The longer I am around sports the more I realize that asking for someone’s definition of sportsmanship is like asking for someone’s opinion. Everyone has one…
In dealing with coaches in sports ministry, my experience has been if you ask 10 different coaches what their “job” is as a coach, that you would probably get 10 different answers. One of the ways to avoid this is to have a job description…
And one constant remains true, whether you are a coach, or a developer of coaches, and no matter how young or old your players are: Nobody is going to listen to a word you say…unless…you model the behavior or attitude you are seeking…
This week on the blog we will be posting content geared towards those who are coaches at local churches doing sports outreach…
Conflict happens all the time–you can’t avoid it. What you can do though is help people deal with conflict Biblically. As we all know though, that rarely happens with sports…
Just as a fungus spreads gradually unseen and then seemingly all at once takes over, we want passion and priority for relational outreach in our leagues to spread one to one among our leadership, our coaches and managers and volunteers, affecting the spirit of the entire league…