Hoop Dreams 2021

Hoop Dreams 2021

A shot of a few members of the Hoop Dreams squad at the House of Hoopz this Fall.

Shout out to Coach Joshy and the squad!

We see you Lil’ Liz.

Coaching Boys Into Men

Coaching Boys into Men (CBIM) Program

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Added a new link to our lists under #coachlife to the Coaching Boys into Men (CBIM) program.  Found out about this program listening to the Edge of Sports podcast with author of Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape Jessica Luther. Here's more information about the Coaching Boys into Men program from the Futures Without Violence website:

"Athletic coaches play an extremely influential and unique role in the lives of young men, often serving as a parent or mentor to the boys they coach. Because of these special relationships, coaches are uniquely poised to positively influence how young men think and behave both on, and off, the field.

FUTURES’ Coaching Boys into Men (CBIM) program facilitates these connections by providing high school athletic coaches with the resources they need to promote respectful behavior among their players and help prevent relationship abuse, harassment, and sexual assault. For more than a decade, the program has been implemented in communities across the U.S. and around the world. From Sacramento and Dallas, to India and South Africa, the program’s messages have proven universal.

The CBIM curriculum consists of a series of coach-to-athlete trainings that illustrate ways to model respect and promote healthy relationships. The CBIM card series instructs coaches on how to incorporate themes associated with teamwork, integrity, fair play, and respect into their daily practice and routine.

CBIM first launched in 2001 as a national public service announcement campaign in partnership with the Advertising Council. The television, radio, print, and online ads leveraged over $123 million in donated media and catalyzed grassroots efforts in communities across the country. CBIM has since grown from a broad awareness and action campaign into a comprehensive violence prevention curriculum for coaches and their athletes." SOURCE

#CoachLife

#CoachLife

Soon we will draft our coaching philosophy for Every1Plays #E1P.  With every plan there's research.  To the side of this blog you will find a link with coaching resources also useful to parents and athletes.  A few that we discovered includes the Liberty Mutual Play Positive Initiative click here which includes a mailing list offering weekly coaching & parenting tips; the Positive Coaching Alliance at positivecoach.org also includes social media Facebook and Twitter.  We look forward to contributing to a dialogue on how each athlete, player, family, coach, and community can encourage positive play, hard work, and motivate youth towards exceptional sportsmanship.

Coaches, have you developed your coaching philosophy?  Is your coaching philosophy available for parents to read?  Parents, do the coaches your son or daughter play for have a coaching philosophy?  In our opinion, every school district should require every coach develop a coaching philosophy to make available online at the school webpage.  This should also be distributed at parent meetings and among student athletes on the first day of school.  

How are your coaches developing their role as coaches?  What kind of training are they engaged in?  How are families involved in encouraging a positive experience for youth through sports, both on and off whether field, court, track, mat, or ring?

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