Parent Communication

Coach
I just emailed you about 10-12 documents!
Coach Fore

Phone calls are better than a letter. Face to face parent meetings are better than phone calls!

Bill, for how long would you meet with each parent and what issues would you discuss?

Coaches, please send me your email addresses and I will send you the information I have put together as I am getting requests for it.
Love the part about injuries here. I have some actual stats as well about injuries across the board comparing them to football.
VERY eye opening for parents.
Some of the best athletes on our campus don't play football because "I can't get hurt for basketball."
It drives me CRAZY!

FACE TO FACE YOU CAN GO OVER THE DOCUMENT KARJAW MENTIONS, ANSWER QUESTIONS, & WATCH THEM SIGN IT. IF YOU MAIL IT TO THEM OR SEND IT HOME BY JUNIOR - SIGNATURE CAN BE FORGED!


IF THEY DO NOT ATTEND MEETING - THEN YOU VISIT THE HOME! GET TO KNOW EVERY PARENT FACE TO FACE!

TALK TO ANYONE WHO EVER PLAYED FOR ME (SOME ARE ON THIS SITE) & I CAN ASSURE YOU PARENTS WERE NEVER A PROBLEM!

In particular, search out some info from the National Safety Council regarding football injuries, that serves to put the parents' minds at ease.

coachfore,

I would greatly appreciate a copy of your materials! Thanks!

coachspit

Okay, I am sure it would be easier if i gave you an email address:

sspitler@mt-vernon.k12.oh.us

Thanks!

Following is a talk I gave at a Parents' meeting. I related it to what I would want for MY Grandchildren as a result of their participation in athletics (& from being a student in our school).

I prefaced it by stating that I HOPED that each parent present would desire the SAME for THEIR young men:

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT by Coach Bill Mountjoy

#1 What do I wish for in the education of my grandchildren?

#2 (VINCE LOMBARDI) “Character is the direct result of mental attitude. You can’t dream yourself into character. CHARACTER RATHER THAN EDUCATION IS MAN’S GREATEST NEED AND MAN’S GREATEST SAFEGUARD. I BELIEVE THAT CHARACTER IS HIGHER THAN INTELLECT and the difference between men is certainly in energy, in invincible determination, in the strong will; but leadership is in sacrifice, in self-denial, in love and fearlessness and in humility and the disciplined will. This is the distinction between great and little men”!

#3 (JOHN WOODEN) “Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Character is what you really are; reputation is merely what you are perceived to be”!

#4 (PAUL BROWN) Character = “the eternal verities”. “The “eternal verities” will always prevail. Such things as truth, honesty, character, and loyalty will never change no matter how people and times change.” (loyalty is a two-way street; if you “stab someone in the back” – you have “sown the seeds of discord”).

#5 (PAUL BROWN) Example of workers in a bank: “you can teach people to add and divide, but you can’t teach them to be honest”! (loyalty MUST be inherent).

#6 (PAUL BROWN) “ME FIRST MENTALITY” is endemic to the philosophy of higher education today and has affected the quality of people in NFL. Selfish, disloyal people can’t sublimate themselves for the overall good of the team. They are like a “CANCER”.

#7 (VINCE LOMBARDI) “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will”!

#8 IS character a product of upbringing, or later experiences in life?
A) (BEAR BRYANT) “When we have a good team, I know it’s because we have boys that come from good mommas and papas”. (“Football doesn’t teach character as much as it reveals it”)!
B) (WOODY HAYES) “I recruit young men from home where the PARENT(S) are a strong authority figure”. (“I don’t teach character, I get rid of the people who don’t have it”).
C) THESE LESSONS BEGIN AT HOME BUT MUST BE CONTINUED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS!

#9 CHARACTER EDUCATION COURSE PROPOSED CONTAINS:
A) Trustworthiness; B) Caring; C) Responsibility; D) Courage; E) Citizenship;
F) Respect; G) Perseverance; H) Fairness; I) Self-discipline.

#10 MAJOR PROBLEM IN EDUCATION TODAY = Teachers are given the responsibility, but rarely the authority – to do a good job (& quite often – no support)!

#11 WHAT I PRAY THE END RESULT WILL BE: (VINCE LOMBARDI) “Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work”! (“It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men”).

#12 IN CONCLUSION: I pray that my grandchildren exemplify the following attitudes:
A) (VINCE LOMBARDI) “It’s not whether you get knocked down , it’s whether you get up”!
B) (GEORGE C. MARSHALL) “Never make even the slightest compromise between right and wrong”!
C) (WINSTON CHURCHILL) “Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never – in nothing great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense”!!!

BILL MOUNTJOY

Best material I have read in quite some time is in the CURRENT (May-June) issue of "Scholastic Coach" magazine. It is entitled "DEALING WITH PARENTS IN THE 21st CENTURY" by Coach Richard Geddes (Head Coach in Colorado Springs, Co).

Strongly suggest all that are interested to obtain a copy. The phone number for "Scholastic Coach" is: 212-343-6372

Ah yes, it may help if I give you my email address. Sorry. coachpage@mac.com

Can you please email me copies of the documents as well. I would like to improve communication with my parents.

Can you please email me copies of the documents as well.

pete.barber@polk-fl.net

I would also love a copy. Thanks!
johndewalle@hotmail.com