IN THIS ISSUE:

FRONT ROW

Youth Sports:
• Five Coaching Mistakes to Avoid
• What Are We Teaching Our Kids?
Collegiate Sports:
• Student Calls Out Own School for Bad Sportsmanship
• Job Descriptions We’d Like to See
Professional Sports: Would the Intervention Approach Help Transgressors?
Jocks Behaving Badly: How Not to Teach Black History Month
Jocks Behaving Exceptionally:
• California High School Epitomizes Character
• Anonymous Wrestler Made Dad Proud
• Among This Coach’s Principles Is Empathy
• Opponent’s Gesture Gets an Assist

SIDELINES

Announcements
Trivia Test: What Is This Arctic Winter Games Trophy Called?
You Make the Call: Did Michael Vick Deserve a Courage Award?
Principle of the Month: Why Sibling Rivalry May Be the Best Sportsmanship Model
Say What?
Trivia Test Answer
Michael Josephson's Commentary: Michael Vick’s Courage Award

FRONT ROW

YOUTH SPORTS

Five Coaching Mistakes to Avoid

Youth sports often rely on volunteers with little or no experience. The following tips by Erik Saunders from The Youth Football Coaches Handbook will help beginning coaches avoid the top five things that can negatively affect practices, game management, and overall success:

1. Not addressing players by name. Young people have short attention spans and tend to daydream. To cure them, loudly and clearly say their name each time you see them tuning out. This will also create good rapport with them because the only other adults who address them by name are their parents or teachers.

2. Not praising players enough. Coaches tend to be problem solvers. During practice, it’s common to correct poor performance. What’s needed are more “Atta boys” or "Atta girls" when techniques are executed properly or someone demonstrates proper effort.

3. Not saying what you want. We’re a negative-driven culture and often instruct others to do what we don’t want instead of what we do want. For example, young players will understand more clearly and execute better if you say “Watch the ball” instead of “Don’t jump offsides.”

4. Not speaking concisely. Most youth practices are spent listening to the coach lecture. Young players are capable of listening effectively for only a few moments at a time because they can’t easily process multiple pieces of information. Better: Explain one part of an exercise and then rep it quickly, making comments to the group afterward. Have assistant coaches instruct players who are struggling off to the side.

5. Not outlining your practice beforehand. Having a plan forces you to start on time, coach more quickly, and determine which things you must teach and which will least hurt your team if you skip them. Without a plan, coaches may run drills based on their gut feel and forget important sessions that may be crucial on game day.

[youthfootballhandbook.com; searchwarp.com, 1/11/09]

What Are We Teaching Our Kids?

Overheard on the blogosphere: One sports parent recently wrote of an incident at a Little League game that she hoped may teach others a lesson.

During a playoff game, her son’s coach had forgotten the league’s “resting” rule that requires pitchers to rest one day before pitching. He had played his top three pitchers the day before.

When he was reminded of the rule, he told his players and their parents he would have to forfeit. When the parents asked him to let their kids play anyway (they still had two other pitchers who were eligible), he said, “What’s the point?”

The parent replied, “To teach our boys good sportsmanship.”

He let the team play, but he and his assistant coaches grumbled loudly to everyone during the contest. Afterward, the parent posted the following:

“I have no problem with losing, only with quitting. So I ask you, what exactly would we have been teaching our kids if we’d forfeited that game?”

• That the three boys who pitched on Saturday are important but the other nine aren’t.
• That you should give up when things look tough.
• That complaining, grumbling, and bad attitudes are okay.
• That knowing the rules isn’t important.
• That making decisions at the last minute because you haven’t planned in advance is acceptable.

“These are not things I want my child to learn.”

COLLEGIATE SPORTS

Student Calls Out Own School
for Bad Sportsmanship

This season the student section at West Virginia, dubbed “the Mountaineer Maniacs,” have become notorious for brutish behavior – from chanting the name of coach Rick Pitino’s mistress during the Louisville game to crudities directed at Ohio State players. They’re so bad that some students have begun to voice their shame.

One of them, James Eakins, a physics major and athletics tutor, submitted this letter last month to the campus paper, The Daily Athenaeum:

“It has become a sad fact that I must be ashamed of certain aspects of WVU. It’s even worse when I must go out of my way to disassociate myself with a program that is supposed to be fun, exciting, and a good time for students.

“Not too long ago, I was talking to some potential freshmen who were looking at colleges. Inevitably, one asked, ‘Are the students [here] really that bad?’

“Sadly, I had to be honest. They throw things, chant obscenities, are cruel and disgusting, exploit opposing team’s mother’s names, and once went out of their way to emotionally hurt a coach from another team in hopes it would help ours. The student section is causing students to be ashamed to attend a university that seemingly takes no action against such behavior.

“I’m worried to see what the headlines will read Thursday morning regarding the Pitt game. Will the headline be ‘Pitt/WVU wins’ or ‘Mountaineer Maniacs continue to embarrass’? I’m forced to now say something I never thought would come from me: I would rather see Pitt win than anything to do with our poor sportsmanship.”

Sadly, Eakins did not get his wish.

West Virginia won, and fans threw objects onto the floor, prompting coach Bob Huggins to grab the microphone and berate them for their stupidity.

A Maniac replied by throwing a coin that struck Pittsburgh assistant coach Tom Herrion under his right eye. The incident made national headlines once again and forced the university to publicly apologize to Pitt.

[thedaonline.com, 2/2/10]

Job Descriptions We'd Like to See

University of Tennessee football has been a hotbed of controversy in recent years.

First, their recruiting hostesses, called Orange Pride, prompted an NCAA investigation for going to high schools and allegedly flirting with recruits to sway them toward the school.

Then coach Lane Kiffin, who stayed only a year before bolting to even more scandalized USC, made news by wrongfully accusing Florida coach Urban Meyer of committing recruiting violations – just before Kiffin himself was busted for it. When he left in the middle of the night, taking most of his coaches with him, a crowd of several hundred students and fans burned him in effigy.

Well, someone in the administration must have listened to the call by alums and fans to clean up their act. This job posting recently appeared:

Coordinator III (Character Development for Football).
This position will provide support and guidance in every phase of the student-athletes’ experience. The position will establish lines of communication with parents and guardians of football student-athletes and coordinate with the football staff, academic support team, and athletic administration to develop personal skills in the areas of character education, leadership development, and establishing relationships with positive mentors and role models. Working knowledge of NCAA rules and regulations is required.

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS

Would the Intervention
Approach Help Transgressors?

An excellent article last year by Kurt Streeter of the Los Angeles Times claimed that traditional methods to help prevent athletes from cheating haven’t worked. “We’ve tried blame. We’ve tried shame. We’ve tried hard punishment. But we’re making very little real progress.”

Another approach is needed, he said. Although his article related to doping, the method he proposed could be expanded to any incidence of bad conduct by college or professional athletes on or off the field of play.

What is it? Restorative justice, a concept that has roots in ancient Greece and the Native American culture.

To help heal the wounds of apartheid, South Africa formed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in which oppressors and oppressed were allowed to speak to each other in public hearings.

“It wasn’t about putting people in jail,” Streeter wrote. “It was about moving on, about not making the same mistake twice. In the restorative mode, officials get out of the way. Lawyers, politicians, commissioners, and the Justice Department take a back seat.”

Using the approach in baseball, Streeter envisioned a Major League Baseball player getting caught on a first offense of using steroids being given two options: suspension or reconciliation.

If he chooses the latter, he must sit in a room with people (fans, kids, teammates, coaches, minor leaguers, family members, etc.) who have been hurt by his actions. The player must sit with them and hear their stories. Then he can explain what he did and the pressures he was under to remain competitive.

In the end, he may express remorse, make amends, and vow to not only change but do something to educate the public of such transgressions. Or he may resort to his old ways, in which case he would be moved to the more traditional punishment approach.

Would reconciliation have worked with the likes of Bobby Knight, Michael Vick, Pete Rose, or Tiger Woods? We don't know, but it would only take a few successes to set the sports world on a new course. “A few players buy in and come away changed – and restorative justice gains real and lasting clout,” Streeter wrote.

“It happened in South Africa. Why not in sport?”

[Los Angeles Times, 8/9/09]

JOCKS BEHAVING BADLY

How Not to Teach Black History Month

Three white elementary school teachers at Wadsworth Elementary School in South Los Angeles were suspended last month for encouraging their first-, second-, and fourth-grade students to carry pictures of Dennis Rodman, RuPaul, and O.J. Simpson in the school’s Black History Month parade.

Students from other classes carried pictures of Nelson Mandela, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Barack Obama.

L.C. Strudwick-Turner of the Los Angeles Urban League likened the incident to a series of racially provocative incidents at U.C. San Diego where an off-campus party mocked Black History Month.

“These kinds of things build on each other,” she told the Los Angeles Times. “When something like that happens and there is no immediate consequence, that emboldens others.”

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called the teachers’ actions “not only cynical but did a terrible disservice to the students, their families, and all of the teachers who work hard on a daily basis to build trust and a productive learning environment. We cannot stand for such myopic behavior by those whom we entrust to teach and inspire the next generation.”

Community leaders demanded the instructors be dismissed. Instead, they were reassigned to other schools.

A subsequent investigation revealed that Simpson’s photo was on an approved school list of Black History Month figures dating back to 1985. The school’s principal claimed not to have not seen the list.

[hosted.ap.org, 3/3/10; latimesblogs.latimes.com, 3/4/10]

JOCKS BEHAVING EXCEPTIONALLY

California High School
Epitomizes Character

In 2004, an article in the Los Angeles Times profiled the financial plight of the athletic department of Lee Vining, the smallest high school in the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section.

Long Beach Poly, the largest school in the CIF SS, heard about the situation and offered to help out by becoming Lee Vining’s sister school. They’ve been partners ever since.

This year, when Jordan High School’s baseball Coach Marc Prager sent out a plea for assistance when his team suffered cuts that endangered his ability to equip and uniform his players, Long Beach Poly answered again.

Within two weeks, its Booster Club stunned Prager with a check for nearly $5,000, plus new equipment. Prager called the check “Great sportsmanship – especially coming from a league rival. It really means a lot.”

Poly’s baseball coach Toby Hess told the Long Beach Post, “A meaningful baseball experience in the community is more important than maintaining a competitive edge.”

Thanks for the tip, Terry Speir!

[lbpost.com, 2/1910]

Anonymous Wrestler Made Dad Proud

Last month during a junior varsity wrestling match between West Point and Central Davis junior high schools in Layton, Utah, spectator Frank LaVor Fox witnessed an act of “true greatness” that was not an athletic feat.

A West Point wrestler, paired against an opponent who had a mental handicap and had never won a match, took the high road. Instead of easily dispatching the boy, he extended the contest to three periods. In the end, the Central Davis wrestler emerged the victor.

“I wish all readers could have seen how happy this made the wrestler,” Fox wrote in a letter to the Standard-Examinar. “His mother walked into the gym and sat down just in time to see the referee raise her son’s hand. His team members congratulated him with high fives.”

As for the West Point wrestler, “He melted back into his team. He didn’t seem sad or angry as some I had seen who had lost a match but seemed to have a quiet confidence about himself.”

During the match, Fox noticed a man beside the mat occasionally giving instructions to the West Point wrestler. “He didn’t yell as much as other fathers I witness at these events, myself included. He had a quiet calm about him.”

He approached the man after the match and discovered he was the West Point wrestler’s father. “That’s my son,” the man told him. “He’s my hero.”

Fox wrote, “They must teach those kids at West Point something more important than winning. I, for one, am flat impressed.”

[standard.net/topics/opinion, 3/17/10]

Among This Coach’s
Principles Is Empathy

High school football coaches' duties can be monumental, with pressures to succeed coming from many quarters. The last thing they need to take on are more responsibilities.

At Hagerman High School in Hagerman, New Mexico, coach Randy Montoya didn’t care about that when he was introduced earlier last year to a young boy named Troy who was living on borrowed time after being diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder.

Montoya decided to make Troy’s remaining days precious. He designated him an honorary captain at a home game, gave him a jersey, let him lead practices, and heaped on him countless other gestures throughout the season.

Casey Crandall, one of Hagerman’s assistant coaches, alerted the executive director of CHARACTER COUNTS! in Chaves County to Montoya’s selfless actions. “It’s hard to explain the impact [Montoya] had on Troy and his family. There is no better example of character to be found in our country involving sports and its possibilities.”

Opponent’s Gesture Gets an Assist

Ashley Boshe of Marshfield High School’s girls’ basketball team in Marshfield, Missouri, tore her ACL when she was a junior and missed almost the entire season. So she couldn’t wait to start her senior year.

Then, on just the second day of practice, she tore it again. Her career at Marshfield was over.

But she didn’t quit the squad. She helped out with practices and coaching and motivated the squad during games. Her teammates never abandoned her either. Nor did her coach.

With less than a minute left in the final home game of the season against Branson, coach Gary Murphy surprised her by sending her into the game.

“I told Coach Murphy I can’t go in,” Boshe told the Marshfield Mail. “But once I was in, it felt so good.” The Marshfield fans gave the senior a standing ovation.

The ball was inbounded to her, and she took a shot. It missed. A Branson player got the rebound, and that was it.

Or was it?

Instead of running out the clock, the opponent, realizing what all the commotion was about, handed the ball to one of Marshfield’s players, who quickly gave it back to Boshe.

She heaved up one final shot from her favorite spot on the floor. Although it, too, missed, the moment became a memorable one for everyone who witnessed it.

“That was a classy move by coach [Kip] Bough and the entire Branson team,” Murphy said afterward. “They knew it was a special night for Ashley and they wanted to give her one last shot.”

[marshfieldmail.com, 22/23/10]

	ANNOUNCEMENTS
A New Voice to Teach Sportsmanship: Hollywood Talk about perfect casting. CHARACTER COUNTS! has teamed up with Film Clips Spirit of America to produce four DVDs in which clips from famous movies impart lessons in sportsmanship, leadership, or the Six Pillars of Character. Each $39.99 DVD features 12 memorable movie scenes that teach important ethical values and includes a discussion guide, classroom lessons, and activities. The Sportsmanship DVD addresses situations that commonly occur during athletic competition with clips from such classic sports movies as Chariots of Fire, Seabiscuit, Remember the Titans, The Sandlot, and many more. Learn more »   Michael on March Madness Last month The Washington Post asked a number of public figures, among them our own Michael Josephson, to share their opinions of the NCAA basketball tournament. Naturally, Michael had a few things to get off his chest. Read his and the other responses here.
	TRIVIA TEST
What Is This Arctic Winter Games Trophy Called? In addition to gold, silver, and bronze medals, teams and athletes at the biannual Arctic Winter Games can also be awarded a six-foot-high Inuit trophy carving of a walrus and a bear wrapped around a narwhal tusk. What is this trophy called and to whom is it given? See the answer below.
	YOU MAKE THE CALL
Did Michael Vick Deserve a Courage Award? Michael Vick, after serving 18 months for running a dogfighting ring, was unanimously voted by his Philadelphia Eagles teammates to receive the Ed Block Courage Award, one of the most esteemed honors bestowed on NFL players. It’s presented to individuals who exemplify sportsmanship and courage, are community role models, and symbolize professionalism, strength, dedication, and inspiration. Previous winners include Tom Brady, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Peyton Manning, Tiki Barber, Dan Marino, Rod Woodson, and Jim Kelly. Did Michael Vick Deserve the Ed Block Courage Award? • Yes. His teammates voted unanimously to give it to him. Vick’s response: “They know what I’ve been through. I’ve overcome a lot, more than probably one single individual can handle or bear.” • No. The NFL and/or the Ed Block Courage Award Foundation should have intervened to disallow it because Vick’s actions discredited the purpose of the award and its founder. • I’m not sure. Click here to vote Results of Last Month’s Poll Was it okay for Canada to deny foreign athletes access to its Olympic practice venues prior to the Games? It was not only proper but good strategy. That's called home-field advantage. 13% It was not only improper but a national embarrassment. That's dissing the Olympic spirit. 76% I'm not sure. 10%
	PRINCIPLE OF THE MONTH
Principle Eleven: Why Sibling Rivalry May Be the Best Sportsmanship Model In an insightful article in the Columbia Daily Spectator, Columbia University junior Bart Lopez posed an intriguing question: “What do sibling athletes know that we don’t?” Apparently a lot. Anyone who has a brother or sister knows that competition between them – borrowing clothes, personal achievements, vying for parental approval – can be not only fierce but personal. When they compete against each other in sports, however, the dynamic changes. “They must balance their own desire to win with the desire to see their sibling succeed,” Lopez writes. “It is through this internal struggle that sibling competition becomes the ideal form of good sportsmanship.” Lopez cited the Jones brothers as an example. Joe Jones is the basketball coach of Columbia University. James Jones is coach of Yale. As both institutions are in the Ivy League conference, they frequently face off against each other. “When we lose, there’s a part of me that’s happy for him that he’s won a game,” Joe told Lopez. After each game against Yale, Joe says he’s never completely happy or defeated because his relationship with James keeps his emotions in check, which is the goal of good sportsmanship. The phenomenon works on both the professional level (note how Eli and Peyton Manning and Venus and Serena Williams treat each other before and after their contests) as well as the amateur level. “I have competed with my brother at everything imaginable,” Lopez wrote. “During moments of competition, I tried my best to crush him (the little brother has to learn his place, right?). “I won’t claim I am a good sport, I don’t like seeing the other guy win the trophy, and I don’t necessarily want to shake his hand after a heated game. But when I compete against my brother, I’m as good a sport as I will ever be. The point is, siblings have figured out something that the rest of the sports world needs to pick up.” Principle Eleven of the Arizona Sports Summit Accord states that “Everyone involved in competition has a duty to honor the traditions of the sport and to treat other participants with respect.” [columbiaspectator.com, 2/8/10] Nearly 50 influential leaders in sports issued the Arizona Sports Summit Accord in 1999 to encourage greater emphasis on the ethical and character-building aspects of athletic competition. Read the full text here.
	SAY WHAT?
“Anybody here suffering from March Madness? Well, don’t worry. It’s covered by the new healthcare plan.” - Comedian David Letterman “Tiger Woods announced he’ll return to the PGA tour at the Masters. Bookmakers make him a 4-1 favorite. Augusta National Country Club does not allow women so his concentration should be excellent.” – Comedian Argus Hamilton “Tiger was the hero, the champion, the perfect person, and people enjoyed watching him play golf. Nobody’s perfect, and not everybody wants to be a role model. But in our case, you have to be.” – Golfer Nancy Lopez “Say it’s all true. At the end of the day, that’s not the reason I love Tiger. I got three Tiger Woods games for my Xbox just in case one gets scratched. On the cover, it doesn't have him walking next to his wife. It just has Tiger Woods hitting shots.” – Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas “It was out of line. It was inappropriate. We were all having fun. I was trying to be comedic. I only had a split second to make a decision. I went for it and it fell flat. I was trying to get past it, but Pete didn’t really let me get past it. He didn’t roll with it.” – Andre Agassi on the incident at last month’s charity exhibition match with Pete Sampras, Rafael Nadal, and Roger Federer during which Agassi teased Sampras about being a poor tipper, prompting Sampras to drill a ball at him. “It’s a good thing pigeons don’t have ears.” – Los Angeles Times reader on Mike Tyson’s "Animal Planet" reality series in which he’ll race pigeons “I am proud of my players for doing that. This was the best team-building exercise we have ever done.” – Texas A&M-Commerce football coach Guy Morriss on some of his players stealing campus newspapers that were running a story on drug arrests of two of his players “Learning more about that homegrown terrorist Colleen LaRose, also known as Jihad Jane. They’re calling her the most dangerous person to come out of Pennsylvania since Ben Roethlisberger.” – Comedian Jay Leno “Cincinnati Bengals star Chad Ochocinco announced he’ll date 85 women on a TV reality show this summer. The lesson from Tiger Woods is that you should never keep this kind of thing a secret.” – Comedian Argus Hamilton “We talk about character being important, and these guys have perfect character. Yet we have character questions about them, too. Half the teams will be impressed with them. The other half will want players who think about nothing but football 24/7.” – NFL personnel evaluator on Heisman winner Tim Tebow and Rhodes Scholar Myron Rolle. “I called Mrs. Pollin and said, ‘If Abe was still with us, I would’ve had to talk to him, so I’m gonna give you the same respect. I want to say sorry to you. I deserve to be punished. I’ll do everything it takes to get back your husband’s respect.’” – Gilbert Arenas on his conversation with the wife of Abe Pollin, the late owner of the Washington Wizards “I decided I was not going to hire anybody who was going to be cursing. We are here to develop these people as young men, so we don’t need to do that.” – New Kansas football coach Turner Gill on how he selects his assistant coaches “He could field a starting five of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Walter Cronkite, and Barack Obama and still lose his job if he didn't win 20 games.” - Columbus Dispatch writer Michael Arace on Ohio state basketball coach Thad Matta - and all coaches - whose careers are determined more by how many wins they garner for their program than by how much character they instill in their players ~ Classic From the Past ~ “One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesn’t do you any good.” – Abe Lemons, college basketball coach (1922-2002)
	TRIVIA TEST ANSWER
The Hodgson Sportsmanship Trophy Named in honor of S.M. Hodgson of the Northwest Territories, one of the founders of the Arctic Winter Games, the coveted distinction recognizes team-wide sportsmanship, fair play, and respect for the philosophy behind the Games, which is to develop young athletes, promote the benefits of sport, build partnerships, and share northern cultures. The biannual Arctic Winter Games are contested among teams from Alaska, Alberta North, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik (Northern Quebec), Russia (Yamai-Nenet region of northwest Siberia), Samiland (Sami region of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia), and Greenland. [juneauempire,com, 3/15/10]
	MICHAEL JOSEPHSON'S COMMENTARY
Michael Vick’s Courage Award Remember Michael Vick, the high-profile NFL quarterback convicted of running an illegal dogfighting ring where underperforming dogs were sometimes electrocuted or drowned? Well, he’s back in the news. He worked out a deal with The Humane Society of the United States, a virulent and vocal critic of his conduct, whereby he would speak to inner-city youth about the evils of dogfighting at least two times per month. The Society justified its use of Mr. Vick on the grounds that his efforts may reduce animal cruelty and that he paid his penalty to society. They also received a $50,000 grant from his Philadelphia Eagles team to support their anti-dogfighting campaign. Finally, his Eagles teammates unanimously voted for him to receive the Ed Block Courage Award, which was created to honor players who exemplify commitment to the principles of sportsmanship and courage. This saga presents a cornucopia of ethical issues: • Was Vick’s 18-month prison sentence too harsh, too lenient, or just right? • Should the Humane Society have accepted his offer for community service? • Should the Humane Society have accepted the $50,000 grant from the Eagles? • Was it right for the Eagles’ players to select Vick for an award? • Should the Ed Block Courage Award Foundation have refused to give him the award? My take on Michael Vick is this: The question is not whether I or others outraged by his actions should forgive him. We don’t have the moral authority to forgive someone for sins committed against others. The primary issue is justice, fairness, and mercy. Lots of folks believe justice demands that, in addition to the criminal penalties already imposed, he should be banned from football and be a social outcast, subjected to contempt and condemnation for the rest of his life. I disagree. Although I found his dogfighting conduct revolting and despicable, I believe in the principle of proportionality, that every punishment should fit the crime. I also believe that even people who have done very, very bad things and ruined the lives of others are entitled to a second chance. I know some would like the law to impose stiffer penalties, but those imposed reflect the legislature’s view on the seriousness of the crime. I don’t think it’s fair to enhance a penalty just because a person is rich or famous or if some think him arrogant and unrepentant. No one has ever paid a steeper price for similar crimes and sins. His prison sentence was unprecedented. He lost and gave away millions. His reputation has been shattered. And I believe the continuous and often vicious attacks, whether justified or not, have inflicted real and serious emotional pain. He shouldn’t be getting an award or be held up as a victim or hero, but heaping endless punishment on him is unjustified cruelty. Enough already. This is Michael Josephson reminding you that character counts. To voice your vote on this issue, see “You Make the Call” above. For an archive of Mr. Josephson’s commentaries, click here.
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