Showing posts with label Sportsmanship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sportsmanship. Show all posts
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Women and Sports
Why do you think 14 year old girls drop out of sports at twice the rate of boys? Watch this video.
It's also the 40th Anniversary of Title IX.
It's also the 40th Anniversary of Title IX.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Girls, Sports and Sportsmanship
In 2008, Sara Tucholsky hits her first homeroom, injures her ACL, and is carried around the bases, assisted by opposing teammate Mallory Holtman (all time career leading home run hitter for her college) and her short stop.
Read article http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/girls-sports-and-sportsmanship/?emc=eta1
See video of game here.
Read article http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/girls-sports-and-sportsmanship/?emc=eta1
See video of game here.
See more about sportsmanship and leadership.
"Winning is much more than the final score, it is how you feel at the end of the day" See interview here:
Thursday, May 26, 2011
The Effort Effect
The Effort Effect http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2007/marapr/features/dweck.html: According to a Stanford psychologist, you’ll reach new heights if you learn to embrace the occasional tumble.
One day last November, psychology professor Carol Dweck welcomed a pair of visitors from the Blackburn Rovers, a soccer team in the United Kingdom’s Premier League. The Rovers’ training academy is ranked in England’s top three, yet performance director Tony Faulkner had long suspected that many promising players weren’t reaching their potential. Ignoring the team’s century-old motto—arte et labore, or “skill and hard work”—the most talented individuals disdained serious training.
On some level, Faulkner knew the source of the trouble: British soccer culture held that star players are born, not made. If you buy into that view, and are told you’ve got immense talent, what’s the point of practice? If anything, training hard would tell you and others that you’re merely good, not great. Faulkner had identified the problem; but to fix it, he needed Dweck’s help.…
One day last November, psychology professor Carol Dweck welcomed a pair of visitors from the Blackburn Rovers, a soccer team in the United Kingdom’s Premier League. The Rovers’ training academy is ranked in England’s top three, yet performance director Tony Faulkner had long suspected that many promising players weren’t reaching their potential. Ignoring the team’s century-old motto—arte et labore, or “skill and hard work”—the most talented individuals disdained serious training.
On some level, Faulkner knew the source of the trouble: British soccer culture held that star players are born, not made. If you buy into that view, and are told you’ve got immense talent, what’s the point of practice? If anything, training hard would tell you and others that you’re merely good, not great. Faulkner had identified the problem; but to fix it, he needed Dweck’s help.…
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