Avoiding Choices that Destroy: Eliminating NCAA Rule Infractions

Some student athletes get blinded by the limelight. Unfortunately, many confuse the limelight with that of the light of a freight train racing toward them from a distance. Some student athletes mistake bad ideas for good ideas which can compromise the potential of the student athlete and the team and program with which they are affiliated. This session will help the student athlete resist internal and external triggers which may cause poor decisions that lead to disastrous outcomes.

Attendees will learn:

• The 10 most common NCAA rule infractions and how to avoid them.
• Ways to recognize and respond to unscrupulous behavior and enticements from boosters, agents, and groupies.
• Strategies for getting needs and some wants fulfilled without committing an NCAA rule infraction.

If it looks too good to be true, it’s neither good nor true.”
Coach Ty

On-Campus Safety off Campus

Most college campuses provide excellent on-campus safety measures; however, 93% of crimes against college students occur in off-campus settings. Research conducted on college campuses shows that male students are most vulnerable to violent crimes. Unfortunately, examples of crime involving college students are on the rise and include:

The 2009 fatal injury of University of Connecticut football player, Jasper Howard. Howard was at a party after a big win at a football game. While Howard proved that he was skilled at mastering the game of football, he lacked the skills related to evading the escalating negative behavior of people not affiliated with his university.
The 2011 outbreak of violence at Youngstown State University which resulted in one student fatality and numerous other students being wounded.
The 2008 beating death of a Kent State University student after an encounter with non-students turned violent.

This session will include information and skills relevant to male and female students. In addition, safety threats associated with student athletes will be addressed. Students will learn:

• Five identifiable behaviors that criminals exhibit prior to committing theft and/or act of violence.
• The different factors that make women ideal targets and men ideal targets.
• How to respond to conflicts when the aggressor has impaired judgment.
• Skills to develop an off-campus personal safety action plan.
• In addition, student athletes will learn how to interact with a potentially hostile public.

Although denial of a potential problem is a convenient excuse not to be responsible, it will not shield you from injury.”

From Maverick to Magnificent: A Leadership Development Program

Recent college graduates, Calvin Jonson and Myron Rolle, had tremendous success in college on and off the playing field. Johnson received a patent for an invention he created prior to graduating from Georgia Tech and Rolle earned a Rhodes scholarship as a result of his stellar academic career at Florida State University.

Athletes, coaches, or parents of athletes will learn the skills that separate those who merely participate in their lives to those who are high performers in all phases of their lives. The Maverick to Magnificence Program is a program that focuses on the talents that each individual possesses.

Attendees engage in:

• Discovery of their talents.
• Mastery of the application of their talent.
• Creation of opportunities to align their talent with their purpose.
• Exploration of how to use academic and athletic experiences for career and leadership development.
• Strategizing for successful transition to life after the end of the high school or college athletic career.

Strategy is the rudder that guides the ship to its destiny.”
Coach Ty

Say “NO!” to Hook-Up Drama: Skills to wisely navigate intimate relationships

Sex, hook-ups, friends with benefits, and one-night stands are all topics that can cause coaches and college administrators to pull out their hair. While coaches and student affairs officials can’t make “between the sheets” decisions for students, the school is often negatively impacted by decisions made by students. In some instances the institution is put at risk when student relationship choices of students go wrong. This informative session gives students warning signs of risky propositions that can lead to negative relationship outcomes.

Students will learn:

• How to make good decisions when navigating intimate relationships.
• Six signs that they should say “No” when the other person says “Yes”.
• Tips for recovering from poor decisions.
• How to get appropriate help if the “drama” becomes violent.

Drama competes for mental space with personal goals. Giving energy to one causes stagnation in the other.”
- Coach Ty