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Creating a Sportsmanship Culture

Creating a Sportsmanship Culture. Steve Sell Athletic Director Aragon HS Dan Burns Assistant Superintendent Salinas UHSD Ed Buller Athletic Director Oak Grove HS. CENTRAL COAST SECTION.

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Creating a Sportsmanship Culture

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  1. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture Steve Sell Athletic Director Aragon HS Dan Burns Assistant Superintendent Salinas UHSD Ed Buller Athletic Director Oak Grove HS

  2. CENTRAL COAST SECTION • For the past 25 years the CCS has focused attention on Sportsmanship & Character Building while students & coaches representing self-team-community and school • Evidenced by the positive feedback we have received at Nor Cal and State Championship contests.

  3. CENTRAL COAST SECTION Many programs and processes have been implemented to create this environment • CCS Sportsmanship Committee • CCS Sportsmanship Contract • 50 Sportsmanship Ideas from CCS schools (see white handout) • CCS Sportsmanship Toolbox • CCS Sportsmanship Seasonal Newsletter (see multi colored handout) • Recognition certificates for schools & participants that exemplify exceptional sportsmanship

  4. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture Utilize existing programs to model your school such as: (See multi colored Handout) • CCS Sportsmanship Web Page • Pursuing Victory with Honor-CIF • Josephson Institute-Character Counts • NFHS Learn • Positive Coaching Alliance • NIAAA

  5. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture NFHSLEARN.COM Online Resources: • Sportsmanship Course Free • The Role of the Parent in Sport Free • Teaching & Modeling Behavior $20 • Engaging Effectively with Parents $20 • Creating a Safe & Respectful Free Environment Course • Sportsmanship: It’s up to You $19.95 (Toolkit)

  6. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture Develop a school wide Sportsmanship Committee • Principal-AD-coach-student-parent-staff member-activities director Develop a Sportsmanship Mission Statement • The Sportsmanship Mission Statement should be closely aligned with existing Schools Mission • Based solidly on character development • Basic premise for athletes is to learn and have fun

  7. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture Set School Sportsmanship Goals Examples: • No coaches/players or parents removed from contests the entire year • Every visiting team will be welcomed by school personnel before contest • Begin each contest with sportsmanship statement-preferably read by a team captain

  8. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture Projects • Create a fun, interactive, innovative environment for all stakeholders with projects focused on good sportsmanship This will help stakeholders embrace the concept of good sportsmanship school wide

  9. Creating a Sportsmanship CultureSome Ideas: Create a school motto: The Baler Code A Baler is: • Respectful • Responsible • Honest • Civil • Tolerant • Caring • Courteous • Courageous

  10. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture Create a sportsmanship video Use existing technologies to be innovative & creative • You Tube • Sportsmanship section on school websites Present: Palo Alto Video

  11. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture Develop and School Sportsmanship awards program: • Certificates • Lanyards • T-shirts • Sportsperson of the game-selected by opposite coach and or officials Great Opportunity to use the sportsmanship motto or school monikers

  12. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture Set up Pre-Season Meetings with: Teachers-Coaches Emphasize: • Mission, goals and prioritize and address sportsmanship issues. • Coaches Code of Ethical Conduct & Expectations (see handout) • Remind they are the gate keepers of good sportsmanship by their examples and their behavior

  13. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture Set up Pre-Season Meetings with: Teachers-Coaches Emphasize: • Mission, goals and prioritize and address sportsmanship issues. • Coaches Code of Ethical Conduct & Expectations & Checklist (see Buff colored handout) • Remind they are the gate keepers of good sportsmanship by their examples and their behavior

  14. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture Set up Pre-Season Meetings with: Teachers-Coaches “One man practicing good sportsmanship is far better than 50 others preaching it”- Knute K. Rockne

  15. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture • PCA Honoring the Game-see green colored handout and exercise

  16. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture Set up Pre-Season Meetings with: Activities Director, Cheerleader Advisor & Band Director Emphasize: • Positive messages to athletes and fans • Importance of Good Sportsmanship • Effect they have on the crowd and players • They help set the tone for the contest

  17. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture Set up Pre-Season Meetings with: Student-Athletes Emphasize: • Principles of Sportsmanship and Expectations • Pursuing Victory with Honor principles • Representation of self-school-community & family

  18. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture Set up Pre-Season Meetings with: Parents/Guardians Emphasize: (See Orange & Yellow Handouts) • The schools sportsmanship goals and mission statement • Their sportsmanship responsibilities for their children and themselves • Their need to model sportsmanlike behavior at all times

  19. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture Set up Pre-Season Meetings with: Parents/Guardians Emphasize: • High School athletics are educationally based and not a club model • Remind parents it is not about them • Show applicable NFHS video presentations at the pre season meetings such as: “The Role of the Parent in Sports”

  20. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture Set up Pre-Season Meetings with: Parents/Guardians • Be proactive expressing the expectations of your school to parents • Set some guidelines for sportsmanship violations-including penalties, such as: • Mandatory watching of sportsmanship video before allowed to return as a spectator. • Yellow cards at games for out-of-control parents or fans

  21. Fans Yellow Card FANS YELLOW CARD This Yellow Card is being given to you as a warning That your behavior may not be appropriate for this Educational setting. Realize that your admittance is a privilege to observe a contest and support high school activities, not a license to verbally assault players, coaches or officials. The students participating wrote the following message for you.  "It's not your game, it's ours, the players and athletes that are competing. We hope the spectators will watch, enjoy, encourage and be proud of us, win or lose. We need your support and enthusiasm, not your yelling and criticism."

  22. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture Develop Crowd Control Guidelines • Be proactive in preparing for games • Avoid tense situations through communication & cooperation • Make sure there is proper home & visiting supervision • Make the visiting teams feel welcome

  23. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture Develop Crowd Control Guidelines • Have a good ingress and egress for spectators and athletes • Crowd control Checklist-see blue colored handout

  24. Creating a Sportsmanship Culture The CCS will continue to model, develop and expect good sportsmanship across our section We cannot do it alone Continue to be part of this great tradition We want everyone to know that we come to play hard while Pursuing Victory with Honor.

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