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The Play It Forward campaign is a collaboration of Up2Us, YouthNoise and Nike, Inc. that seeks to promote the importance of youth sports and to recognize the role of coaches in shaping young people’s futures.
Play it Forward centers around the Coach Appreciation Week Resolution, which was introduced with the help of Rep. McIntyre, N.C. and will go to a House of Representatives vote on September 14. Coach Appreciation Week is intended to spark a national dialogue about the importance of sports as a vehicle for youth development and to inspire volunteerism around youth sports. The Play it Forward campaign will highlight the stories of coaches from around the country who have made a difference in the lives of their players, both on and off the field. Three winning coaches will win a trip to Washington, D.C. and be honored with the National Coach Appreciation Week “Coach of the Year Award at the Up2Us National Conference.
KC’s Catalytic Coaches: Coach Schmidt (Coopertown ES 5th & 6th Grade - Football), Coach Bellini (Haverford JHS 7th & 8th grade - Football), Mr. Ritts & Mr. DeCampli (Haverford JHS 7th-9th grade - Track), Coach Bush & Coach Keyser (Haverford HS Varsity Soccer)
Over at my website - WYRRB?! - students of all ages are putting their nose to the grindstone. Why you ask? They are inquiring into one of the most important existential questions you can ask: “What’s your Red Rubber Ball?!” The boxes in these pictures are a part of the process that I engage groups with to deepen their inquiry regarding their red rubber ball?
What is that thing that you have the greatest passion for, that activity that you were born to take part in? What is your calling? What discipline seems to fit your talents like a glove? If we don’t ask these sorts of questions, we may be sentencing ourselves to spirit killing endeavors that we were “convinced” we should strive for - rather than allowing them to spring forth from our own hearts and minds.
I would also like to promote another feature at WYRRB?! which is “Red Rubber Ball Stories.” Read the stories of authors, adventurers and regular Jane’s who have found that thing. Be one of those authors who tell us their stories in order to inspire others. Use RRB Stories to inspire and be inspired! Join us at WYRRB?!
BIG shout out to Yi Shun Lai for tracking down so many great stories.
What’s your Red Rubber Ball?!
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