Of all the resources needed for school sports, the one that we are not short of, fortunately, is positive examples.
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People who work in or with schools are fortunate to have more than one new year. They get a new calendar year and a new school year during each 12 month cycle. Two chances to start over!
We often hear complaints among school sports leaders that we lack the means to compete in the marketplace against the “big boys,” be they major college and professional sports or huge media conglomerates.
"One axiom of leadership I have come to appreciate reads, ‘leaders do not inflict pain, they bear it.’ In the same manner, leaders do not absorb praise, they re-direct it."
During a recent session in which I participated, a group of athletic directors introduced themselves, each providing his or her name and school. I am embarrassed to say I didn’t recognize the names of several schools ...
This is not the Big Ten, NBA, NFL, NHL or Major League Baseball, where a small number of contests, participants and officials can be thoroughly scrutinized from a central office every week.
We’re almost one-third through the 2010-11 school sports year; so it’s time to remind myself of what I learn every August as the new year kicks off.
The recent journey of school sports has had some “detours and adjustments,” to be sure – the change of seasons and the failing economy the two most obvious.
From the Director is the official MHSAA Blog which will touch on pertinent school sports topics periodically throughout the school year from various MHSAA Staff.