Mixed Gender Sports: Should boys and girls be able to compete with and against each other in high school sports? Boy leads team in scoring and competes in State quarter finals, is this fair?
High School Coaches Coaching the Opposite Gender? There are many coaches who are a different gender than the one they coach. Is this a problem? Are there any sports where this could be a problem? Explain. Baylor college female student assists 7-2 Live Oak Classical School varsity football team. What are the challenges? JB “It is not about the physicality, it is about mentality.”
One of the BEST speeches for high school student-athletes. If came recommended from Greg Devine (all-scholastic football, basketball, baseball – Captain Stonehill Football) and Mike Wheeler (all-time leading TDs in Hanover High history record breaking touchdown dilemma, basketball, track – Nationally Ranked). These 2 players attended a banquet where Mike Doyle spoke to the best South Shore football players. I reached out to the director of WATD Sports, Bill Wilhelm, and we now have a copy of this amazing speech.
Introduction (0:00 – 1:30) – Spent life working with people like you wanting to get to next level
Last 24 hours, Barnstable, BU warm-up 2:30 for 4:00 game UMASS, 8:30 shovel, daughter’s game 9:30
Being a Successful athlete and being a successful person (1:30 – 5:05)
I just turned 50 (Glory Days) If the last couple months the best of your life , then I will will be sad – I realized that you didn’t get the message today.
Most of the Negative trends in sports
W grew up in an era where the purpose was not about “getting” anything (accolades, scholarships).
It was about learning to be part of a team. learning to compete and be part of a team, cooperate!
What is it going to get me? A good life.
Lessons. Sports teach you “Hard Work” matters! (I feel like my father. At 50 years old your realize the lessons really don’t change too much.)
Everybody has got the dream. Guys who are all-everything. There might be nobody in this room gets in an NFL camp. That is a strong possibility. The reality. (Matt Kalapinski)
BOOK (read, read, read) . NFL stats (4:00 – 4:30) 65% leave the game with permanent injury, 50% of failed NFL marriage occur in 1st year, 78% unemployed, suicide rate for retired NFL is 6X greater than the national average – Junior Seau May 2, 2012 (Tony Dungy Book Quiet Strength)
Roger Staubach – successful real estate AFTER Super Bowl / Hall of Fame career. was a QB for the Dallas Cowboys.
Success is ridiculously easy – most people are incredibly lazy (5:05 – 6:05) “Why We Suck” Denis Leary
I own a couple of businesses.
Everyone in this room can be a HUGE success in the business world (owns several businesses). Every single one of you.
You can be a model employee. If you show up on time (and don’t look like an idiot) and do what they ask of you EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR! Ask anyone who owns a business. (Who do you know who owns a business – Any examples / Jimbo’s 15 years old)
How hard is it to find a good worker? Do what you are asked to do in a reasonable manner
Goals – Write them down. Written Goals – Need a goal and a plan – Write them down (6:05 – 7:20) (SMART New Year Assignment)
How many are going to try to play college football.
2009 National Championship down 2 goals in 3:00, won it in overtime (see below / watch clip)
WRITTEN GOALS – not dreams.
Student-athlete – Goal #1 show up for camp in shape I had a conversation with Pittsburgh Penguins GM. It is amazing how many players come into camp out of shape. (It means they did not have a goal or a plan)
Have a plan
How many guys would do ANYTHING? You guys are all liars. (7:20 – 8:05) Here is the list of ANYTHING!
Get up and eat breakfast every day
Avoid alcohol, drugs, and tobacco – MIAA violations destroy a season!
Not missing workouts
Eat Breakfast: Highly “I don’t really like to eat breakfast. – You won’t be very good.
I don’t have time to eat breakfast. That is a lie. You prioritize sleep over breakfast (15 minutes) We all have the same amount of time.
Get good sleep & Get enough sleep. “Next to working out, get up out of bed and eat breakfast.”
Time Management – Don’t have time – lie. Time is finite. (8:05 – 8:35)
Everyone has the same amount of time? Do you manage time well?
“Prepare the child for the path not the path for the child.” (8:50 – 9:25)
College will change: Everybody there came out of the same boat. Who is the hardest worker / study the hardest b/c equal talent and skill
Talent and work ethic are inversely proportional – the more you have of one, the less you have of another (9:25 – 9:50)
AS talented athletes you will be at a disadvantage. More talented the guy is, the lower the work ethic / Less talent, the greater the work ethic
Develop a work ethic. Start figuring it out. Sit down and write your goals.
WRITE DOWN YOUR GOALS – 2% of all of the seniors at Yale had written goals (9:50 – 10:15)
2% in the study (20 years later), earned more money that the other 98% (Awaken the Giant Within, Tony Robbins)
What I have learned from sports
The coach is always right – When it doubt go back to rule #1 Last 2 words “I thought” is you defending your mistake. Stop the sentence and we are done.
Smile, “Yes sir,” “No sir,” – LISTEN “You start
BU coach has won 800 games (Jack Parker) – can’t judge talent know talent – parent of 5th line kid, only play 4 line. BU is throwing games, trying to lose, because we want to keep your son out of the line-up
Respect your elders, respect your teammates.
Put playing well and hard ahead of winning I guarantee you will play.
Rules to Live Buy
Golden Rule – “Do unto others as you have them do unto you.” If you want to get treated well, treat other people well.
Be a good teammate (We rate each other how hard do you work, and what type of teammate you are at least once a year)
It doesn’t take one ounce of talent to get in great shape – There is no excuse for being out of shape. there is one reason LAZY! There is no reason you cannot be the best conditioned athlete in camp. The only reason is they don’t want to be.
Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn’t work hard (Deal with the best players in the United States)
“Any time the ride gets easy – check and see if you aren’t coasting downhill.”
Everything I am going to tell you your parents have told you. Sit up straight, get out of bed, eat breakfast, say “yes sir” “no sir” avoid drugs or alcohol, hats
Drugs and alcohol have ended more careers than injury!
Sit up straight.
“In the real world.”
When you do something wrong in the real world – You get fired – not laps or a meeting with a coach. You get fired.
College is not good preparation for real world – In sports, talented guys 2nd chances or 3rd chances. (Josh Gordon) Reinstated for the bowl game.
The world does not owe you anything.
Talent only creates opportunity – What that means is you might get a chance to play college football.
Sean Morey (Marshfield High, Brown, Ivy, NFL) – HE made a living in NFL as being a kick returner, as being the last guy cut
I guarantee these are all part of his day-to-day make up. He is doing all of those things.
Success is simple, but not easy. (Copy down and comment)
Introduction (0:00 – 1:30)
Why me – Spent life working with people like you & last 24 hours, warm-up 2:30 for 4:00 game UMass Shoveled
Being a Successful athlete and a successful person (1:30 – 5:05)
Last couple months the best of your life – I would be sad – you didn’t get the message today
Hard Work matters (who is the hardest worker on your team? Is he / she the best player?)
Negative trends in sports
The purpose was not about “getting” anything (accolades, scholarships)
It was about learning to compete and be part of a team, cooperate
NFL stats (4:00 – 4:30) 65% injury, 50% failed marriage in 1st year, unemployed, suicide 6X greater than the national average
Junior Seau May 2, 2012 vs. Roger Staubach
Success is ridiculously easy – most people are incredibly lazy (5:05 – 6:05) “Why we Suck”
Everyone in this room can be a HUGE success in the business world (owns several businesses)
Show up on time (and don’t look like an idiot)
Do what you are asked to do in a reasonable manner
Written Goals – Need a goal and a plan – Write them down (6:05 – 7:20)
National Championship down 2 goals in 3:00, won it in overtime
Student-athlete – Goal #1 show up for camp in shape (no goal and plan)
Have a plan
How many guys would do ANYTHING? Liars. (7:20 – 8:05) Here is the list of ANYTHING!
Get up and eat breakfast every day – prioritize sleep over breakfast (15 minutes)
Avoid alcohol, drugs, and tobacco
Not missing workouts
Get good sleep & Get enough sleep
Time Management – Don’t have time – lie. Time is finite. (8:05 – 8:35)
Everyone has the same amount of time? Do you manage time well?
Prepare the child for the path not the path for the child (8:50 – 9:25)
College will change – who is the hardest worker / study the hardest b/c equal talent and skill
Talent and work ethic are inversely related – the more of one, less of another (9:25 – 9:50)
More talent, the lower the work ethic – develop a work ethic
Less talent, the greater the work ethic
WRITE YOUR GOALS DOWN – 2% of all of the seniors at Yale had written goals (9:50 – 10:15)
2% in the study, later earned more money that the other 98% (Awaken the Giant Within, Tony Robbins)
What I have learned from sports
The coach is always right – Last 2 words “I thought” – You defending your mistakes
Smile, “Yes sir,” “No sir,” – LISTEN
BU coach has won 800 games – can’t judge talent know talent – parent of 5th line kid
Throwing games because we want to keep your son out of the line-up
Put playing well and hard ahead of winning
Rules to Live By
Golden Rule – “Do unto others as you have them do unto you.” Treat other people well
Be a good teammate (rate each other how hard you work, good teammate at least once a year)
It doesn’t take one ounce of talent to get in great shape – the only reason LAZY!
Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn’t work hard (Deal with the best players in America)
“Any time the ride gets easy – check to see if you aren’t coasting downhill.”
Drugs and alcohol have ended more careers than injury (Chris Herren)
The world does not owe you anything.
Sit up straight, get out of bed, eat breakfast, say “yes sir” “no sir” avoid drugs or alcohol
Put your hat straight on straight
Real world
When you do something wrong – get fired – not laps or a meeting with a coach
College is not good preparation for real world – In sports, talented guys get more chances
Talent creates opportunity – you might get a chance
Sean Morey (Marshfield High, Brown, Ivy, NFL) – made a living in NFL being the last guy cut
Guarantee these are all part of his day-to-day make up
Rush Probst Reflects: Before becoming Colquitt County’s football coach, Rush Propst led a powerhouse at Hoover High School. But a pattern of lies and infidelity rocked his career and turned his personal life upside-down.
Friday Night Lies: Rush Propst Journey to Redemption
I don’t know what to say, really. Three minutes till the biggest battle of our professional lives all comes down to today. Now either we heal as a team or we’re gonna crumble, inch by inch, play by play, ’til we’re finished.
We’re in hell right now, gentlemen, believe me. And, we can stay here — get the s*$# kicked out of us — or we can fight our way back into the light. We can climb outta hell one inch at a time.
Now, I can’t do it for you. I’m too old. I look around. I see these young faces, and I think — I mean — I made every wrong choice a middle-aged man can make. I, uh, I pissed away all my money, believe it or not. I chased off anyone who’s ever loved me. And lately, I can’t even stand the face I see in the mirror.
You know, when you get old in life things get taken from you. I mean that’s…part of life. But, you only learn that when you start losing stuff. You find out life’s this game of inches. So is football. Because in either game, life or football, the margin for error is so small — I mean one-half a step too late, or too early, and you don’t quite make it. One-half second too slow, too fast, you don’t quite catch it.
The inches we need are everywhere around us.
They’re in every break of the game, every minute, every second.
On this team, we fight for that inch. On this team, we tear ourselves and everyone else around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch, because we know when we add up all those inches that’s gonna make the (####ing) difference between winning and losing! Between livin’ and dyin’!
I’ll tell you this: In any fight, it’s the guy who’s willing to die who’s gonna win that inch. And I know if I’m gonna have any life anymore, it’s because I’m still willin’ to fight and die for that inch. Because that’s what livin’ is! The six inches in front of your face!!
Now I can’t make you do it. You got to look at the guy next to you. Look into his eyes! Now I think you’re gonna see a guy who will go that inch with you. You’re gonna see a guy who will sacrifice himself for this team because he knows, when it comes down to it, you’re gonna do the same for him!
That’s a team, gentleman!
And, either we heal, now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
What is the feeling after you have given your best and accomplished something you never have done before!
What is it like to be exhausted knowing you have given all you have? Describe a time you have given everything you have got to a sports team or sports event!
Leadership Skills: Rank 1 / 10 Best leader you have been around.
Who has been the person who has pushed you the most?
List a team you are on. Your Personal Effort Scale of 1/10 effort. List the player who gave the greatest effort.
Social Media is a reality in our world and in the sports world. A few years ago, the sports in society class started a class twitter account. The account allowed the class to connect with a Division I strength coach to conduct an interview with him.
List the Top 5 sports twitter accounts to follow. RANK them in order of preference. 1 – 5
For each account list category, the account name, (# of followers), and profile. Also give 2 – 3 explanation of the value of the twitter account.
EXAMPLE
High School Sports: @SportsHHS (373 followers) Sports in Society class, trying to incorporate 21st century learning! Tweets related to senior elective sports class!Hanover, MA mrmolloy.edublogs.org
This is a great account for Hanover Sports. There are some great thoughts for the day. Their are some incredibly talented students, athletes, and student-athletes! It is great that each student will share a blog with the class.
As we start term 2, we are going to look to share some great writing of some of our students. By the end of the term students will post blogs about personal experiences with sports. We also hope to contact alumni, and other sports related individuals.
@UKFootball “If you want something you’ve never had, then you must do things you’ve never done.” #ForTheTeam: Chapter Six.
The following are the favorite sports quotes from the Sports in Society class of 2016!
“When you put on that jersey, the name on the front is more important than the name on the back.” Herb Brooks, Miracle
“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”- Benjamin Franklin
“I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.”– Bruce Jenner
“It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.”– Paul “Bear” Bryant
“Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind.”– Jackie Joyner-Kersee
“Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.”– Ross Perot
“A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.”– Mary Lou Retton
“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”– Marv Levy
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Wayne Gretzky
“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” Michael Jordan
“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” Muhammad Ali
“Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.” Dan Gable
¨Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.¨ Liane Cardes
¨Age is no barrier. It´s a limitation you put on your mind.¨Jackie Joyner-Kersee
¨When you’ve got something to prove, there’s nothing greater than a challenge.¨ Terry Bradshaw
¨Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.¨ Muhammad Ali
“A lot of times I find that people who are blessed with the most talent don’t ever develop that attitude, and the ones who aren’t blessed in that way are the most competitive and have the biggest heart.” Tom Brady
¨The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a personś determination.¨ Tommy Lasorda
“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” George Halas
“Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.” Arnold Palmer
“You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave–win or lose.” Gordie Howe
“My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.”– Hank Aaron
“Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.” Ted Williams
“If you have everything under control, you’re not moving fast enough.”– Mario Andretti
“It’s not the will to win that matters, everybody has that. It’s the will to prepare.” Bear Bryant
“Forget about style; worry about results.” Bobby Orr
“During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.” Mickey Mantle
“If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?” Joe Namath
“Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.” Lou Holtz
“A true champion can adapt to anything.” Floyd Mayweather
“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” Michael Jordan
“It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” Vince Lombardi
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. Babe Ruth
“You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you.” Yogi Berra
“Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.”
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. William Arthur
You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get. Michael Phelps
“What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.” Dean Smith
If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score? Vince Lombard
Sports do not build character. They reveal it. Heywood Broun
Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game. Michael Jordan
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. -William Arthur
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there is no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” Derek Jeter
“It’s not really a chip on your shoulder, it’s that feeling that maybe nobody want’ you.” Tom Brady
“When you’re riding, only the race in which you’re riding is important.”– Bill Shoemaker
“Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” Babe Ruth
“One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back… play for her.” Mia Hamm
“To be the man, you have to beat the man.” Ric Flair
“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.” Wayne Gretzky, hockey icon (1978–1999)
“I put the blinders on and just work as hard as I can, and hopefully I’ll just continue to be a better player.”Dustin Pedroia
“Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.” Arnold Palmer
“You’re never a loser until you quit trying.” Mike Ditka
“Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” Bo Jackson
¨Great moments are born by great opportunities.¨ Herb Brooks
“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.” Marv Levy
“Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.” Laird Hamilton
“Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.”
“Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.” Mike Singletary
“I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all the time, somehow things will workout in the end.” Larry Bird
“It’s nice to have some puck luck” Millian Lucic
”Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.” Larry Bird
“You just have to go as far as you can go. Everyone works his way up.” David Ortiz
