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Athletic Directors Featured

Bound™ Exclusive: The DNA of an AD (Chapter 4)

If you don’t have passion for your role as an athletics administrator, you’ll never be an effective leader. The best athletic leaders have a fire that burns deep within their DNA.

Athletic Directors Featured

Effectively Diffusing Inappropriate Fan Behavior

If there’s poor fan behavior at your events you, whether it directly involves you or not, you may feel like you’ve lost control. Utilize these strategies to promote the true values of education based athletics to define the expectation of your loyal fans.

Athletic Directors Featured

Bound Break (Issue 8)

If you're going to go into next school year prepared, you should be working to lay the groundwork this summer. In this issue of Bound Break, we offer up tools and tips to help you make the most of the season of preparation.

Athletic Directors Featured

Bound™ Exclusive: The DNA of an AD (Chapter 3)

Being an athletics administrator isn’t always going to be unicorns, sunshine and rainbows. There are difficulties that you may have to face from time to time. The worst thing you can do is shy away from the tough decisions and responsibilities.

Athletic Directors

Bound Break (Issue 7)

For most high school activities administrators, getting through commencement signals that it is time to take a deep breath and relax for a minute or two after the 9+ month sprint of the school year. We know exactly how you feel. We've been there. We've done that.

Athletic Directors

Bound™ Exclusive: The DNA of an AD (Chapter 2)

The Confident Leader 💡The Mamba Mentality “The Constant Quest To be the Best Version of One’s Self.” Kobe Bryant If you want others to follow you as an athletic leader, it’s absolutely essential that you be confident, both in your overall vision and the approach you take to

Bound Break (Issue 6)

Brand New Podcast from Bound! In concert with the release of the new book from Scott Garvis, CMAA, Bound AD in Residence, we are launching a new podcast series. The podcast will provide insight on what it takes to level up as an AD directly from those around the country

About Scott Garvis, CMAA

Bound AD in Residence Pens New Book for ADs Scott Garvis has been a leader and innovator in intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics development and fundraising for more than 25 years – as an athletics director, coach, association board member, adviser and editorial contributor. Scott has a record of excellence as Athletics

Athletic Directors

Bound™ Exclusive: The DNA of an AD (Chapter 1)

Chapter 1: The Self-Motivated Leader First and foremost, an athletics director needs to be self-motivated. Unlike followers, who must be told what to do, a leader is someone who is highly self-driven to succeed. Athletics directors are literally out in front of the crowd. Usually handling fan behavior. Nonetheless, athletics

Bound™ Offers an Extra Set of Hands for Gordon, Rams

From communicating with athletes, to posting information for community, Bound™ meets the needs of Greene County team By about any measure, the Greene County School District in the west central Iowa town of Jefferson is small. The district has four schools in kindergarten through 12th grade, a total enrollment of

Bound Break (Issue 5)

Bound™ Exclusive: The DNA of an AD In the coming months, we are excited to roll out the newest book from Bound™ Athletic Director in Residence Scott Garvis, CMAA. The book steps through the 12 principles of highly effective athletics administrators, offering tips and tools to help even the most

The DNA of an AD

Bound™ Exclusive: The DNA of an AD (Introduction)

In the coming months, we are excited to roll out the newest book from Bound™ Athletic Director in Residence Scott Garvis, CMAA. The book steps through the 12 principles of highly effective athletics administrators, offering tips and tools to help even the most seasoned AD continue to grow and thrive.

Bound™ Helps Gunderson Make a Technological Leap Forward

Diverse tools make it easier for everything from managing stats to communicating with families and the community In more than two decades in athletics administration, Mark Gunderson is always on the hunt for technologies that can help him do his work more efficiently. As Athletic Director in the MOC-Floyd Valley

Bound™ Break (Issue 4)

Bound™ Helps Consolidate Communications The Notify tool in Bound™ is helping to keep coaches, athletes, and guardians on the same page. Simple to use, Notify only requires a couple clicks to blast out pertinent information to all interested parties. It offers the ability to communicate individually, in groups and universally

Athletic Directors

5 Simple Ways to Stay Focused on Your Goals

Despite our best intentions and efforts, it can be challenging to stay on track. Our AD in Residence offers up 5 tips to keep you focused.

Bound™ App Puts Decorah Athletics, Activities in the Spotlight

App puts vital information ‘all in one place’ for administrators, coaches, participants and fans In high school, Jacqueline Reckward developed a love for competition. A four-sport athlete at Decorah High School (Iowa), her passion for athletics continued to grow in college as she took to the sidelines in her first

Bound™ Break (Issue 3)

Stop and See Us at IHSADA! The Bound™ team will be on-site for the annual Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association March 27-29, 2022 at the Hyatt Regency Coralville Hotel and Conference Center. We will be available to show you more about how we have become the single-source solution for

Remember Why You Started - Don't Be in the Dark

By Scott Garvis, CMAA Bound AD in Residence Gary stepped outside before heading off the school that frigid February morning. Gary was the athletic administrator at Kettle High School, Kettle, WI.  Gary had a tough evening the night before and did not sleep well, he dreaded going to work. He

Bound™ Helps Hawks Get the Word Out

Even as one of the most high-profile high school sports programs in Iowa, Ankeny Athletics and Activities Director Andy Umthun is always looking for tools to help him more easily share the great things happening for the Hawks. In Bound™, he has discovered a single tool that helps him communicate

Athletic Directors Featured

Bound™ Break (Issue 2)

Bound Break Issue 2 shares info on ticketing, bounding back from tough times and more.

Every Failure is an Opportunity to Bound Forward

By Scott Garvis, Bound™ AD in Residence As an athletic administrator our work provides us the opportunity to show the wide range and depth of our abilities. We usually get frustrated and discouraged when we fail to live up to our own expectations or that of our colleagues. However, we

Bound Break (Issue 1)

We Are Bound™ It's an exciting time for us at headquarters as we have officially changed our name to Bound™. With the name change comes an expansion that will bring youth sports and activities together for athletic directors, administrators, coaches, participants and fans. You're bound for

Coaches Featured

A Helping Hand in Hurdling Administrative Challenges

One aspect of coaching at the high school level often overlooked is the administrative challenge that comes with managing a team. Bound™ lends coaches a helping hand.

Athletic Directors

Selling the Passion

There's nothing like the excitement surrounding a high school sporting event. Upgrading your fundraising efforts starts with conveying that passion--and explaining the market it can bring--to local businesses.