Professional Mascot Kelly Frank just performed 19 NHL games, 12 MLB games, and 3 football games in 2 months...and still had time to deliver a long list of Mascot Tips in this must-read essay.

As video technology gets cheaper and better, simple solutions now exist for teams and performers at all technology levels at very low costs. Read more from Editor Jon Cudo on the uses for the inexpensive Flip Camcorders.

At the 2002 NBA Mascot Conference we asked several top NBA mascots for their advice to aspiring mascots on how to advance their mascot career and get prepared for mascoting opportunities. We share that advice here.

In any game presentation there are things you control, and things you don't. The unexpected can pleasantly surprise you and create that water cooler moment in the game or it can bite you. The goal is to control as much as you can and allow the unforgettable moments to happen, but happen within your plans, not at the expense of them.

In the last few years as teams add entertainment options, I have watched the rapid increase in what are often referred to as "circus" time outs. These time outs are a combination of all of a team's entertainment elements thrown into one time out in an effort to create a wild explosion of energy.