| 235 | Wednesday, March 14, 2007 |
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| 12:15 PM-1:30 PM | Convention Center:339-340 |
| NASPE/Coaches Council |
| Project Coach: Youth Development through Coaching Education |
| Project Coach provides opportunities for high school students from underserved communities to develop leadership competencies by being exposed to a coaching education curriculum. The program’s basic premise is that good coaches teach their players how to be successful, and that by being given a leadership role in such a process, coaches themselves will learn what it takes to achieve in their own personal sports, academic, and community lives. As a by-product of the program 72 children attending an underperforming urban elementary school are provided with sports programs that are organized by project staff, and coached by our high school students. |
Keyword(s): coaching, youth sports, youth-at-risk
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| Speakers: Sam Intrator and Donald S. Siegel, Smith College, Northampton, MA |