still outruns us, said 13-year-old Wolfpack defensive lineman Robert Wise. The coach has won two baseball city championships at Morgan Park High School, directs travel baseball program The Show and has led the Wolfpack since he started it in 1997.

Radcliffe, a former star athlete from Roseland and the nephew of Negro Leagues legend Ted Double Duty Radcliffe, was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1986. He took a job at the YMCA after a career-ending injury in the minor leagues.

I was trying to find my way, Radcliffe said. I came back home and first worked at the bank, and one day this couple came in and asked me to crunch their numbers. So I put my head down and dozed off. When I woke up, I told them I was praying on their numbers.

I quit the next day. Coaching came easy.

The first Wolfpack team had 25 kids who responded to flyers around the South Side YMCA, 6330 S. Stony Island Ave., Radcliffe said.

Among them: a running back named Greg Owens, a standout at Mount Carmel High School who went on to play at Northern Illinois University, Radcliffe said. From there, the program just kept going and going, Radcliffe said.

We started winning, getting kids into college, and you cant stop then, Radcliffe said. Getting called coach, its special. It was my calling.

Some of Radcliffes former players have come back to coach with him.

Daquan Caldwell, an EMT by day who coaches the 10-year-old team, said Radcliffe has always been commanding, scratchy, kinda terrifying, and the person who always held me accountable.

You think he hates you one moment, and the next moment you know its love. And it shows, because hes brought me back here to change the lives of others, Caldwell said. Were keeping the tradition of the brotherhood going.

Christopher Coutee-Bouyer coaches the 8-year-old team and remembers taking a friend to a Wolfpack practice as a kid.

He has a way of challenging you, getting the best out of you, even without saying it, Coutee-Bouyer said. He recognized we were competitive guys, and that activated something in us.

Wolfpack coach Charles Williams said hes worked with Radcliffe since 2001, and hes long had his own effective style of leadership.

When he gets emotional, thats passion for the kids and the sport. And that translates to them, Williams said. They come here and get love and respect and learn how to love and respect others. This program saves lives.

Over the years, the Radcliffes have paid peoples bails, spoken at court hearings, helped people through teenage pregnancy and taken players into their home, Tonya Radcliffe said.

At a recent practice, a young Wolfpack player came up to Tonya Radcliffe and told her he was hungry.

Things are always happening to these kids, and its overwhelming. Sometimes you want to quit, but you cant, because we can be life changers, Tonya Radcliffe said. We cant leave our kids falling.

The Radcliffes, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and other community leaders cut the ribbon on a football field in Jackson Park in April. The field was funded by the Obama Foundation and the former president stopped by for a Wolfpack practice.

I saw Obama come down that hill, and it was the highlight of my life. It made me think about how far we had all come, Ernest Radcliffe said. Well always be able to tell the kids now that the first Black President walked on their field.

Radcliffe said hell coach another 25 years if he can.

We have to keep pushing our young people. We tell them that theyre Division 1 athletes, that they can go somewhere special. We can see it in them before they know, Radcliffe said. And seeing hundreds of kids on this field, no worries, having a good time, thats the success.

This season, Angelique Wilson has signed up to be team mom for her son Aidens 10-year-old Wolfpack team.

Hes all in on sports now. Hes only 10, but he talks to his friends about going to UCLA, Wilson said. This place has given my son some good dreams.

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ANSONIA Emmett OBrien Tech soccer coach Arthur Solis favorite quote from Nelson Mandela is I never lose, I either win or learn.

What Solis learned Tuesday afternoon is that he is loved and no matter what his win-loss record says, he has already won.

Solis, who has been the OBrien boys soccer coach for 47 years, was honored for his legendary career in a pregame ceremony Tuesday afternoon ahead of the Condors game against Abbott Tech.

Solis was presented with a plaque from his players as family, friends and former players looked on and was then given the key to the city of Ansonia by Mayor David Cassetti who read a proclamation in honor of Solis.

Solis said he cannot imagine a life away from the sideline.

People say that some day I will not want the job, thats not going to happen, Solis said. When I leave, they will be taking me on a stretcher off the field. Im not thinking about retiring. When you have fun, you cannot say I dont want to have fun anymore. And this is fun to me. The best reward you get is from (your heart) when you see guys coming back who you coached many years ago who just want their kids to meet you. Money cannot buy that, thats what life brings you. The happiness of helping somebody else.

OBrien is a co-ed team, something Solis said he has done for years because OBrien does not have enough players to field an independent girls team.

Making the ceremony even more special was the fact Solis son, Adrian, coaches Abbott Tech and was on the opposite sideline for his fathers special day.

I call this the Solis Bowl, said Adrian Solis, whose Abbott Tech team won 2-1. This ceremony today was a surprise for him. One of his coaches reached out a month ago and he had this great idea to honor him. I always look at all these records being broken for wins and this and that. Hes been here 47 years and he never talks about giving it up. Which is amazing to me.

Solis coached Adrian at OBrien. His son joined him on the Condors coaching staff before making the move to Abbott.

During the ceremony, Mayor Cassetti said he was first a student at OBrien Tech in 1975 and Solis has been there the whole time.

I graduated, went through my business career and Im ready for retirement and hes still here. Its truly amazing, Cassetti said. Coach Solis has been a mentor and friend as well as a coach to hundreds of players over the years, teaching them the importance of good sportsmanship and fair play.

Solis moved to the United States from Guatemala in 1966 when he was 16 years old and enrolled at Ansonia.

Ansonia did not have a soccer program in 1966 and Solis tried to play for OBrien Tech across town, but was denied because he was not a student at the school.

Instead, Solis joined the Condors coaching staff, volunteering as an assistant coach.

He went on to play soccer at Sacred Heart University, where he graduated in 1974.

In 1975, he got the job as OBriens varsity soccer coach, going 0-12-1 in his first season.

He led the team to its first state tournament appearance in 1988 and coached his son on the team from 1995-97.

In addition to his work at the varsity level, Solis helped start youth soccer programs in both Ansonia and Derby where he has coached and refereed for decades.

Hes a cornerstone of the soccer program, not only in Ansonia but the entire Valley and even Connecticut when you start looking at where his players and his family end up, Adrian Solis said. Im coaching in Danbury, his other son is coaching in Boston, his other son is in D.C. so hes nationwide. The influence hes had on his players stays with them through their lives. They are in the military, they go into the trades and all these different jobs. Then their kids come back and play for him, too. Its remarkable the influence he has had.

Before stepping away from teaching, Solis worked in the New Haven school system, teaching elementary school for 35 years.

Solis mission is to give back everything soccer has given to him since he moved to the United States.

It can only be done because of the passion for the sport and because there is a little bug in the back of my head that tells me to pay back what I got, Solis said. Its a passion I have. I live in Portugal during the summer for three months, but I come back for this because these are my kids.

Solis said everything he does is for the kids.

Since 1976, when I got those first guys, they were respectful and they gave their hearts and thats what I was looking for, Solis said. These people give me their hearts. We always say we dont lose, we either win or learn. Mandela. Dont worry about losing, you gain more experience.

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Oct. 19Dick Meader's humanity and humility are what I admired most in the beloved coach.

I had the privilege of extensively covering the University of Maine at Farmington men's basketball team for four remarkable seasons and I got to know Meader the program's longtime coach well. He was 76 when he died on Sunday.

I knew he had a storied past as a respected coach, who had great success overseeing the men's basketball programs at Thomas College and the University of Maine at Farmington, but this soft-spoken man was a genuine gentleman and his dedication was reflected in his players every time they stepped onto a court.

Meader's love of basketball, compassion and high regard for his athletes was his trademark approach to the game and life as well.

In a season preview about the Beavers that I wrote in November of 2019, Meader's last season, the UMF coach had the privilege of mentoring four seniors guard Issac Witham, forwards Riley Robinson and Bill Ruby and center Anthony Owens.

When I spoke with Meader about his team, he had this to say about his players:

"No. 1, they are great kids," Meader said before the 2019-2020 season began. "I shouldn't use the word 'kids,' but young men. They take their studies seriously. They work hard at it. In basketball, again, they work very hard.

"You see them going in the locker room at times. They will be sitting on the couch with their computers in their laps and working on problems together. They really take their studies seriously. I just hope we have a good season for their sake."

But that feeling of respect and camaraderie worked both ways.

Ruby put it all in perspective about the coming 2019-20 season and his respect for Meader when he said:

"We have built some good relationships the past four years," Ruby said in that season preview. "We all have the same goal to bring home a NAC championship for the Farmington community and Coach Meader, too."

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Besides being dazzled by Meader's kindness, I was always impressed at how Meader recalled key moments of each basketball game.

He would invite me into a room and we would have a sit-down after each game I covered, allowing him to speak freely without distractions from all the noise in the hallway. He would give me his explicit rundown of what transpired on the court.

The beloved coach would replay those details like he was sitting courtside and watching the game all over again. There was no hand-waving, outbursts of anger or blaming during the course of our conversations after a hard-fought loss. There was just this mild voice providing details of a game. Again, it was his humanity that contained any frustration he was feeling after a loss.

I have met dozens of good and great coaches throughout my career, but I especially enjoyed just sitting down with a gentleman who made his living coaching college basketball. I also respected him for his temerity to continue coaching despite being afflicted with Parkinson's disease.

His humility came shining through when he retired in 2020 after coaching collegiate basketball in the state for over four decades.

"I don't want to be an anchor to any program," Meader said in a Timeout column I wrote in March of 2020. "It is time to enjoy some other things and not feel guilty when you are not doing something, basketball-wise, or not seeing a summer league game your kid is playing in. In the summer, you spend a lot of time recruiting. It is time."

In a world ravaged by COVID-19, war and environmental catastrophes, we all could use a strong cup of Meader's humanity or humility right now.

Dick Meader was a once-in-a-generation human being who cared about the important things and for me, our friendship still makes life worth living.

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Lake Highlands High School has a history of producing great coaches, both from its student ranks and its coaching staff. LHHS 1975 grad Lynn Jensen, who coached football for 16 years in LH and years more in Garland ISD and Dallas ISD, says theres something unique about the neighborhood, the athletes, the families and the school.

Its a heartfelt thing, says Jensen. It speaks to the specialness of this community. You hear people gritching sometimes, but its a pretty special place.

In September, Jensen took a job as assistant director of athletics for Bishop Dunne Catholic School. Hes one of many former Wildcat coaches and players now working for high school and college athletic departments across the country. You can read more about him here.

Kent Laster, another alum, is head football coach at Wacos University High School.

Football is a passionate game, Laster told the Waco Tribune-Herald, and he encourages his players to seek PRIDE in their game and in their life passion, respect, integrity dedication and excellence.

Everybody is bought into holding up the trophy, are you bought into the daily process it takes to get there? That is the key.

NFL Pro Bowler Phil Dawson holds the Cleveland Browns franchise record for the most field goals made. He still has 13 records at the University of Texas, and he kicked a game-winning 50-yarder against Virginia in 1995. Despite playing for the Browns, the 49ers and the Cardinals, he says his finest mentors were from his high school days.

The greatest coaches I ever had were my high school coaches at Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, Texas, both on and off the field, Dawson told KVUE TV. The impact that they had on my life kind of began this dream in me to one day coach. Little did I know I would play [in the NFL] so long, but I finally got around to it and havent regretting it one bit.

LHHS alum Dave Handal is in his first year as head coach of the Tomball Cougars. Serving as defensive coordinator last year, he took his team including his son Keegan to the state semifinals. Keegan started at middle linebacker and said the time they spent together paid off.

Having my dad as the coach, all the film study we do, it really gives me an advantage, Keegan told Houstons KPRC TV. All the game-planning he puts in, I get all the insight about it. It shows on the field. The knowledge he gives me really benefits my game.

Tomball lost in the state semifinals to another LHHS alum Denton Guyers Reed Heim. Heim has experience as an assistant coach at SMU and Baylor, and as Guyers new head coach he won playoff games against Flower Mound, Jesuit, Trophy Club, Prosper and Tomball before losing to Austin Westlake.

Additional alums include: Isaac Grieder as assistant coach at Lake Highlands Junior High;Mark Carey coaching the defensive line at the University of Mary Hardin Baylor; Marcus Coleman as the secondary coach at Trinity University; Brett Sawyer as defensive coordinator at Boerne High; Stoney Pryor as head coach and athletic coordinator at College Station High School, Anthony Hicks as assistant head football coach at Frisco Heritage and Kent Ackmann as boys head soccer coach at Princeton High.

At least twelve former Wildcat coaches are still leading teams of young men and women: David Gunn is head football coach at Paragould High in Arkansas; Kenny Wheaton is an offensive consultant at Harding University; Che Hendrix is head football coach in Boerne; Jason Wilson is head baseball coach in Allen; Ed Barry coaches football and track at Shelton School; Paul Maturi is assistant athletic director at Jesuit; Royce Slechta is offensive coordinator at Jesuit; Don Woods is defensive coordinator at Jesuit; Todd Holmes is athletic trainer at Jesuit; Gary Taylor coaches track and field at Sunnyvale High School; Pete Grieder is assistant wrestling coach at Bishop Lynch; and John Bandy now manages Kimbrough Stadium in Plano.

Lots more former coaches not mentioned here have gone on to serve as teachers or principals, and others have retired after being inducted into football halls of fame. In the slideshow above by photographer Mike Duhon, coaches from the state champion team of 1981 returned last Friday night to celebrate that accomplishment. Once a Wildcat, always a Wildcat.

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MIAMI In the season opener against the Heat, Alex Caruso got the start in place of Zach LaVine.

The plan for Friday against the Wizards? Its a wait-and see.

Ayo Dosunmu earned the start at point guard in place of Lonzo Ball (left knee). Will the second-year player hold up through the month or even the next week? Thats another wait-and-see.

The plan for Thursday was to have LaVine (left knee) work out when the team practices in Washington, but how much will he be able to do?

Thats right, a wait-and-see.

So much for the organizations continuity plan.

Unfortunately for Bulls coach Billy Donovan, itll be his responsibility to clean up the mess.

Some of the stuff is unfortunate, and anytime youve got players out not just our team, any team it hurts, Donovan said. But were still going to have to play games with some of these things going on. The continuity is not ideal, but from a coaching perspective, weve got to play to an identity.

Thats how Donovan is approaching life with question marks surrounding Ball and LaVine to start the season. He wont get overly concerned with players as much as establishing a team identity.

But identities are built through practices, and with LaVines ability to practice from day to day unknown and with no definite timeline for Ball to come back, how much can actually get done in these practices?

Donovan has installed the foundation pieces of his offense and defense but admittedly has a lot to build out in both aspects.

Its just the way it is, Donovan said. I feel like its my responsibility and my job that whoever the next person is that has to step in for Zach, weve got to play to a certain style on both ends of the floor. Listen, youre talking about a guy [in LaVine] that gets 27 points per game, shoots over 40% from three and is an NBA All-Star. I cant ask any of those guys to replace him, but regardless of if hes there or not, can we play how we know we need to play to put ourselves in the best position to play with the best teams?

Heads up

Veteran DeMar DeRozan made sure his teammates werent sulking in the wake of the injury-management news on LaVine.

DeRozan admitted that it would be easy for his teammates to fall into the woe-is-us trap, especially after all the injuries last season, but he wouldnt allow it.

You cant hold your head down at all, DeRozan said. Nothing ever goes as ideal as you want it to go. Thats just part of life.

Were a team, and everyone has to have the approach that nobody is going to feel sorry for us, and were not looking for anyone to feel sorry for us.

Expected outcome

Reserve guard Coby White saw the deadline for an extension on his rookie contract come and go Monday, making him a restricted free agent at the end of the season. It was a scenario that White expected to see play out that way.

I wasnt really focused on that, White said. Just play this year out. I put in a lot of work this summer, so let my work show, and take it from there.

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When she was in high school, Chloe visited UVA and seriously considered her parents alma mater. She wanted a smaller school, however, and chose Wake Forest, in part because of her connection with Bill Ferguson, then the Demon Deacons head coach. But Ferguson was gone by the time Wilson arrived in Winston-Salem, N.C., and her volleyball experience at Wake was not what shed hoped.

And so, after two seasons at Wake, where she became friends with Anna Bennett, whose father is head mens basketball coach at UVA, Chloe decided to start anew elsewhere. Virginia was again an option. The Hoos had a new coach, Shannon Wells, for whom Chloe had played at a USA Volleyball event as a middle-schooler.

I really loved working with her, Chloe recalled, so I knew who she was, and she knew who I was, so that made it a little bit easier.

They set up a phone call during which Wells, a former University of Florida associate head coach, described her vision for the Cavaliers program, and Chloe decided the time was right for her to head to Charlottesville.

Her dad, I know, is so proud and Im so happy that shes there, said Kerry Wilson, who has two degrees from the University. Chloe didnt know it, but thats where her story began. Virginia is just so special to our family.

For Chloe, there are reminders of her father on Grounds, and not only the bench outside JPJ. The Cavaliers associate head coach for mens basketball, Jason Williford, was one of Shawn Wilsons college teammates.

He was a good dude, kind-hearted, Williford recalled. He didnt play a whole lot, but he was a good piece of the program. Well-liked. Funny as all outdoors.

Wilson, who was born in Murray, Ky., grew up in Nashville, and he had a catch phrase that never failed to crack up his teammates, Williford recalled. If he agreed with you on anything, hed say, He aint lyin! And it was in that Tennessee voice with that country accent. So we all would say that.

Wilson was especially close with teammates Doug Smith and Chris Havlicek. They were the Three Amigos, Williford said.

In the preseason, Williford said, Jones would send his players on two-mile runs in the morning. Players, depending on their position, had to finish in a certain time. Wilsons teammates, like his fraternity brothers, called him Big Red, and he hated running, Williford said, so he and Junior Burrough were always dead last.

After his basketball career ended, Wilson stayed in Charlottesville to do medical research (and to court his future wife), and he discovered a new athletic passion.

Id see the dude running through the Corner, through Grounds, Williford said, laughing. It was the best he ever looked. I chuckled at how he didnt enjoy running until after college. So that was crazy.

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Urbnsurf say he surfed in an advanced session when he knew or ought to have known this was beyond his skill and capability.

Always gonna happen, I suppose, someone hitting the concrete bottom of a tank and busting their neck.

Ive been to Urbnsurf, Australias first commercial tank, down in Melbourne four times and on two separate occasions a decent sorta surfer has bounced off the bottom, headfirst.

The first was Swellnets Stu Nettle on media day there three years ago, a gorgeous summer day where the temperature hit 110 degrees, and where the pool was loosed to the clowns for a dozen non-stop hours.

Real early in the piece, Stu was sucked up the face of a lefthand tube and into the concrete bottom when a layback went awry.

As he wrote at the time,

Before setting foot in the pool everyone signed a waiver about surfing being an inherently dangerous activity. Its a formality of course. I expected as much. But it takes on significance when you realise the danger.

Yeah, the danger.

Allow me to provide some perspective.

The first time you hit bottom is a shock. Its hard concrete and maybe thigh deep where the lip hits. Fall on take off and youre trying to find a place to hide in knee deep water as the lip of the next wave pitches and the rider and board passoverhead.

My session ended after two hours when the toe side rail caught during a layback and I went over leading with my head and shoulder, each making contact and hard. The lifeguards, whod just stitched up another punter, were quickly onto me, sitting me down and assessing damage. They decided on glue and steristrips, and an enforced end to the session. Tail between my legs, I went poolside to dry off.

On another all-dayer a pal head-butted the bottom after being sucked up the face of the righthander and ended the day in the hozzy.

But you take your lickings. You sign the waiver; you know the bottom aint sand; and if it barrels, its gotta be shallow.

Capiche?

Maybe.

Peter Nolan, a thirty-five-year-old surfer and carpenter from the beach town of Ocean Grove an hour-and-a-half out of Melbourne, has filed a writ saying he suffered fractures in his spine and at the base of his neck after being belted by the pool last December 30.

Nolan says he was picked up by a wave and thrown into the concrete surface of the pool and has been off work ever since.

Nolan claims Urbnsurf shouldve warned him about the dangers despite anyone who gets in the tank signing a waiver which details the risk of harm associated with surfing as an obvious risk.

He told the Herald-Sun, I feel incredibly lucky that Im not a paraplegic or quadriplegic after hitting the concrete so hard, especially since my surgeon told me that many people who experience something like I did end up in a wheelchairThe psychological impact has been tough, and I pretty much avoid surfing now out of fear of getting hurt.

Urbnsurf, in their defence, say Nolan surfed in an advanced session when he knew or ought to have known this was beyond his skill and capability.

Bummer for Nolan, but not sure what else Urbnsurf couldve done to yknow, make it a safe space and so on.

The case goes to court in October, 2023.

If the suit succeeds the implications could be myriad, helmets, an end to Beast sessions etc.

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ADHD coaching has been in the news this week, with the release of new guidelines for diagnosing and managing attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

The evidence-based clinical guidelines recommend ADHD coaching could be considered for adolescents and adults as part of a holistic treatment and support plan.

What is ADHD coaching? Do you really need it? And how do you go about finding coaching support?

Read more: I think I have ADHD, how do I get a diagnosis? What might it mean for me?

ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition. It involves difficulties focusing attention (for example, in class or at work) and/or excessive levels of activity (for example, being restless and constantly on the go) and/or impulsivity (for example, acting without thinking). These symptoms would be above and beyond what you would expect for a persons age.

It is most commonly diagnosed in childhood but is increasingly being recognised in adults. ADHD can occur in males or females and often occurs with other difficulties, such as autism and learning disorders.

Read more: How can you support kids with ADHD to learn? Parents said these 3 things help

The guidelines recommend a range of supports for people with ADHD. This includes offering medication and non-pharmacological supports. ADHD coaching is one type of non-pharmacological support.

It involves working with a person to provide education about ADHD, building on individual strengths and resources, and developing new strategies and systems in daily life to help minimise the impact of ADHD symptoms.

ADHD coaching shares common elements with a type of psychological talk therapy known as cognitive behavioural therapy, which has strong evidence to support it.

So allied health professionals, such as psychologists, already use elements of ADHD coaching.

There is also a specialised form of life coaching for people with ADHD provided by an ADHD coach. This sometimes draws on the experience of people living with ADHD to help others achieve their personal goals.

Read more: ADHD medications have doubled in the last decade but other treatments can help too

There are few high-quality research studies evaluating the effectiveness of ADHD coaching, and the advantages of using this approach is unclear.

So the guidelines recommendation that ADHD coaching could be considered as part of a treatment plan for adolescents and adults, was made after input from health professional groups, as well as from people living with ADHD.

Wed like to see more high-quality research evaluating the use of ADHD coaching.

Read more: ADHD looks different in adults. Here are 4 signs to watch for

As many allied health professionals use elements of ADHD coaching in their clinical practice, we suggest talking to your main health-care provider to discuss whether ADHD coaching may be right for you, and to discuss referral options.

When choosing the right professional help, consider whether in-person or telehealth sessions would be better, and whether input from someone who is living with ADHD is important.

If choosing an ADHD coach, rather than an allied health professional who provides health coaching as part of their practice, make sure they have received appropriate training and are a member of the International Coaching Federation.

The reality is that many people will have to go through the private system to access health care for ADHD.

This may include a Better Access plan to see a private psychologist for partially rebated sessions. So, this usually involves some out-of-pocket costs.

If you chose to see an ADHD coach (someone who is not an allied health professional like a psychologist), this is not covered by Medicare, so you will have to pay.

Coaching support may form part of a plan under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). But few people with ADHD receive NDIS funding.

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) When Allyson Roberts found herself pregnant and living in her car at the age of 19, she was feeling lost, scared and alone. Once she tapped into spiritual guidance, it changed everything. She wasnt sure she would survive, or if the child growing inside of her would make it, but she knew that she had the power to turn things around if she could change her mindset.

Her book, The Spiritual Journey, details how she overcame her own personal trauma and now helps other women do the same. That includes living a positive life in a world where the news brings us minute-by-minute updates on traumatic events every day.

Today, Allyson has been recognized by Forbes affiliate, Feedspot, as one of the 100 Top Coaches in the World. From intimate one-on-one conversations to speaking at live events, Allyson uses her training to overcome trauma, childhood issues, self-worth struggles, and more. In her sessions, she utilizes her professional training, as well as her natural gifts and strategic life coaching experience to bring people from all walks of life to their unique purpose.

You can take part in one of her events later this month. Its Behind the Power October 19 -21 in Atlanta. Details at http://www.behindthepowerevent.com.

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Urbnsurf say he surfed in an advanced session when he knew or ought to have known this was beyond his skill and capability.

Always gonna happen, I suppose, someone hitting the concrete bottom of a tank and busting their neck.

Ive been to Urbnsurf, Australias first commercial tank, down in Melbourne four times and on two separate occasions a decent sorta surfer has bounced off the bottom, headfirst.

The first was Swellnets Stu Nettle on media day there three years ago, a gorgeous summer day where the temperature hit 110 degrees, and where the pool was loosed to the clowns for a dozen non-stop hours.

Real early in the piece, Stu was sucked up the face of a lefthand tube and into the concrete bottom when a layback went awry.

As he wrote at the time,

Before setting foot in the pool everyone signed a waiver about surfing being an inherently dangerous activity. Its a formality of course. I expected as much. But it takes on significance when you realise the danger.

Yeah, the danger.

Allow me to provide some perspective.

The first time you hit bottom is a shock. Its hard concrete and maybe thigh deep where the lip hits. Fall on take off and youre trying to find a place to hide in knee deep water as the lip of the next wave pitches and the rider and board passoverhead.

My session ended after two hours when the toe side rail caught during a layback and I went over leading with my head and shoulder, each making contact and hard. The lifeguards, whod just stitched up another punter, were quickly onto me, sitting me down and assessing damage. They decided on glue and steristrips, and an enforced end to the session. Tail between my legs, I went poolside to dry off.

On another all-dayer a pal head-butted the bottom after being sucked up the face of the righthander and ended the day in the hozzy.

But you take your lickings. You sign the waiver; you know the bottom aint sand; and if it barrels, its gotta be shallow.

Capiche?

Maybe.

Peter Nolan, a thirty-five-year-old surfer and carpenter from the beach town of Ocean Grove an hour-and-a-half out of Melbourne, has filed a writ saying he suffered fractures in his spine and at the base of his neck after being belted by the pool last December 30.

Nolan says he was picked up by a wave and thrown into the concrete surface of the pool and has been off work ever since.

Nolan claims Urbnsurf shouldve warned him about the dangers despite anyone who gets in the tank signing a waiver which details the risk of harm associated with surfing as an obvious risk.

He told the Herald-Sun, I feel incredibly lucky that Im not a paraplegic or quadriplegic after hitting the concrete so hard, especially since my surgeon told me that many people who experience something like I did end up in a wheelchairThe psychological impact has been tough, and I pretty much avoid surfing now out of fear of getting hurt.

Urbnsurf, in their defence, say Nolan surfed in an advanced session when he knew or ought to have known this was beyond his skill and capability.

Bummer for Nolan, but not sure what else Urbnsurf couldve done to yknow, make it a safe space and so on.

The case goes to court in October, 2023.

If the suit succeeds the implications could be myriad, helmets, an end to Beast sessions etc.

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