Coach Berg's 2010 Themes Cont'd, Part Nine: Loyalty

Just like summer, Coach Berg's blog series is ending all too quickly. Here is the final chapter in her 2010 SC Themes revisited series.


SUMMER THEME: LOYALTY

At the end of the SC Leadership Academy, we send off the student-athletes with a theme to focus on throughout the rest of the summer. This summer’s theme is loyalty—to our friends, family, academics, sport’s teams, and most importantly to our self. Although the coaches cannot see how the student-athletes are doing with this theme post SC, loyalty was present throughout the nine-day Leadership Academy. About one in four student-athletes were returnees from the year before. Moreover, about 90% of the coaching staff was either a returning coach from the year before and/or SportsChallenge student-athlete alum! There is a saying that goes, “If you want to know how good of a coach you are, see how many of your athletes come back next season.” With such a large number of returning coaches and student-athletes, SportsChallenge has proven itself to be a unique, positive environment that keeps adults and teenagers alike coming back to learn more. May we all be willing to have that same loyalty to our future endeavors—on and off the field/court.

~Coach Molly Arenberg

Talk about loyalty, 90% of the SC staff in 2010 were returning student-athletes or coaches.