I took up speed skating when I moved to Calgary in the fall of 1989, a year and a half after the ’88 Olympics. I was inspired by the speed skating I had watched on television and as you can imagine it was a thrill to walk into the Oval for the first time in [...]
Archive for March, 2010
27. Bonnie Blair Cruikshank – Teammates
Posted in Teamwork, tagged Sportsmanship, Teamwork on March 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Great Examples…
Posted in Great Examples, tagged Sportsmanship, Values on March 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Here’s one sent in from Brent Langbakk who writes a blog about orienteering (http://langbakk.wordpress.com/). The following is an exert from Ultimate Orienteering (http://www.ultimate-orienteering.com/?p=1819) about the relay event in last year’s World Championships. I found it really interesting how they handed the medals to the competitors at the end rather than placing them around their necks. [...]
Contribute to Sport At Its Best!
Posted in Contribute, tagged Sportsmanship, Values on March 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
We’ve been getting some really positive comments about the blog recently from teachers, both within the comments sections as well as on the facebook fan page. It had always been a goal of ours here to try to promote the blog through school boards because of the importance of this message for youth and that’s [...]
26. The Paralympic Brand.
Posted in The Big Picture, tagged perspective on March 19, 2010 | 15 Comments »
I don’t want to belabour this point because this blog has always been about the positive, but not showing the Paralympics in prime time is a missed opportunity for the Paralympics, the broadcasters and the public. In preparation for being an analyst for skeleton at the Olympics I heard the term “NBC model” used on [...]
25. Sonny Davis – A New Challenge – Part 2
Posted in The Challenge, tagged perspective, The Challenge on March 17, 2010 | 5 Comments »
For years, as muscular dystrophy claimed more and more of my arms and legs, I didn’t understand what my purpose was. I knew only that what I had to do, I had to do fast, while my body could still handle it. I wanted to do something great, and for years I thought it was [...]
24. Sonny Davis – A New Challenge – Part 1
Posted in The Challenge, tagged perspective, The Challenge on March 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I’ve known Sonny Davis for over 10 years now and have always been impressed by him both personally and physically. When I say physically, I mean both as an athlete and as an accomplished musician. I thought this would be a perfect article to post during the Paralympics because Sonny for many years dedicated himself [...]
23. Helen Upperton – May The Best Man Win – Part 2
Posted in Sportsmanship, tagged Sportsmanship, The Challenge on March 12, 2010 | Comments Off
These friends have not only been a part of the good times, they have also been there through the bad times. Last year when I detached my ribs, I can remember being pulled from my sled at the bottom of the track after a run while a German brakeman and one of my rival American [...]
22. Helen Upperton – May The Best Man Win – Part 1
Posted in Sportsmanship, tagged Sportsmanship, The Challenge on March 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’ve always been a fan of the saying “may the best man (or woman) win”. It describes a competitive environment that at the end of my career looking back, I’m absolutely grateful to have been a part of (see 2. Emulating Gregor Staehli http://sportatitsbest.com/2009/11/19/2-emulating-gregor-staehli/). If everyone tries their best and everyone has a great performance [...]
21. Brian McKeever Not Racing In The Olympics
Posted in The Big Picture, tagged perspective, Values on March 4, 2010 | 25 Comments »
It’s pretty easy to watch the Olympics and get caught up in all the excitement – and so we should! It’s a time of celebration and recognition of the world’s best. There are so many incredible stories of athletes that may or may not be from your home country, that may or may not have [...]
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