Recently I have become involved with an organization called KidSport (refer to Links) which is about removing financial barriers so that all kids can experience the positive benefits of organized sport. The very first Kidsport event I attended was actually a financial donor recognition breakfast held in Vancouver earlier in the fall in which I [...]
Archive for November, 2009
3. The Value Of Sport
Posted in Value of Sport, tagged Sportsmanship, Value of Sport on November 26, 2009 |
Follow-up…
Posted in Sportsmanship, tagged Sportsmanship, The Challenge, Values on November 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I caught this commercial out of the blue on the television last night… http://www.values.com/tv_spots/106-Basketball I thought it was great and it reminded me of the original post of this blog. It also makes a great point – as my friend Matt Brown says, it’s not enough to just enroll our kids in sport and hope [...]
2. Emulating Gregor Staehli
Posted in The Challenge, tagged Sportsmanship, The Challenge on November 19, 2009 | 6 Comments »
If you want to be successful, you should emulate successful people. One of the main reasons why I started this blog was to present athletes that are very much worth emulating because they’re not just champions at their chosen sports, they’re also great people. As I mentioned in the Origins section of this blog, living [...]
Follow-up…
Posted in Value of Sport, tagged Sportsmanship, Value of Sport on November 18, 2009 |
From time to time I’ll post an e-mail or comment that I think has an interesting point or perspective and so here’s the first. It speaks to the value of sport for all ages and respect for one’s opponent. Thanks for that Bob. G’day Duff: Your message reminds me of our old school sports motto, [...]
1. Sport At Its Best
Posted in Sportsmanship, tagged Sportsmanship, Values on November 10, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Mr. Little was a teacher and volleyball coach at Bridlewood Junior Public School when I was a student there in the late ‘70’s. What was so cool (and for me there isn’t a more apt word than ‘cool’) about Mr. Little was that he was actually a volleyball referee at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. [...]
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