The recent rash of domestic abuse charges facing NFL players once again reminds us that playing sports does not build character. James Michener, in his book Sports in America, quoted the sportswriter Heywood Hale Broun: “Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” How true. It is something Human Kinetics has been teaching since 1981 when HK founder Rainer Martens developed the American Coaching Effectiveness Program, a division of HK. Character is taught and nurtured at home, at school, in religious settings, and by coaches. Rainer writes to coaches in the all-time best-selling coaching resource Successful Coaching, “Character education begins with a fundamental duty of a coach—building a team culture. How you run your team greatly influences the team culture, which has an enormous influence on the character of development of your athletes.” humankinetics/hk-today-blog/fall-2014/sports-character-and-hk?associate=5244
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 15:45:51 +0000
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