Discussion Thread: Sport Outreach Programming Activities

Football in New York: Programming Activities 2

Football in New York: Programming Activities 2

Football in New York: Programming Activities

Jordan Hall

School of Sport Management, Liberty University

Football in New York: Programming Activities

Football in New York will consist of programming both on and off the field on competition. It is important with my age group to keep the young men active and engaged while at the clinic. The programming will be very detailed and will be outlined for both the participants and the coaches to follow. The Football in New York clinical will be three days a week in the Summer during the month of June. The clinic will last for four weeks and will be physical on field activities in the morning and life skills activities will be in the afternoon. As Garner states, “Organization minimizes conflict, duplication, and wasted effort” (2017, p. 86). My intention is to have a very organized and detailed plan in order to maximize time with participants to be able to have an effective ministry.

The on the field programming will consist of positional focused drills with a coach at every station. The drills will be divided into age groups to provide a level and fair approach for all participants. The coaches, who are former college and professional athletes, will demonstrate the drill first and then let the participants do the drill. For the older participants, there will be a lot of player led drills to try and train leadership and accountability. That will be harder for the younger participants just because of lack of maturity and newly getting into their sport. The drill station will last approximately thirty minutes.

After the drill session, the participants will go into the competition and live game action of the clinic. The lineman will get ready for their one-on-one competition. Then, the wide receivers and defensive backs will do the same on the other side of the field. The linebackers versus running backs would be the last piece to the live competition. After the one on ones are completed, the skill players, which is anyone besides the lineman, will participate in seven on seven. The seven-on-seven drill will be for four quarters.

After the morning practice, lunch will be provided for all participants. There will be a time of rest and reset during lunch. On the first day of each week, there will be a guest speaker to talk with the participants. The guest speaker will focus on the overall theme or mission for the week. After lunch, the participants will work on their life skills for the afternoon.

There will be four different stations for life skills for the off the field part. Each life skill will be twenty to thirty minutes. The first station will be the Professional Development station. Here, participants will learn how to work on resumes, how to get dressed for interviews, and learn how to tie ties. The second station will be the Finance 101 station. This teaches participants how to save and invest money the right way. The older participants will be educated on NIL as well to prepare them for the whole lot of money they will be able to make as well as networking in college. The third station will be Community Awareness. This simply will be letting the participants know how they should surround themselves in the community and the right things to do. We will discuss not using drugs and alcohol, letting them know how that can negatively affect their future. This station will also talk about how they know that they should always surround themselves with the right people. For example, when they see people doing the wrong thing they should stay away, even if it's friends or family. The Community Awareness station will also focus on giving back to their community. By remembering that it starts with them and the choice they make, they will be more aware of their community and how they can contribute to it.. The final station for the off the field part of skills will be the Nutrition station. This station will teach participants how to diet and knowing how to portion food having the right things on their plate, so they know what a healthy meal looks like. There will also be cooking classes some weeks to show participants how they can prepare food at home. Each station will be instrumental for the overall program of Football in New York.

There is value in understanding that the skill of football along with the social skills and environment each play a role in an athlete’s life. The Football in New York Clinic will be well organized and structured because it creates the best opportunity for the participants, not only for their future, but also their current situation. Vaughn et al., states, “the values an individual can express are constrained by the character of the social institutions (i.e., football clubs) and the social order (i.e., form of life) in which people live” (2021). It is my goal with Football in New York to create a clinic that is positive and has a promising future.

References

Garner, J. (2017). Recreation and Sports Ministry: Impacting the Postmodern Culture. LU Press.

Vaughan, J., Mallett, C. J., Potrac, P., López-Felip, M. A., & Davids, K. (2021). Football, Culture, Skill Development and Sport Coaching: Extending Ecological Approaches in Athlete Development Using the Skilled Intentionality Framework. Frontiers in psychology, 12, 635420. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.635420