March 31, 2010 SPB 101 Life of an Athletic Director With the great variety of sports offered at high schools and colleges, it is important to have an effective athletic director providing leadership. This profile will look at the athletic director position at the high school and college level. No matter which level, athletic directors oversee all aspects of an athletic program, including hiring coaches, scheduling, budget preparation, promotion, and facility management. If you are an organized person who thrives in a position of leadership--and enjoys sports, a career as an athletic director could prove a good fit. The athletic director will also supervise most junior high coaches whose program feeds the high school.
The mission of the Steve Harvey Mentoring Program for Young Men is to share, teach and demonstrate the principles of manhood to young men, enabling them to achieve their dreams and become men who are strong, responsible and productive. The regional camps are located in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans and New York with the host camp located in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Harvey’s goal is to help young boys learn about manhood and to show them positive examples of men. During their stay, they learn about integrity, respect, responsibility, honesty, service, discipline, patience and courage. These are virtues of characters in which they will need in order to be productive citizens.
He has high expectations from his players rather it is athletically, academically and personality. He wants to know what his players are doing all the time and wants them to be leaders on and off the field even putting them through leadership classes at the college. He believes in his coaches and his players. He micro-manages but with a meaningful purpose and that is success. He wants his whole program to be successful off and on the field and to prepare his players for life after football and he has a plan for all of
“Leaders relentlessly upgrade their team, using every encounter as an opportunity to evaluate, coach, and build self-confidence” (Welch, p. 63). 3. True. “Leaders relentlessly upgrade their team, using every encounter as an opportunity to evaluate, coach, and build self-confidence” (Welch, p. 63). “When you become a leader, success is all about growing others” (Welch, p.
In Remember the Titans he produced a perfect team and created a cohesive atmosphere for his players. Coach Boone and Joe Miller valued their families. They prioritized what was important and appeared self less. Private Trip and Coach Boone both were fighting for equality. They wanted to be viewed as everyone else that wasn't black.
A mentor will be part cheerleader, part coach, part teacher, part student, and part guide and part listener. Mentor’s guide, inspires, and encourages their mentees. Many qualities can make a great mentor; among these include the willingness to share knowledge, expertise and skills. As well as consistently displaying a positive attitude and presents themselves as a positive role model. The individual should have enthusiasm in their field and in the mentorship process.
The “big brother” of JROTC offers college scholarships to those who qualify. Membership in JROTC is a perfect start for this. As a member of JROTC one can expect to gain a great deal of self confidence that will become a building block for future accomplishments throughout their life. The programming is geared to build a team of students that work together to overcome difficult challenges and by doing so build their individual confidence as well as team confidence to face any challenge. Camaraderie is further enhanced throughout the program as students wear uniforms at least once a week to display their unit pride.
Student Athletes are Career and Life Ready Student athletes are a very unique group at any university campus. student athletes take the NAIA five core characters values very seriously. They are respect, responsibility, integrity, servant leadership and sportsmanship. While spending time on practice and competition with their teams, they are also committing themselves to being a full-time student, which is not always easy to balance. Clearly, many student athletes are very dedicated to their sport and their teams.
Stressors for College Athletes and Time Management Zach Nedbalski In partial fulfillment of the requirements of course number: PSY 652 Advanced Educational Psychology Dr. Jennings Berry College 12/9/2010 Abstract This paper will discuss what are some of the stressors that college athlete’s today face and what they can do to effectively use time management techniques to succeed both academically and athletically. This paper will include advantages and disadvantages of being a college athlete and also talks bout how college athletes with learning disabilities can be successful. There are a number of tips a student athlete can use to thrive in the overall college setting. It is important to have a plan of action while in school and
He used the football team as an example to demonstrate the importance of the slogan. He mentioned to David, Brian and Eric, members of the school’s football team: “… you play football. You already know it takes discipline to win”. This showed the class the importance of discipline to achieving success. The school’s football team had not won a game in two years, so this statement held even more importance and grabbed the class’s attention.