101 Positive Athletic Traditions: Building Positive Team Legacies

101 Positive Athletic Traditions: Building Positive Team Legacies

Traditions help shape and reflect the character of a team—past, present, and future. Traditions refocus the coach and athlete. They give perspective, rekindle the spirit of the past, and remind the coach and player of what is important. Ultimately, traditions produce successful teams, great memories, lasting friendships, and help establish coaching legacies. This thoroughly enjoyable, idea-packed book by NAIA Champions of Character Special Presenter Bruce Brown offers over one hundred examples of positive athletic traditions, including: Traditions to welcome new team members, pre-season traditions, senior traditions, traditions for captains, pre-, post-, and last-game traditions. There are also traditions to involve the community and alumni, and traditions for equipment, facilities, and much more. A great resource for coaches and leaders of any sport or activity. Bruce Eamon Brown is a special presenter for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Champions of Character Program. Previously, Bruce served as the athletic director at Northwest College in Kirkland, Washington. A retired coach, he has worked at every level of education in his more than three decades of teaching and coaching. His coaching experiences include basketball, football, volleyball, and baseball at the junior high and high school levels, and basketball at the junior college and college levels. He has been involved with championship teams at each level of competition. Bruce has authored several books and is the featured speaker on nine sport coaching videos. Bruce, his wife Dana and their five daughters reside in Redmond, Washington.