Hello players and parents

By now if you were a returning player/parent you should have been notified that each of the players have been nominated by the coaches for the Positive Athlete program. This is a huge opportunity for each of the players for a variety of reasons. Let me tell you why:

What is Positive Athlete? Positive Athlete is a national recognition program that celebrates high character, high school student-athletes who have overcome difficult circumstances, given back to their schools and communities, or just have an infectious positive attitude that makes everyone else around them better. It also has a character education platform we intend to use this year.

What Does this Mean to the Players? - Each of the players on the team are now eligible for scholarships not based on performance, but for their character. It also means that they may receive unique opportunities from the professional sports teams such as tickets to games and on field recognition. And most importantly, it allows them to download the Positive Athlete App for free.

Why download the App? - There are several reasons you will want/need to download and populate the app:
You have to be on the app to be eligible for the scholarships and unique experiences.
The app and online platform have been built as another recruiting platform for college coaches and prospective employers to have a better idea of who you are, and what kind of teammate you might be. Think of it as an app like a Hudl profile only for sharing who you are as a human being, what you are interested in doing for a career, and allowing other people to endorse and vouch for who you are. Your parents might recognize it as a LinkedIn type profile but for high school student-athletes. And the information you input creates an online and word document resume for you if you don't already have one.

How is the Coaching Staff Utilizing the App? - One of the features of the Positive Athlete App is a video library of over 200, 2-5 minute clips of high-profile athletes and coaches discussing core character traits. You can watch them right on your phone. It's people like Lebron James talking about teamwork, Kirby Smart talking about the cost of leadership. During the Fall and the season, from time-to-time I will be assigning a video for every player to watch and that we can discuss it as a team. Each video has 3 questions at the end of it that are required to answer before you get credit for watching the video. So, I will know who watched it, and who didn't.

What Should You Be Doing Now? - You need to download the app as soon as possible. You should have gotten an email with a link to download the app. So just follow the instructions. If you are having any issues, please let us know and we'll pass them along to the folks at Positive Athlete.

We are very excited about this opportunity for each of you. At our December meeting we will have representatives from Positive Athlete there to answer any of your questions and tell you more exciting things that are happening with the App.