Format
Individual Presentation
First Presenter's Institution
Muskegon Public Shools
First Presenter’s Email Address
dpoole@mpsk12.net
First Presenter's Brief Biography
Don Poole has taught in the public school system for over 25 years! Don was twice named “Teacher of the Year” (Muskegon High School). Don has delivered over 22,500 presentations for schools, students, athletes, coaches, football clinics, and camps throughout Michigan. Don has helped coach and train hundreds of student athletes to play at the college level, many to Div I power 5 programs, 4 NFL (2 currently in NFL).
Location
Session Two
Strand #1
Head: Academic Achievement & Leadership
Strand #2
Health: Mental & Physical Health
Relevance
Team sports and caring adults help give kids a "WHY" which is the key for improved academic achievement. A chlid who has a "WHY" will be hard to stop and will overcome almost any obstacle that they may have. Team sports and one caring adult will help lower anxious/depression, withdrawn/depressed , social problems, thought problems and attention problems. Team sports help lower obesity, improve muscular strength and increase self-esteem. When a child has an adult that doesn't have limiting beliefs about his or her potential ceiling the sky is the limit.
Brief Program Description
When team sports are combined with one adult(Synergy) you can give a child a "Why". Also when you committ to not use limiting beliefs or make judgements about a child's future the sky is the limit. Using the Goldfish principles amazing outcomes will happen!
Summary
Participants will be shown and given a copy of NIH study that shows clear data that specifically, "children and adolescents who played team sports were less likely to experience symptoms of anxiety and depression, withdrawal, social problems, thought problems, attentional problems, and rule-breaking behavior (among females only). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9159603/
"The single most common factor for children who develop resilience is at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive parent, caregiver, or other adult."
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/resilience/
The participants will take part in a Nearpod activity in which they will watch a short 5 minute video from Josh Shipp with a fun time to climb activity and quiz for assement.
I will then share 3 personal success stories that will motivate and encourage members to fight limiting beliefs and have a break out/brainstorming session in which they will identify a child that they have a limiting belief and see how they can use synergy with team sports and one caring adult to make a change.
Then I will have the participants make a "why" rock that will remind them of who and how they will help one child this year. Thinking maps will be used during the presentation to help retain and recall key points, along with a print out of the presentation.
Evidence
The single most common factor for children who develop resilience is at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive parent, caregiver, or other adult. These relationships provide the personalized responsiveness, scaffolding, and protection that buffer children from developmental disruption. They also build key capacities—such as the ability to plan, monitor, and regulate behavior—that enable children to respond adaptively to adversity and thrive. This combination of supportive relationships, adaptive skill-building, and positive experiences is the foundation of resilience.
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/resilience/
Participation in team sport compared to non-sport participation was associated with 10% lower anxious/depressed scores, 19% lower withdrawn/depressed scores, 17% lower social problems scores, 17% lower thought problems scores, and 12% lower attention problems scores. Participation in team sport compared to non-sport participation was also associated with 20% lower rule-breaking behavior scores for females (compared to males). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9159603/ When team sports combined with one caring adult success rates increase(synergy) Multiple real life case studies (3) that will be shared from 25+ years as a public school teacher. One non athlete, and two athletes with low income, broken familys.
Learning Objective 1
Know what the Goldfish theory is and how in can be used for children.
Learning Objective 2
How to prevent limiting beliefs from affecting how you judge or view a child's potential.
Learning Objective 3
The power of Synergy ( combining team sports with one caring adult)
Keyword Descriptors
Goldfish theory, Synergy, limiting beliefs, relationships, success stories, motivation
Presentation Year
2024
Start Date
3-4-2024 11:30 AM
End Date
3-4-2024 1:00 PM
Recommended Citation
Poole, Don, "The Power of Team Sports and one caring Adult" (2024). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 15.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2024/2024/15
Included in
Adult and Continuing Education Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Health and Physical Education Commons, Special Education and Teaching Commons
The Power of Team Sports and one caring Adult
Session Two
When team sports are combined with one adult(Synergy) you can give a child a "Why". Also when you committ to not use limiting beliefs or make judgements about a child's future the sky is the limit. Using the Goldfish principles amazing outcomes will happen!
