Athletic Performance
The Great Mike Tyson
"I've missed many shots in my career. I've lost almost everything. In my athletic career Ive failed over and over and over again. And that is why I succeed. It takes failure to win, and it takes mistakes to grow. I had to focus on one task! I never gave up.
Leo Burnett collaborated with production company Prettybird/director Billy Rainey on the NCAA’s new campaign promoting the importance of education to young athletes, called “2.3 or Take a Knee.”
The campaign introduces the new, stricter NCAA GPA requirements student athletes must meet in order to qualify for Division-I sports, “ensuring their brains are getting the workout they need” (or just driving up the cost of a term paper). To spread the word, and teach high school athletes about the importance of education, LB and Prettybird created a talking bench. 75 high school athletes were caught on eight hidden cameras receiving some tough love lectures from the talking bench, and some of their reactions are pretty funny. That their coaches don’t seem to have been in on the gag only adds to the humor. Whether the prank will translate to the teens taking away a lesson on the importance of academics, however, remains to be seen. See the talking bench in action for yourself in the 2:28 video above, and check out @talkingbench for the Twitter campaign.
Ralph Sanders participation audition, Santa Monica, CA, working with youth on an NCAA commercial. As you watch the video, Ralph plays the coach, these kids have no idea there is a hidden camera. These kids need to know that keeping their GPA at a high level is more important than basketball, or else the bench will be their best friend.
Burdens can stop you or make you try harder!
Have you ever found yourself dealing with low grades and wanting to give up and put the burden on family or someone else that can stand the load rather then yourself? Ralph Sanders is here to explain a small note here on a variety of issues that we face with burdens to make us linger in our athletic confidence!
College students are required to manage a variety of stresses related to academic, social, and financial commitments. In addition to the burdens facing most college students, collegiate athletes must devote a substantial amount of time to improving their sporting abilities.
The strength and conditioning professional sees the athlete on nearly a daily basis and is able to recognize the changes in performance and behavior an athlete may exhibit as a result of these stressors. As such, the strength and conditioning professional may serve an integral role in the monitoring of these stressors and may be able to alter training programs to improve both performance and wellness.
The purpose of this note to you is to discuss stressors experienced by collegiate athletes, developing an early detection system through monitoring techniques that identify the detrimental effects of stress, and discuss appropriate stress management strategies for this population. We all have stress and will deal with topics like these in are own lives. You have to push and never stop pushing because it’s your life and future here we are talking about .I had that experience when I was a college student and played sports and it was like I had 2 major things on my plate as a student athlete to worry about.
1) Getting and maintained good high level of a GPA
2) Showing up for the game day to play up to my fullest potential in a game!
Those where my daily thoughts on campus and other things where last. The goal is always first and the plan will follow.
Ralph Sanders life coach