Positive Coaching Alliance Workshops to Draw Local Coaches, Parents and Student Athletes to Academy of the Sacred Heart
Steve Yzerman to Make Guest Appearance, Receive Leaders of Conscience Award
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Saturday, January 30, as part of the Academy of the Sacred Heart's Leaders of Conscience Speaker Series, the school is sponsoring a slate of workshops for coaches, parents and athletes that will enrich youth sports by creating the most positive environment possible for youth athletes. The workshops will be provided via a partnership with Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), which teaches parents, coaches and organizational leaders how to effectively work with young athletes while instilling the values of teamwork, discipline, respect and goal-setting.
The Red Wings' Steve Yzerman will make a special guest appearance during the day's activities, giving brief remarks during the morning workshops. At 11:30 a.m., Yzerman will be honored with the Academy's Leaders of Conscience award.
WHO: | Founded as a non-profit within the Stanford University Athletic Department in 1998, Positive | |
Coaching Alliance has the mission of "transforming youth sports so sports can transform youth." | ||
WHAT: | A total of six workshops will be offered (see below). The workshops are open to the public, | |
and cost $10 per person, $25 per family (up to four family members) or $25 for a coach | ||
and two student athletes. Advance registration is required; please visit www.ashmi.org/pca or | ||
call 248-646-8900 ext. 170. All workshop attendees are invited and encouraged to attend | ||
the Leaders of Conscience award presentation; however, the award presentation is only | ||
open to registered attendees and media guests. | ||
WHERE: | Academy of the Sacred Heart Field House | |
1250 Kensington Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304-3029 | ||
Media I.D. required upon entry; please use Squirrel Road entrance located between Long | ||
Lake and Wattles Roads. | ||
WHEN: | Saturday, January 30, 2010 | |
9-11:00 a.m. - Coaches' Workshop – Field House Gymnasium | ||
"Double-Goal Coach I: Coaching for Winning and Life Lessons": An interactive workshop that defines the Double-Goal Coach as one who strives to win and works to prepare his/her team to play at its highest level, and at the same time, teaches life lessons (teamwork, dedication, bouncing back from mistakes, etc.) to his/her players. Yzerman will make brief remarks during this session, from approximately 10:30-10:45. | ||
9-11:00 a.m. - Athletes' Workshops – Dritsas and Bauervic Gymnasiums | ||
"Triple-Impact Competitor": This workshop defines what it means to be a "competitor" in terms of three important relationships: the athlete's relationship with himself/herself, with his/her teammates and with his/her sport. Two workshops are available - one for students in Grades 7 & 8, and one for high school students. Yzerman will make brief remarks during this session, from approximately 10:45-11:00. | ||
11-11:20 a.m. – Media Briefing – Athletic Offices | ||
Group interviews with Steve Yzerman. Please call Andrea Clark at 313-549-1535 or Nicole | ||
Pielecha at 248-646-8900 ext. 406 for special media interview requests. | ||
11:30-11:50 a.m. – Leaders of Conscience Award Presentation – Field House | ||
Gymnasium | ||
Debbe Pavle, ASH Athletic Director and a winner of PCA's 2005 national Double-Goal Coach Award, will introduce Bridget Bearss, RSCJ, Head of School. Bearss will present the award to Yzerman, who will make brief remarks. | ||
12-1:30 p.m. - Parents' Workshop – Field House Gymnasium | ||
"The Second-Goal Parent: Developing Winners in Life Through Sports": This workshop explores the three stages of talent development and allows parents to share their ideas about what they want their children to get out of youth sports. Parents gain insights into the training coaches receive to become "Double-Goal" coaches. | ||
12-1:30 p.m. - Athletes' Workshops – Dritsas and Bauervic Gymnasiums | ||
"Triple-Impact Competitor" (as above) | ||
WHY: | The Leaders of Conscience Speaker Series aims to provide ethical guidance and real-life | |
testimonials from internationally-known personalities whose lives and works inspire students and | ||
the larger community with messages of hope and optimism. Past recipients of the Leaders of | ||
Conscience award include Emmy Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Cokie | ||
Roberts, and legendary coach and author Lou Holtz. | ||
Media Contacts: | |||
Andrea Clark | Nicole Pielecha | David Jacobson | |
Communications Director | Communications Coordinator | Positive Coaching Alliance | |
313-549-1535 cell | 248-646-8900, ext. 406 | 650-210-0808 | |
andreaclark1@comcast.net | npielecha@ashmi.org | david_jacobson@positivecoach.org | |
SOURCE Academy of the Sacred Heart
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