WBW Conference for High School Athletes

WBW Conference for High School Athletes

Winning Beyond Winning

“Cross-Training for Life”

OVERVIEW:

The Winning Beyond Winning Conference for High School Athletes will take place in one full day and will involve approximately two hundred (200) high school students and former professional athletes. The day’s format will include opening remarks, eight workshops, lunch and a keynote speaker. Twenty high schools will be invited to participate by each having ten students attend the conference. Each school will be asked to designate two of their students as Workshop Facilitators. Those Facilitators will work with Winning Beyond Winning personnel in the months before the Conference to develop the various workshops. On the day of the Conference, the student Workshop Facilitators will sit on the panel, with the professional athletes, and will partake in leading the discussion for their respective workshop.

The Co-Chairs for this year's conference are Tom Howard, Athletic Director, Farmingdale School District, and Patrick A. O'Brien, Esq.

WBW Fifth Annual Conference for High School Athletes

Date:

Place: To Be Determined

Schedule of Events:

8:15 a.m.: Registration

Opening Remarks

Workshops:

Choose One workshop per session

Session I:

A.) Violence in Sports: From the WWF to Little League, from the NBA to schoolyard hoops - Is it an act at the pro level? What do fans think? Do kids copycat? Do players have respect for coaches? (Sprewell v. Carlissimo) and vice-versa? How about umpires and referees? Who is fair game? When does it become too much? What should the punishment be?

B.) Gambling on Sports: Is it okay to bet on sports? How about for the pros to gamble on a game in their league? How about betting on their own game? What did Pete Rose do off the field? What did Pete Rose do on the field? What do the bookies ask college players to do? Can anyone say “1919 Black Sox?”

Session II:

A.) Competition: At what age should the pressure of competition start? High School? JHS? 10? 8? Who puts the pressure to win on athletes? Parents, coaches, peers, the kids themselves? First sports pressure memories. Is Little League fun? Would kids rather play or win? Does competition go too far in a kid’s mental understanding of sports or life in general?

B.) College Admissions

Session III:

A.) Steroids, Alcohol and Drugs (SAD): How drugs and alcohol impede performance; how they diminish careers; How much alcohol is too much alcohol; Drinking to celebrate a victory, to ease the pain of defeat, or just for any reason. Steroids appear to enhance performance - but at what price? Are athletes willing to borrow time and health from the end of their lives to win medals now? What should the leagues be doing about SAD?

B.) Women’s Triad: Disordered Eating (Anorexia, Bulimia, and others), Amenorreah, and Osteoporosis. What is the female Athlete Triad? Why does the Triad happen? What are the consequences of the Triad? Who is at risk? What should be done? Take the test.

LUNCH

Session IV:

A.) Fellowship in Sports: A batter steps from the on-deck circle to the plate. As he does he makes the sign of the cross. Sixty feet six inches away, the pitcher, with his back to the plate, does likewise as he prepares to face the batter. Who is God rooting for? How does the athlete respond if God doesn’t answer his prayer favorably? On the last play of the game a 325 pound tackle pursues a quarterback like hunted prey and then pounces on him, bringing him to a stop. Seconds later they kneel next to one another and join hands in prayer. Where is the place of religion and fellowship in sports?

B.) Are Athletes Role Models?: Athletes surround us: professional athletes, college athletes, Olympic athletes); sports has its own publications, radio stations dedicated to it and TV channels dedicated to it. Winners get huge salaries, huge rings, private jets and other fabulous perks. Does the average kid really want to “be like Mike”? Why? What responsibilities come with the paycheck?

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