In recent years, we have seen the ecosystem flourish due to a successful reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park. We have seen a steady decrease in elk population, which in turn helped create a successful trophic cascade. Looking at graphs we can see that the wolf reintroduction has done its job, and we see a more than 50% decrease in population of elk. But what could happen if the wolf population doubled. We could see a total extermination of elk from Yellowstone and a decrease in visitors to Yellowstone, but in turn we could see in increase in the population of wolves, water animals, birds, and bears.…
a seasonal basketball tournament. Carter discovers the progress reports filled out by the faculty reveal some of the students have been skipping classes and are struggling academically. Coach Carter initiates a lockdown on the gym, banning the team from playing until they improve their grades. Coach Carter is criticized by parents and academic faculty. The school board eventually confronts Carter who justifies his actions, explaining he wants to give his team the opportunity and option to further education so they won't resort to crime. Coach insisted that achieving a sound education is more important for the students than winning basketball games. In my point of view Coach Carters administration staff and basketball parents were disengaged. The parents did not have vision or hope for their kids,…
1) In two sentences or less, tell us why you want to be a REV Senior Coach. What do you think you bring to this job that no one else does? Being a coach at REV would help me gain a new perspective on the game. Through running practices at the high school level, I have learned how to be a leader and that is something that I can bring with me as a coach to REV.…
Coaching stresses on teaching shorter-term job related skills, mentoring on assisting employees find longer-term career risks. Coaching and mentoring involves both analytical and interpersonal skills. They need to do an analysis because it’s ineffective to instruct an individual if you do not know what the problem…
1. According to the twelfth edition of Sports in Society by Jay Coakley, “"Generalizing about high school and college sport programs is difficult because programs and the conditions under which participation occurs are so diverse” (Coakley, 476). However, there are definitely some broad, widespread issues that are found within the majority of high school sports programs. The textbook offers a plethora of claims against interscholastic sports, and one that stood out to was the claim that highlighted the pressure that interscholastic sports place on student-athletes. Unlike club sports, high school sports practice for over 2 hours every day after school and have games on weeknights, leaving little time to prepare for exams and to get homework done.…
For this assignment I was able to interview Mr. Rick Cole Jr. currently the Vice President for Athletics at Dowling College, he will take over as Athletic Director at Iona College on June 1st. Mr. Cole attended Buffalo State, where he received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Education. Prior to coming to Dowling College he was an Associate Athletic Director at St. John’s University and prior to that he was Stony Brook University's Associate Athletic Director for External Affairs and Advancement. He has been coaching juniors volleyball for more than 20 years and is currently Club Director and U-18 and U-17 Technical Director at Long Island Volleyball Academy.…
Life is full of challenges. Regardless of age, whether two years old or eighty years old, life presents us with different challenges everyday. The challenges one faces will be the most important things they deal with at the time they present themselves. Sure we will have joy, sadness, good times, and bad times, but how someone deals with the challenges they face is what builds their character and creates the person they become. As a senior at Pleasant Grove High School I too have had to deal with the many challenges of life.…
I grew up in a family where I was constantly told “girls should not play sport”. It has been very challenging for me from a very young age but other people’s opinions never stopped me doing what I wanted to do. Instead of letting it have a negative impact on me, playing sports gave me the drive and motivation to set myself challenging but realistic goals not only in my performance but goals regarding my current life affairs. As I grew older I started questioning how humans are able to carry out certain skills and movements within sport. This helped me gain an interest in trying to understand how the human body works.…
My stomach was in knots the night before my first ever interview as I contemplated what I had to offer with little experience outside of babysitting and raking leaves. Although I landed the opportunity, I found myself full of hesitation the night before beginning my serving assistant job. My family taunted me by referring to my new job as the Assistant to the Assistant Server referring to the T. V. show “The Office”. In the end, the teasing helped diffuse my nervousness.…
Hello, my name is Mrs. Smith. I am 33 years old and I am a certified Athletic Trainer (ATC). I work at Oakland High School in Colorado. I have been working for the school for seven years now. I really enjoy what I do in life because I am able to provide help to all the athletes at the school, as well as encourage and support them in all of their home games/ events.…
Whenever I think back to highschool I am always reminded of the fun times I had playing sports. The friendships I built and diciplines I learned still affect my life today. Playing volleyball helped me learn good time management skills especially when I started playing for the local club team. The highschool team was demanding but when club season started that became your life. School, practice, homework, sleep was my weekday schedule. The weekend tournaments didn’t allow for much of a break either. A minimum of 4 matches and if you won the bracket, you could expect atleast 2 more. Putting in hard work and dedicating countless hours wasn’t all for nothing though.…
In the excerpt from the Athletic Director’s Desk Reference they talked about how to handle a coach’s termination. Talking with the Human Resource office for advice and having written documentation supporting the decision to terminate will help with the transition and decision making process as well as seeking legal advice. Firing a coach can be a little more difficult because stakeholder can directly or indirectly get involved in the decision making process, it is essential for the athletic director to consult with the higher administration. The athletic director should keep in mind the needs of the student athlete and how they will take the news of the termination. When dealing with the media on their decisions to terminate the article said…
“Beep…beep…beep…” yelled my alarm notifying me that it was finally time for me to raise out of bed. Even though it was only six o’clock in the morning, my mood instantly brightened when I looked at my phone calendar and instinctively remembered that today was my final first volleyball game of the season. Quickly, I stumbled out of bed to go brush my teeth and begin getting ready for what would end up being my last day of playing volleyball.…
Nicole, I believe coaching is very important just like you do this week. I believe an effective coach can make the difference between a winning, successful, and happy team versus a struggling team in the workplace. If the coach is doing their job correctly the team will be willing to learn, communicate, and be more effective. I feel that if the coach is effective in communicating with the workers things will run more smoothly.…
"Apurva! Hurry up, let's go, stop playing around!" After Sunday school it was customary for the youth group to do community service together, however I never really liked to participate, instead I preferred to play basketball. While everyone was assigned a specific task on a weekly basis, I was never the person who cared about what I did. They would call me from where they were working, to get my attention. I heard them and chose to ignore them, because I figured that playing basketball would be more fun. However, It had never occurred to me that maybe I was not doing what I needed to do as someone my age or was not as involved as my peers. This changed when one of my friends approached me and told me that if I love to play sports, and I’m good with the younger teens. Which gave me an idea to start organizing youth sport…