Here’s a story about a hockey player that had to play in net for the Erie Otters when both the regular and backup goalie’s were unavailable. It isn’t a story about a great performance but it is about guts and being a good teammate. For all those who would tell you otherwise, sport isn’t about [...]
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101. Erie Otters Backup Goalie’s Backup
Posted in Purpose of Sport, tagged Teamwork, The Challenge on March 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
99. Promoting Olympic Values.
Posted in Value of Sport, tagged perspective, Values on July 7, 2011 |
This is the presentation I made to the 3rd Session of Olympic Medalists at the International Olympic Academy in Olympia, Greece a few weeks ago. If you’re a regular reader of Sport At Its Best then you’ll recognize a lot of the material. It’s a long one but it does summarize a lot of what [...]
89. Learning Through Sport.
Posted in Value of Sport, tagged perspective, Sportsmanship, Value of Sport on April 18, 2011 |
I witnessed a relatively small and yet very positive show of sportsmanship a few weeks ago. I happened to be coming into the Talisman Centre here in Calgary on a Saturday afternoon just as a girls’ volleyball tournament was ending. I couldn’t tell you if they were school teams or club teams but they would [...]
79. KidSport Applies for Sport Canada Funding
Posted in Value of Sport, tagged Value of Sport on February 3, 2011 |
I wrote a letter today to show my support for KidSport as a potential recipient of Sport Canada funding. KidSport who provide funding to allow children to participate in organized sport is about inclusion, it really has nothing to do with elite sport, yet there are many elite athletes such as Olympic gold medalists, Cassie [...]
76. Nelson Mandela: Rugby Helps Unite a Nation
Posted in Value of Sport, tagged perspective, Value of Sport on December 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
At the moment I’m just finishing a book called Mandela’s Way: Fifteen Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage by Richard Stengel (as quoted below). It’s not a book about sport or history but it does refer to both in describing Mandela’s leadership skills. As was shown in the movie Invictus, Mandela used rugby as a [...]
70. Lessons Learned Through Sport
Posted in Value of Sport, tagged perspective, Value of Sport on November 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Today’s post consists of two short videos of Kyle Shewfelt and Beckie Scott talking about the value of sport and the lessons they’ve learned through sport in their lives. Remember these athletes both had long careers and the conclusions both have come to have taken a long time to realize. Hope you enjoy it.
46. All Sport One Day
Posted in Value of Sport, tagged Value of Sport on June 7, 2010 |
In June of last year the Calgary Sport Council teamed up with two recreational facilities in Calgary for an event called All Sport One Day (www.AllSportOneDay.ca). The event was about exposing 6 to 12 year-olds to sports that they might not otherwise get the chance to try. Each of the two founding facilities (WinSport’s Canada Olympic Park [...]
44. Learning Through Sport
Posted in Value of Sport, tagged Sportsmanship, Value of Sport on May 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A friend of mine named Bob is in his mid-seventies now. We were talking about sportsmanship and the value of sport and it jarred his memory about a time years ago now when he attended Ridley college in southern Ontario. In an e-mail he recounted an experience that has stuck with him throughout his life. [...]
38. Positivity
Posted in Value of Sport, tagged perspective, Value of Sport on May 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
There was a book I picked up at a little magazine shop at the airport once called The Power of Kindness by Piero Ferrucci. It looked interesting and was along the lines of some of the books that I had been reading at the time. The book turned out to be really easy to read [...]
35. Adam Kreek: Positive Energy
Posted in Value of Sport, tagged The Challenge, Value of Sport on April 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The last couple of posts have been about what it takes to be an Olympian. I went down that road originally when I came across the interview with sport psychologist, Dr. Shane Murphy, because of his assertion that you have to love what you do to reach the top. Most agree that loving whatever it is [...]
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