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1. 5 outcomes in order: 1. Promotion of Learning
2. Learn to Compete
3. Enhance School Pride
4. Improve Students' Athletic Ability
5. Enhance Self-Esteem
2. Note This: It is vitally important that teacher/coaches remember that a developmentally appropriate experience
is one that is consistent with the ability and maturity of the student. Students, even in high school, are not miniature
adults. This simple, but important recognition will significantly reduce or remove a great deal of frustration you may
experience, particularly when coaching middle school-aged children.
Remember, if your students do not look like professional athletes, such as LeBron James and Alex Morgan, do not expect
them to understand the game or play like LeBron or Alex! This may seem obvious, but often teacher/coaches' expecta-
tions are inconsistent with their students' stage of cognitive, motor-skill, psychological and/or physical development.
3. Note This: While the physical and motor-skill development characteristics of students are relatively easy to
assess, see, and measure, cognitive and psychological development characteristics are less obvious.
Teacher/coaches need some understanding of key development issues to be able to maximize their students' learning
and development.
Consider these questions:
- Will the student understand what I say?
- How many coaching points will he/she be able to take in?
4. Note This: Clearly, knowing the answer to these questions will assist teacher/coaches in planning practice
sessions, and thus optimize learning and enjoyment.
In addition, it is important that interscholastic teacher/coaches have knowledge of psychological development. This
knowledge will provide the basis for understanding:
- How and why students are likely to react in different situations
- The psychological demands sport places on participants, and its powerful psychological effects on them
You must also be aware of the effects your behavior has on students. Such issues are important to consider at all times.
5. Note This - Teacher Influence: U.S. author, autobiographer, and historian Henry Adams stated that,
"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where
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his influence stops."
The same applies for teacher/coaches. It is widely accepted that teacher/coaches hold the key to the positive or negative
outcomes of the interscholastic athletic experience.
Teachers/coaches are truly the delivery system for all that is positive, and at times negative, about the interscholastic
athletic experience.
6. In order to create a developmentally appropriate experience, the
teacher/coach must consider which of the following questions?: 1. Will the student
understand what I say?
2. How many coaching points will the students be able to take in?
3. How are the students likely to react in this situation?
7. Note This - 1972 Title IX: The single-most dramatic change in the world of interscholastic athletics
occurred after the U.S. Congress passed Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972.
Title IX declared that no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be
denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal
financial assistance.
Millions of girls have benefitted from this piece of federal legislation. Although girls still do not receive an equal share
of athletic resources in all communities, the increased participation clearly has been a result of new opportunities.
8. : Participating in interscholastic athletics DOES NOT automatically result in positive or negative outcomes.
Sports are not in and of themselves, educational.
However, they do support educational goals.
9. : When structured appropriately, athletics teach students skills that contribute to OVERALL DEVELOPMENT
10. Note This: Initially, sport became part of our nation's schools to address four societal concerns:
1. Education
The lessons learned in athletic practice and competition were considered the primary reason for the institutionalization
of athletics in our schools. The opportunity to teach character, discipline, teamwork and perseverance through the
vehicle of athletics was promoted by education and community leaders.
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2. Socialization
The capacity for athletics to foster the socialization of a diverse population in the "American Way" was also promoted
by community leaders. It was believed that as a nation of immigrants, interscholastic athletics provided participants
and families opportunities to shape and be shaped by some of the dominant beliefs about what it was and is to be an
American.
3. Military Preparedness
The physical fitness level, and therefore the ability of our nation's young men to defend our country, has long been a
source of national concern. Although John F. Kennedy is most closely associated with the promotion of physical fitness
in our schools to address this issue, this approach has long been emphasized as a reason for the inclusion of athletics
in our schools. It was believed that participation in sport would instill in these young men toughness, discipline, and
most importantly, an unquestioning respect for authority.
4. Health
The physical health benefits of participation in athletics were also a strong reason for the introduction and acceptance
of athletics in our schools. The notion that a sound body went hand-in-hand with a sound mind contributed to the
growing institutionalization of athletics in our schools.
11. Teachable moment: A moment of educational opportunity when a person is most likely to be disposed
to learn something or is especially responsive to being taught or made aware of something.
12. What is a teachable moment?: Reflective Questions:
-"What did you observe?"
-"How did the coach do?"
Teachable moments may appear at any time
13. Interscholastic athletics becomes part of the education process when:: -
Learning objectives are clearly stated
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and integrated into the experience.
- Coaches purposefully plan for learning
to take place.
- Coaches purposefully explain to students
what they are going to teach.
- Coaches teach what they said they
were going to teach.
- Coaches reinforce what the
students learned.
- The program is designed to enhance
academic achievement and other
important outcomes such as the promotion
of good citizenship and healthy lifestyles.
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1. 5 outcomes in order: 1. Promotion of Learning
2. Learn to Compete
3. Enhance School Pride
4. Improve Students' Athletic Ability
5. Enhance Self-Esteem
2. Note This: It is vitally important that teacher/coaches remember that a developmentally appropriate experience
is one that is consistent with the ability and maturity of the student. Students, even in high school, are not miniature
adults. This simple, but important recognition will significantly reduce or remove a great deal of frustration you may
experience, particularly when coaching middle school-aged children.
Remember, if your students do not look like professional athletes, such as LeBron James and Alex Morgan, do not expect
them to understand the game or play like LeBron or Alex! This may seem obvious, but often teacher/coaches' expecta-
tions are inconsistent with their students' stage of cognitive, motor-skill, psychological and/or physical development.
3. Note This: While the physical and motor-skill development characteristics of students are relatively easy to
assess, see, and measure, cognitive and psychological development characteristics are less obvious.
Teacher/coaches need some understanding of key development issues to be able to maximize their students' learning
and development.
Consider these questions:
- Will the student understand what I say?
- How many coaching points will he/she be able to take in?
4. Note This: Clearly, knowing the answer to these questions will assist teacher/coaches in planning practice
sessions, and thus optimize learning and enjoyment.
In addition, it is important that interscholastic teacher/coaches have knowledge of psychological development. This
knowledge will provide the basis for understanding:
- How and why students are likely to react in different situations
- The psychological demands sport places on participants, and its powerful psychological effects on them
You must also be aware of the effects your behavior has on students. Such issues are important to consider at all times.
5. Note This - Teacher Influence: U.S. author, autobiographer, and historian Henry Adams stated that,
"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where
, High School Coaching Test
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his influence stops."
The same applies for teacher/coaches. It is widely accepted that teacher/coaches hold the key to the positive or negative
outcomes of the interscholastic athletic experience.
Teachers/coaches are truly the delivery system for all that is positive, and at times negative, about the interscholastic
athletic experience.
6. In order to create a developmentally appropriate experience, the
teacher/coach must consider which of the following questions?: 1. Will the student
understand what I say?
2. How many coaching points will the students be able to take in?
3. How are the students likely to react in this situation?
7. Note This - 1972 Title IX: The single-most dramatic change in the world of interscholastic athletics
occurred after the U.S. Congress passed Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972.
Title IX declared that no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be
denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal
financial assistance.
Millions of girls have benefitted from this piece of federal legislation. Although girls still do not receive an equal share
of athletic resources in all communities, the increased participation clearly has been a result of new opportunities.
8. : Participating in interscholastic athletics DOES NOT automatically result in positive or negative outcomes.
Sports are not in and of themselves, educational.
However, they do support educational goals.
9. : When structured appropriately, athletics teach students skills that contribute to OVERALL DEVELOPMENT
10. Note This: Initially, sport became part of our nation's schools to address four societal concerns:
1. Education
The lessons learned in athletic practice and competition were considered the primary reason for the institutionalization
of athletics in our schools. The opportunity to teach character, discipline, teamwork and perseverance through the
vehicle of athletics was promoted by education and community leaders.
, High School Coaching Test
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2. Socialization
The capacity for athletics to foster the socialization of a diverse population in the "American Way" was also promoted
by community leaders. It was believed that as a nation of immigrants, interscholastic athletics provided participants
and families opportunities to shape and be shaped by some of the dominant beliefs about what it was and is to be an
American.
3. Military Preparedness
The physical fitness level, and therefore the ability of our nation's young men to defend our country, has long been a
source of national concern. Although John F. Kennedy is most closely associated with the promotion of physical fitness
in our schools to address this issue, this approach has long been emphasized as a reason for the inclusion of athletics
in our schools. It was believed that participation in sport would instill in these young men toughness, discipline, and
most importantly, an unquestioning respect for authority.
4. Health
The physical health benefits of participation in athletics were also a strong reason for the introduction and acceptance
of athletics in our schools. The notion that a sound body went hand-in-hand with a sound mind contributed to the
growing institutionalization of athletics in our schools.
11. Teachable moment: A moment of educational opportunity when a person is most likely to be disposed
to learn something or is especially responsive to being taught or made aware of something.
12. What is a teachable moment?: Reflective Questions:
-"What did you observe?"
-"How did the coach do?"
Teachable moments may appear at any time
13. Interscholastic athletics becomes part of the education process when:: -
Learning objectives are clearly stated
, High School Coaching Test
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and integrated into the experience.
- Coaches purposefully plan for learning
to take place.
- Coaches purposefully explain to students
what they are going to teach.
- Coaches teach what they said they
were going to teach.
- Coaches reinforce what the
students learned.
- The program is designed to enhance
academic achievement and other
important outcomes such as the promotion
of good citizenship and healthy lifestyles.
