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KM Committed

Life of an Athlete

OUR TEAM

Mike Fink Athletic & Activities Director LOA Advisor Alissa Darin, School Counselor, AODA Coordinator LOA Advisor

Outcomes

• What is LOA?
• Why LOA?
• Our Story…
• Starting LOA at your school

What is LOA?

• Program

○ Created by John Underwood, American Athletic Institute

• Philosophy – a way of being, a lifestyle
• Teaching beyond the X’s and O’s
• Systemic Community Approach to prevention

○ Reducing risk factors & Increasing protective factors ○ Consistent Boundaries and Consequences ○ Teaching “Lifestyle” for chemical usage, nutrition, rest and recovery

The 5 Components of LOA

Youth Leadership: To

assist the coach in improving athletic performance and team unity through the promotion of healthy lifestyle choices among teammates

Pre-season Meetings: To

involve parents and students in discussion of conditions for involvement with the program, expectations, philosophy, impact of alcohol and other drug use on performance and what it means to be an athlete.

Stakeholder Unity: To

create positive social norms across the community using media and marketing materials with key messages

Training for Coaches:

So that coaches understand and promote positive lifestyle choices (including ATOD) amongst

• athletes. Includes workshops on

how to send a message to the team and how to use student leaders to monitor team dynamics.

Codes of Conduct: To make revisions to the

student codes of conduct and create plans for enforcement that include the principles of restorative justice.

LOA Founder - John Underwood

Why Athletics?

• A target population for prevention
• A large group: 40-90% of students in US schools are

involved in at least 1 sport

• Many are leaders of the school – social dynamics of

athletes

• A forum for positive influence by coaches
• Research shows how chemicals negatively impact

athletic performance

Life of an Athlete?? The state of Athletes and Lifestyle...

• “How Pro-Athletes Lose Everything” New York Post
• “More Money, More Problems, Why Pro-Athletes Go Bankrupt” TheStreet
• “How Painkillers are turning young athletes into Heroin Addicts” SI
• “For Pro Athletes battling addiction, their names can be the biggest
• bstacle”
• “Sports, crime and money: Athletes gone wrong”

What’s the Intended Outcome?

Playbook Stats...OUR WHY?

• WE ARE WISCONSIN!

○ YRBS data - state, local ○ “Monitoring the Future”

• “Your Opinion” survey

○ Our community norms ○ Athletes and the perception of usage

• The SCIENCE of Prevention

○ Positive Social Norms theory

“Your Opinion” Survey Results

177 Respondents

Wisconsin

Lifestyle & Human Performance

• Diet
• Recovery
• Sleep
• AOD
• Stress
• Mental Health

Diet: Energy for Performance

Training Like an Olympian!

• Calories Matter
• All About the Carbs
• Recovery Matters

Mindfulness

For Sport and Life...

Our Story...

Year 1 Accomplishments: 2013-2014

WIN BIG LIVE BIGGER

• Student Leadership Team
• Marketing LOA - Slogan Creation
• Athletic Code Review Committee
• LOA curriculum in 7th- 12th grade AODA

lesson sequence

• LOA Parent Committee created
• LOA Video
• Student Panel at Fall Preseason Code

Meeting

John Underwood Presentation

Spring 2014 Presentation to Coaches, student athletes and community

Year 2: 2014-2015

• Monthly Meetings began

○ Students discussed pertinent topics ○ Student met during school hours, not after school

• Philosophy Statements

created

• Our LOA wall was created

Year 3: 2015-2016

• Leadership

○ Advisors ○ Student Leadership Team ○ Coaches

• Chuck for a buck - School Spirit
• Yearly Survey - “Your Opinion”
• Open Monthly Meeting covering LOA topics
• Speaker Series
• Coaches Training/Coaches Eval
• Morning Training Sessions/Summer Training
• Championship Wall

Speaker Series

Bonnie Blair 5 time Gold Medalist Women’s Speedskating Achieving Your Personal Best Balance

Speaker Series

John Vodenlich

Univ of Wisconsin Whitewater Head Baseball Coach 2005, 2014 NCAA Division III National Champions 2005, 2014 NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year Core Values – Resiliency, Excellence, Discipline, Responsibility, Optimism

Speaker Series

Jack Hervert

KMHS Head Girls’ Basketball Coach Univ of Wisconsin - Waukesha Instructor Nutrition

Alissa Darin

KMHS AODA Coordinator/School Counselor

“Let’s Get Real: Discussing Pressures of Drugs and Alcohol” Student Athletes report it's an issue they deal with Review of “Your Opinion Survey” data with students, Brain Research

LOA Student Leadership: Creating Role Models

Year 4 Accomplishments

Summer Session Presentation, July 2016

Lake Placid Olympic Training Center

I, as member of KM committed, vow to stay dedicated to this program, my sport and all that they encompass. I pledge myself to live the life of an athlete: being a team player, always having a positive attitude, giving 100% effort, and living the Laser Way. I promise to always encourage my team, being the best version of myself on and off the

• field. By being a member of KM Committed, I devote myself to a high school experience

with a chemical free social life, and encourage others to do the same. I am committed to representing Kettle Moraine with the utmost character through struggles and successes, being a positive influence on my peers and community. This is my promise: I am KM Committed!

CREED for KM COMMITTED

KM Coaches Clinic

• Mandatory for Each Program
• Full Day Clinic from 8-2pm
• Content

○ Philosophy of Athletic Program ○ Lifestyle Choices and How to Positively Influence Lifestyle ○ Preseason Meeting ○ Stakeholders - Creating a positive team atmosphere ○ Code of Conduct and Accountability ○ Coach's Creed

Fostering Student Leadership

Creating your Team

• LOA “Captains Guide”
• Host a Captains Training
• LOA Leadership Training

Sustaining your Team

• Weekly Meetings with our LOA Leadership Team

Team Talks

• Monthly Evening Meetings
• ALL are invited (athletes,

coaches and others)

• Topic led by a KM TEAM

○ LOA Learning Content ○ Application ○ Activity to reinforce application

Training Techniques, November, 2016

Activity to reinforce application of learning

UP NEXT for our LOA: Player Card Bios

What’s the IMPACT?

It’s not a club, it’s a lifestyle!

Program Must Haves... How do I start LOA?

• Strong Student Leadership
• District Support

○ Athletic Code Analysis ○ Finances - identify resources & materials

• Yearly Strategic Plan

○ Preseason Meeting ○ LOA Content - Use data and research

• Parent Support

Challenges that we faced...

• Student Perception of

what LOA is...

• Reporting and

Accountability

• Commitment vs

Involvement - Coaches and Athletes

• Meeting time
• Balance

LOA video

Contact Information

Alissa Darin, M.A., NBCT, LPC-IT Lead School Counselor, AODA Coordinator darina@kmsd.edu, 262-968-6200 Mike Fink - Athletic Director finkm@kmsd.edu, 262-968-6200

Questions?

• “What’s Life of an Athlete About?”
• Program Checklist
• Coaches Playbook
• Selecting and Training Student Athlete Leaders
• Captains Guide
• Coaches Checklist to Address Chemical Health
• Power Back Diet
• LOA Manual - New Hampshire

Handouts