GAME CHANGERS: LEADERSHIP & SPORTSMANSHIP

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

#1

#2

#3

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

1 2

3 4

Story on the MHSAA Second Half Website,

& Video on YouTube

X LIKES & SHARES

RTs

LIKES

4,249 4,400

1,104

IN JUST 60 HOURS

3,145

(450 followers to 1,200 followers)

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

[email protected]

Andi Osters Social Media & Brand Coordinator

[email protected]

Geoff Kimmerly

Media & Content Coordinator [email protected]

www.MHSAA.com/BOTF

Teach your children well…

TeachYourChildren.mp4

Crosby

Stills &

Nash

Leadership and Sportsmanship:

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When establishing high expectations in

Sportsmanship/Citizenship,

in Kansas we have chosen to be:

Proactive

Not Reactive.


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:



12th man mentality

Fan centered

Distracting the opponent causing them to

make mistakes or perform below their

potential.

$$ driven.




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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.


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Sportsmanship characteristics are:

cooperation

fairness

honor

and humility


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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…

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Through your actions.


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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!)


Never doubt the importance of your consistent

modeling --

Children see and children do.


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.


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.


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Administrators

Coaches/Directors

Participants Cheerleaders

Fans

Sportsmanship “High Five”

Sportsmanship “High Five” for:


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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.


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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.


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In Closing –are we content to join the

collegiate and professional world and adopt a

win at all cost philosophy?


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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?


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If worked on – “We Can Make a Difference!”


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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.

GAME CHANGERS: LEADERSHIP & SPORTSMANSHIP

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