Post on 29-Jan-2017
GAME CHANGERS:
LEADERSHIP &
SPORTSMANSHIP
BOTF: A Sportsmanship Competition for Student Sections
Background on #BOTF
The Competition
Role of Social Media
What We’ve Learned
My Hope: Take an Idea Home With You
ON THE DOCKET
Make Sportsmanship FUN & MEMORABLE
2011-12 MHSAA Student Advisory Council
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After 5 Finalists chosen, MHSAA will
visit each school on a game night, and
tell the school’s story via video and
written article.
Post a 3-minute video to YouTube.
Must include at least 30 seconds of
discussion of why your school should
be named the winner.
VIDEOS JUDGED ON
1. Positive Sportsmanship
2. Student Body Participation
3. School Spirit
4. Originality of Cheers
5. Organization of the Group
6. Student Section Leadership
7. Overall Impression / FUN
#BOTF
APPLICATION & FINALISTS
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3 4
Story on the MHSAA Second Half Website,
& Video on YouTube
Story on the MHSAA Second Half Website,
& Video on YouTube
Story on the MHSAA Second Half Website,
& Video on YouTube
Story on the MHSAA Second Half Website,
& Video on YouTube
Story on the MHSAA Second Half Website,
& Video on YouTube
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12 LESSONS FROM #BOTF…
Work With the AD Organize, Communicate, Leadership Creative Theme Nights Include Everyone Music Positive 100% of the Time Work With the AD
BUCHANAN HIGH SCHOOL
2013 Battle of the Fans Champion
BENEFITS OF #BOTF PROGRAM…
FUN and COOL and MEMORABLE way to talk about sportsmanship
Lots of video showing positive student sections in action
Share our 12 Lessons with the Membership Huge SOCIAL MEDIA bump Not to mention, FUN for the staff.
Andy Frushour Director of Brand Management
andy@mhsaa.com
Andi Osters Social Media & Brand Coordinator
andi@mhsaa.com
Geoff Kimmerly
Media & Content Coordinator geoff@mhsaa.com
www.MHSAA.com/BOTF
Teach your children well…
TeachYourChildren.mp4
Crosby
Stills &
Nash
Leadership and Sportsmanship:
The Game Changers
Leadership and Sportsmanship:
The Game Changers
When establishing high expectations in
Sportsmanship/Citizenship,
in Kansas we have chosen to be:
Proactive
Not Reactive.
Leadership and Sportsmanship:
A Fundamental Belief of KSHSAA
High School Sports #1 goal should be 100%
focused on the students on the playing court or
field.
Participants should be guaranteed a
supportive environment which optimizes their
ability to perform without negative
distractions.
Winning is certainly a high goal but not at the
cost of providing a positive and safe
educational environment for the student
participants.
High school sports should be driven by
educational values.
Unlike club, college or professional sports which
seems to be a win at all cost venue:
Leadership and Sportsmanship:
A Fundamental Belief of KSHSAA
12th man mentality
Fan centered
Distracting the opponent causing them to
make mistakes or perform below their
potential.
$$ driven.
Leadership and Sportsmanship:
A Fundamental Belief of KSHSAA
Leadership and Sportsmanship:
The Game Changers
Leadership has been described as a process of
social influence.
Sportsmanship has been described as a concept
of treating others fairly and being treated fairly -
maintaining self control and respect for local
authority and opponent.
These two are inseparable in the world of high
school sports
Leadership characteristics are:
power
vision
and values.
Leadership and Sportsmanship:
The Game Changers
Sportsmanship characteristics are:
cooperation
fairness
honor
and humility
Leadership and Sportsmanship:
The Game Changers
Leadership and Sportsmanship:
The Game Changers
Sportsmanship should be an expectation of all
high school sports.
It is a learn practice!
Where do our children learn sportsmanship?
They learn it from YOU –
the positive leaders in their lives.
Administrators
Coaches/Directors
Parents
Students (Cheerleaders)
--through your words and
more importantly…
Leadership and Sportsmanship: The Game Changers
Leadership and Sportsmanship: The Game Changers
Through your actions.
Leadership and Sportsmanship: The Game Changers
Leadership and Sportsmanship:
The Game Changers
It is a proven fact known to most educators –
that high school students must be taught your
expectations, multiple times, in multiple settings
especially if you expect them to adopt these as
instilled behaviors for life.
High School students have to be told multiple
times before they learn any expectation.
(John Wooden’s interview with Michael Josephson
founder of Character Counts!)
Leadership and Sportsmanship: The Game Changers
High School students have to be told multiple
times before they learn any expectation.
(John Wooden’s interview with Michael Josephson
founder of Character Counts!)
Leadership and Sportsmanship: The Game Changers
Never doubt the importance of your consistent
modeling --
Children see and children do.
Leadership and Sportsmanship: The Game Changers
I genuinely believe kids want to please you, the
adult leaders in their life.
My challenge to teachers, coaches, administrators is
to be positive role models, who consistently lead
through their actions, by setting high standards for
their students/athletes to achieve. The key is
regularly and consistently communicating those
expectations. If done positively, I have no question
in my mind that the student athletes will respond.
Leadership and Sportsmanship: The Game Changers
At the KSHSAA we are constantly providing
resources for our schools to keep this message in
front of our administrators, coaches/directors,
students, parents and community.
Leadership and Sportsmanship:
The Game Changers
Administrators
Coaches/Directors
Participants Cheerleaders
Fans
Sportsmanship “High Five”
Sportsmanship “High Five” for:
Leadership and Sportsmanship:
The Game Changers
Leadership and Sportsmanship: The Game Changers
Leadership and Sportsmanship: The Game Changers
Student Advisory Team
Student Advisory Team
Public Address Announcements
Rule 52: Sportsmanship Interpretations
We
have
these
written
in
terms
of
speech
and
music,
Also.
Rule 52: Sportsmanship Interpretations
Simply put:
All actions must be positive
directed toward your team not
negative directed toward the
opponents.
Sportsmanship Gym Banners
(2.5 feet x 8 feet)
State Tournament & Festival
T-shirt Designs
KSHSAA State Basketball Tournaments -
Sportsmanship Awards 8 different classifications played at 8 different host sites.
8 boys games and 8 girls games played over 4 days at each site.
We have two sportsmanship committees at each site.
1 Boy’s Chair
3 Boy’s Judges
1 Girl’s Chair
3 Girl’s Judges
All are volunteers recruited by me.
Retired or current AD’s, Administrators, Coaches, Officials
Sportsmanship Judges complete a sportsmanship rubric for every team every
game.
Schools are competing against a standard not each other.
Rule 52 is the standard as measured by our sportsmanship rubric.
Leadership and Sportsmanship:
The Game Changers
KSHSAA State Basketball Tournaments -
Sportsmanship Awards
Schools scoring enough points receive these awards: Teams playing only quarterfinal games
Sportsmanship Certificates
Teams playing semi and final games
Sportsmanship Plaques for team
Sportsmanship medals for cheerleaders.
Leadership and Sportsmanship:
The Game Changers
In Closing –are we content to join the
collegiate and professional world and adopt a
win at all cost philosophy?
Leadership and Sportsmanship:
The Game Changers
Leadership and Sportsmanship:
The Game Changers
Or do we still believe that high school sports
and activities are educational based providing
for the development of life long skills in a
safe and supportive environment?
Leadership and Sportsmanship:
The Game Changers
If worked on – “We Can Make a Difference!”
Leadership and Sportsmanship:
The Game Changers
We are High School!
And I believe we can’t afford to drop the ball
when it comes to Sportsmanship/Citizenship.
As leaders our society can’t afford to lose this
important life long skill—treating other children
how we would want our children to be treated.