We have recently begun our unit on goals and goal setting. This unit involves the Goals video program from Zig Ziglar, the audio tapes of Bob Mowad and Anthony Robbins, and various goal related handouts I have collected from our materials list.

Recently I picked up Rick Pitino's book, Success Is a Choice. I found it to be outstanding and wanted to work it into our curriculum. At the end of the book there is a summary of the ten success steps that are detailed in the chapters of the book. I formatted a four page handout of this summary adapting it somewhat to fit the high school age of the students and passed it out after viewing the movie Rocky. Of course, everyone loved watching the movie; it is such a compelling story. We went through each of the ten steps of Pitino's book and conducted a class discussion on how did the movie demonstrate each of the steps having the students identify certain scenes in the movie that demonstrate the ten steps. In the course of the discussion we referred to some of the other movies in the series. For example, one of the steps talks about "turning up the pressure." Those of you who remember the movie know that Rocky moved his training to Russia and got back to FUNdaMENTALS.

The discussion went well and I recommend this class activity to all of you who are thinking of using Championship Training with your athletes.

RUN OFFENSE LINKS     PASS OFFENSE LINKS       DEFENSE LINKS

MOTIVATION LINKS          HOME PAGE 						 ORDER

_________
Copyright 1997-1998
by Roger A. Freeborn
All Rights Reserved