This year, the Lester Prairie
school district has been developing a Life of an Athlete Program. Life of
an Athlete is a nationwide program that promotes a healthy lifestyle and
encourages athletes to make good choices. Life of an Athlete is a
statewide program in both New Hampshire and New Mexico and is implemented by
thousands of schools in thirty-nine states. The life of an Athlete
program manual describes the program as a comprehensive prevention program
developed by olympic trainer John Underwood. Life of an Athlete takes a
proactive approach to improving school climate by coordinating all aspects of
high school athletics including coaches, athletic directors, administrators,
parents, and communities.
The Lester Prairie Life of an
Athlete program has identified student leaders and developed an Athlete Code
for the school. We have developed support for student leaders to
effectively enforce the athlete code and maintain accountability among
student-athletes. We are currently working on engaging coaches and the
community to support student-athletes in making good life choices, working with
athletic community as a whole to support positive lifestyle choices, proper fan
behavior and the roles of coaches.
The goals of the Lester Prairie
Life of an Athlete program are to gain an understanding among student-athletes
of the consequences of their lifestyle choices both good and bad, provide
training on character development, wellness, enforcing the athlete code, and
engaging youth leaders in communicating with the community.
For more information on Life of
an Athlete visit: http://www.lifeofanathlete.us/
Blaine Walstrom
Activities
Director
REACH
Coordinator
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