Sports, Leadership and Faith thread

Nicholas

Athletics provide many athletes opportunities to develop skills and traits that will carry them through their post-secondary life. As coaches, we must provide those opportunities and demonstrate and instill character in each athlete we interact with. That is why having a character and leadership academy would greatly benefit any athletic program. Having an academy implemented into our program helped ensure that we strive for our program's mission and vision to build strong community members. We want our athletes to be more than just athletes and be giving back to the community that helps our program function and operate. We also like to have a character and leadership academy as a way for us coaches to keep in touch with our athletes after the season. It is also a great way for us to keep our athletes focused and keep building relationships with our athletes.





We want our athletes to leave our program knowing that they have more attributes and skills to handle life after high school. We want them to be leaders and positive representatives of our program and our school. Coaches are required to be honest and fair when dealing with athletes; they also need to know that they are the academy's role models and will be teaching and helping out with the academy during the offseason.





We incorporate our team motto, which is Eagle DNA: Fearless, Tough, and Love. We want our athletes to be Fearless in everything that they do for themselves and each other. We want our athletes to be Tough so that when they are in a situation, they know that they can handle it and know that they have their teammates to be there with them. We want our athletes to have Love in what they do and for each other. We also hold each other as coaches to this motto, as we want to be the example that the athletes see every day.





Our academy starts in January in order for our athletes to receive a break in December and start fresh at the beginning of the year. The topics that we cover are the following:





January- Family

February- Integrity

March- Devotion

April- Community

May- Determination

As coaches, we want to set up our athletes to be tomorrow's leaders and represent our program well. As our athletes conclude their time in our program, we want them to leave with skills and strong character traits to benefit them in their post-high school life. As leaders, we want them to go out and instill and lead as they have been taught through our motto: Fearless, Tough, Love.





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