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ATHLETIC INFORMATION REGARDING
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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ACADEMIC AND COLLEGE INFORMATION

Most of these links are provided for your reference from the NFL High School website. They are intended to be a reference for those players hoping to go on to the next level of play, on the field or in the classroom.

The Importance of High School Football-What's it really all about? 

College prep for the high school player.

College Bound Basics- Are you Good Enough?  

How to promote your interests and abilities to be a college athlete.

Managing Your Time On and Off The Field

The importance of finding time for academics every day.

NCAA Eligibility Requirements

General guidelines for course selections for freshman to senior players

Narrowing Your Focus to Find A College or University

Get tips on focusing your college search, and pick up tips for your resume or cover letter.

What Do College Coaches Look For?

Assessing your abilities as a high school football player.

Understanding Financial Aid, Part One And Part Two

Everything you need to know about financial aid, and help paying for college.

How College Coaches Recruit

Five basic recruiting methods used by college coaches.

NYS WEBSITES

HEALTH WEBSITES

American Cancer Society (ACS) - http://www.cancer.org

American Diabetes Association (ADA) - http://www.diabetes.org

American Dietetic Association (ADA) - http://www.eatright.org/

American Heart Association National Center (AHA) - http://www.amhrt.org/

American Lung Association - http://www.lungusa.org/noframes/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - http://www.cdc.gov/cdc.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Women’s Health - http://www.cdc.gov/owh/whiv.htm

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - http://www.os.dhhs.gov/

Diseases, Disorders, and Related Topics - http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/index.html

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) - http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/

ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education: Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Divisions - http://www.ericsp.org/hprdtoc.html

Food & Drug Administration (FDA) - http://www.fda.gov/

Girl Power! Campaign - http://www.health.org/gpower

The Health Education Hit List - http://www.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/healthy.html

Health Education Professional Resources (HPER) - http://www.nyu.edu/education/health/healthed/taub/hepr/frames/index.html

Health Source - http://web.bu.edu:80/COHIS/subsabse/subssrc.htm

Health Touch On-line - http://www.healthtouch.com/

Journal of the American Medical Association - http://www.ama-asn.org/

March of Dimes - http://www.modimes.org/

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/mmwr.html

National Center for Health Statistics - http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/nchshome.htm

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Information - http://www.health.org

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - http://www.naid.nih.gov/

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/

National Women’s Health Info Center - http://www.4women.org/

National Health Information Center (NHIC) - http://nhic-nt.health.org/

National Institutes of Health (NIH) - http://www.nih.gov/

New York State Department of Health - http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/cfch.htm .

Nicotine and Tobacco Network - http://tobacco.arizona.edu

Office of Minority Health Resource Center - http://www.omhrc.gov/ .

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration -http://www.samhsa.gov/

World Health Organization (WHO) - http://www.who.org/

American Cancer Society

American Medical Association

American Red Cross

The Healthy Refrigerator

Kid's Health

Learn CPR

Prevention's Healthy Ideas

Thrive: Your online health and fitness resource.

Gatorade Sports Science Institute

American Dietetic Association

Sport Fuel

FITNESS
www.Adaptive Physical Education.com
Fitness Partner Connection Jumpsite
Library of Swing Steps
PE Central
Phys - in fitness and in health
Online Ballroom Dance Tutorial
Rollerblade
President's Youth Physical Fitness Program
http://www.kidnetic.com/
http://www.bam.gov/

ATHLETICS/SPORTS
College Sports News Daily
Coach's Edge
Golf Online.com
Golf Web
Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
Hall of Sports Achievers
National Association for Girls and Women in Sports
Skateboarding
Sporting News
Tennis Magazine
Track & Field Online
U.S. Triathlon
USA Swimming
USA Track & Field
USA Volleyball
Volleyball
Wheelchair Sports
Wheelchair Tennis
Wrestling
Wrestling USA
 http://www.a2zbowling.com

Professional Sports
The Auto Channel
ESPN Sports Zone
Major League Soccer
National Basketball Association
National Football League
National Hockey League
National Wheelchair Basketball Association
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Women's National Basketball Association
Soccer Times
Sporting News
Sports Illustrated for Women
Tennis.com