Almost 8 million high school students play sports around the country. And for the vast majority of them, their sports careers end the day they graduate. Less than 3% of high school athletes go on to play college athletics, and of those students, an even smaller fraction will ever play sports professionally. So why…
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The Power of Coach
Each year we are presented with an opportunity to provide growth-filled experiences for the students we coach. We show up prepared to give the students we interact with much of what we think they want and need. In a recent video, produced in partnership with the InSideOut Initiative, the MSHSL, MSHSCA and MNIAAA, called the…
TSSAA Promotes Sportsmanship And Purpose In School Sports
From Chattanoogan.com >> October 28, 2019 will be another important day for education-based athletics in Tennessee as the Tennessee Titans will host another day of InsideOut Initiative workshops for schools across the state. More than 100 schools have attended at least one training since the initiative began last year and about 100 faculty members attended…
InSideOut Best Practices: Woodridge Local School District in Ohio
We love hearing directly from leaders implementing InSideOut strategies in their programs and learning about how becoming an InSideOut School has positively impacted their school communities. To celebrate the work being done by InSideOut partners, we’re highlighting their values-based leadership and culture-changing efforts here on the blog. Today, we’re featuring one of our Ohio partners…
Introducing The Parents’ Playbook
Playing sports is about much more than learning the physical skills of the game and winning championships. For students, playing high school sports is about having fun, building lifelong friendships, preparing to take on future challenges, learning how to be a good teammate, and simply enjoying the game. So how can we as parents and…
InSideOut Initiative Kicks Off in Georgia
On August 19th, in partnership with the Atlanta Falcons, Georgia High School Association, the Georgia Athletic Directors Association, Atlanta Public Schools, and the NFL Foundation, educational and athletic leaders from around the state gathered to discuss the InSideOut Initiative and plan for its statewide implementation. Nearly 150 attendees met at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta to…
Year 2 Of The InSideOut Initiative Kicks-Off With August Meeting
The TSSAA and Tennessee Titans will mark Year 2 of the InSideOut Initiative in the Volunteer State with a kick-off meeting for the 2019-20 school year at Nissan Stadium on Tuesday, Aug. 27. There is no cost for TSSAA member schools to register for the meeting, which is slated from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. central. There…
Georgia Seeks to Transform the “Win-at-all-Costs” Sports Culture
The InSideOut Initiative is launching in Georgia August 19 in partnership with the Atlanta Falcons, Georgia High School Association, Atlanta Public Schools, and the NFL Foundation Atlanta, Georgia – The InSideOut Initiative—a nonprofit aimed at transforming the “win-at-all-costs” sports culture in communities across the country—will launch August 19 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Sports engage more individuals,…
ISD 318 PART OF MOVEMENT TO CHANGE SPORTS CULTURE
From The Herald Review: Youth sports in the U.S. is a $15.3 billion industry with private coaches, tryouts, travel tournaments and more. “By the time students get to middle school, their families have already spent an incredible amount of time, energy and resources in their child’s sports experience. “So what’s the purpose?” This was part…
Houston-Area Schools Align Their Communities at School Implementation Team Training
Last week, Joe Ehrmann and AD Partner Matt Percival had the pleasure of meeting with School Implementation Teams—made up of leaders, athletic administrators and coaches of influence—from schools across the Greater Metropolitan Houston Area at NRG Center. Since launching in Houston in January 2019, Houston-area education and athletic leaders, along with the Houston Texans and…