ATHLETE/PARENT MEETING
Life of an Athlete
Life of an athlete
John Underwood Life of an Athlete promotes the character
development and accountability among young athletes that builds better teams, better athletes and ultimately better adults. Two states, New York and New Mexico, have made it part of the athletic program in every public high school in the state
John Underwood John Underwood is a former NCAA All-
American, International-level distance runner and World Masters Champion. John has coached or advised more than two dozen Olympians, including World and Olympic Champions. He holds three International Olympic Solidarity diplomas for coaching and has been a crusader for drug-free sports at all levels. John’s innovative program, “PURE PERFORMANCE,” has gained international prominence. He is the Master Trainer for the New York Public High School Athletic Association Chemical Health program, which educates over 750 school districts and over 500,000 athletes yearly. He has conducted the only physiological case studies of the residual effect of alcohol on elite athletic performance. He has appeared as a guest commentator for ABC Wide World of Sports and has worked with nearly all sport federations, including the NCAA, NFL, NBA, NHL, the U.S. Olympic Committee, Sports Canada, the International Olympic Committee and the U.S. Navy Seals
Who is involved???
Megan Heinrichs Carlece Kenner Jana Tietjen Dan Desmond Fred Kluck Kurk Wiedel Bryan Solomon Josh Lanik Andy Long Clayton Hintz
Who am I???
Fred Kluck 9-12 History Teacher at Bruning-Davenport
USD Head Boys Basketball, Head Track, Junior High
Boys Basketball Why am I doing this?
1. I care about my students and athletes.2. I think we have some good athletes and teams
in the Bruning-Davenport-Shickley co-operative.
To the athletes
How many of you are excited for this upcoming year in sports?
How many of you enjoy sports more than school?
I want you to think about the first couple weeks of practice, are the coaches taking it easy on you or is it HELL? (I will get back to this)
Remember when you are not training… Somewhere, someone is training…
and when you meet them…
They will beat you.
MATVEEV USSR
Why Life of an Athlete?
To develop better students/athletes To develop leaders on the playing field To develop the athletes as role models for
elementary students To get alcohol/drugs out of the school
system.
The Last Huddle
How quickly it will pass by… How unknowingly it will come to
an end.The game will be over and you will
not even realize the magnitude and significance of what has just
ended.
Later you will wish that you had called for a last huddle, to say to
all your teammates that this is the last time we will be together like
this… as a TEAM, as TEAMMATES…
One of the most special times and experiences of your life will pass
by.
It will never be the same after this
Just like youYou are our heroes… We watch you and wait for the day we will be just like you. Teach us how to live the life of an Athlete
and be champions. Set the example for us, because we are the future of this program.
Life of an Athlete
It is not just that you put on uniform, or show up every day at practice or for the
games…You are an athlete all the
time, on and off the field.
You represent your family, your community, your school
, your teammates, your coach and YOURSELF.
The American Athletic Institute began an initiative in the year 2000 to impact the
use of social drugs by athletes at all levels of sport. The Life of an Athlete© program has been utilized in 39 states and by thousands of school districts.
The program has been presented at the Office of Juvenile Justice National
Leadership Conference for the past eight years. This promising
prevention/intervention program focuses on all stakeholders in a community to
help create a vigilant approach to insure programs of excellence and reduce drug
use by athletes.
Visit americanathleticinstitute.org
AAI has researched the effect of alcohol on elite athletic performanceProven Scientific Facts:
Alcohol increases the time for recovery of androgenic training hormones (Up to 96 hours- 4 days) Alcohols diuretic effect diminishes water soluble vitamins required for hormone catalytic/conversion actions
HGH (Human Growth Hormone) release is reduced up to 70% during the sleeping hours when release is at peak levels
Alcohol greatly increases the release of cortisol (the stress hormone) Cortisol negates training effect Alcohol decreases the protein synthesis for muscle fiber repair Alcohol can impair the blood glucose system for up to 36 hours
Alcohol reduces the immune system capability - Athletes who drink get sick more often. Drinkers are twice as likely to become injured as non- drinkers
Alcohol reduces performance potential by up to 11.4% in elite athletes and perhaps by as much as 15-30% in h.s. athletes
Alcohol disturbs the REM sleep time, reducing the CNS restorative/recovery ability Alcohol impairs reaction time up to 12 hours after consumption
Alcohol negatively affects heart lungs and muscle performance (<VO2 > Lactate < Ventilation >H.R.) Heavy episodic drinking results in projected losses of up to 14 days of training effect
SUMMARY:Alcohol is a metabolic poison that crosses all barriers and negatively affects all systems of the human physiology
simultaneously
Nearly 60% of H.S. Athletes use alcohol
Time to educate your Athletes, Parents, Coaches…
We lose more people to fatal accidents during this time than
during all other ages.
Thayer county statistics
Statistics cont.
Where are they getting it???
Statistics cont.
ATHLETE
John Underwood
The Life of an ATHLETE /LOA
LOA is a systemic community approach to: 1. reducing risk2. increasing protective factors in student athletes while 3. setting clear consistent boundaries for behavior 4. increasing consequence beliefs, 5. teaching appropriate athlete lifestyle 6. establishing a process to identify and help those involved in drug use or behaviors of concern.
An eleven year study of the effects of drugs on high level physical
performance
You cannot achieve in competition, What you have not achieved in
training.
PriorityImportantFocusDedicatedMotivated
Pay the price…Live the Life of an Athlete©
Amen Clinics
Surface View: This
smooth view shows full activity
Bumpy areas and places that do not ‘fill in’ are
areas of low or decreased
activity.Teen heavy weekend user
of AlcoholAmen Clinics
What kind of performance will you have?
Your brain runs your body
Alcohol ruins your chances
Scans by Amen Clinics
HEALTHY NORMAL BRAIN
HEAVY TEEN ALCOHOL USER
What kind of performance will you accept?
BRAIN ACTIVITY DURING THROWING
FRONTAL
CEREBELLUM
American Athletic Institute has studied the impact of alcohol on condition in elite athletes. Impact has shown significant projections in lost
physiological condition that correlates to as much as 14 days of lost training effect…for each time
drunk…AMERICAN ATHLETIC INSTITUTE 2005
What are the
AFFECTS?
Start Up Speed 0-10 YDS. < 8%
Agility Reaction < 8%
Acceleration 0-20 YDS. < 6%
Explosive Power < 11%
LOST PERFORMANCE POTENTIAL
100%90%88.6
% -11.4%-15-20%-20-30%
American Athletic Institute
Elite level athletes lost an average of 11.4%
from their median performance level as a result of the residual
effect of alcohol…NCAA
High School
Injury Rates >
Injury rates for drinkers 54.8% Injury rates for non-drinkers
23.8%
DRINK
GET SICK
Alcohol decreases immune
capability
Some teen males who drink heavily & regularly have testosterone levels similar to female levels.
10:1 or 1:10
FEMALES TAKE A BIGGER HITFROM HEAVY DRINKING
Alcohol stays in the female body longerFemales have less of the enzymes to breakdown alcohol
1:10
Healthy Brain Marijuana Brain
Amen Clinics
16 yr. old daily user
16
Amen Clinics
It doesn’t affect me at all…
Healthy Brain Marijuana Brain
ADULTLIFELONG
Healthy 16 Heavy Lifelong
KEEP SMOKIN…
NON USER
SIMPLE HAND SKILL
MARIJUANA USER
SIMPLE HAND SKILL
Note: Subject not under influence during scan.
POT OR NOT? YOUR CHOICE YOUR GAME
A Shadow of YourselfAre you at your best or
are you just a shadow of what you could be?
Are you really an ATHLETE?
Is the life you are living conducive to being at
your best?
Live the Life of an Athlete
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