Leadership Council

Especially for Athletes (E4A) is a movement led my athletes to improve culture in teams, school and communities across the country. We want to use sports as a platform for good and improve our lives and others in the process by doing the work with our eyes up.

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Eyes Up (Talking Points):

In your meeting, discuss the talking points below

1. What are the positive and negative effects of the SPORTLIGHT?
2. Why do you think the program is called Especially for Athletes?
3. What are some things your council can do together to make a difference?

Do the Work (Action Items):

1. Each council member make a goal to live one of the E4A principles better this month and share it with the council today.
2. Ask 3 other people not on the council to join you in doing the same. Report back to the council at the next meeting about how trying to live the principle influenced you.
3. Follow the Especially for Athletes social media accounts and encourage other teammates and classmates to do the same. Use the hashtag #EyesUpDotheWork on your E4A posts.
4. Other goals decided upon by the council…

Win the hour means to be present, in the moment, focused on what you are doing right now and make the most of it. Don’t worry about what last hour was , or about what is coming up, make the most of the current moment and do so with your eyes up in optimism.

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Eyes Up (Talking Points):

In your meeting, discuss the talking points below

1. What does it mean to really win the hour versus just participate in it?
2. What are the ways we lose hours in the day unknowingly?
3. Why do you think this is the 1st principle of E4A?

Do the Work (Action Items):

1. What can you do as a council to better live the Win the Hour principle?
2. How can you help others on your team and your friends do so?
3. Track your day and see if you can go 16 and 0. Can you win every hour of the day you are awake (about 16)? If you lose an hour recognize why you lost and do better the next day.
4. Other goals decided upon by the council…

Being an athlete means you have the opportunities to compete with your teammates and to represent your school and community. What an awesome honor that is. As a member of Especially for Athletes you promise to me more than just a participant in the classroom, hallways. weight room, or in the track, field or court. You promise to be a competitor, but to compete with respect for the game, refs, fans, teammates and your opponents. Compete the right way...without contempt for others. 

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Eyes Up (Talking Points):

In your meeting, discuss the talking points below

1. What does it mean to be a competitor  versus being a participant only?
2. What are the ways we let competition drive us to contempt and what are the dangers of doing so?
3. How is Compete Without Contempt different from just being a good sport?

Do the Work (Action Items):

1. What can you do as a council to better live the Compete Without Contempt principle?
2. How can you help others on your team and your friends do so?
3. In what ways is learning how to compete the right way and not embarrassing your self helpful in your life once your playing days are over?
4. Other goals set as decided upon by the council…

The definition of Resiliency is: The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. The ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape.

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Eyes Up (Talking Points):

In your meeting, discuss the talking points below

1. What challenges have you faced recently that have required you to be resilient?
2. What are some upcoming challenges students and athletes might face and how can you be resilient in those moments?

Do the Work (Action Items):

1. What can you do as a council to better show an example of Resiliency on your teams and in the school?
2. How does pointing fingers and making excuses make us less resilient?
3. In what ways is learning to be more resilient going to be helpful in your life once your playing days are over?
4. Other goals for this month as decided upon by the council…

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Eyes Up (Talking Points):

In your meeting, discuss the talking points below

1. Why is the word "Seek" used in the principle. ?

Do the Work (Action Items):

1. What goal can be set as individuals and as a group to be better at "Seeking" and better at helping others?
2. What can we all do today to live this E4A principle better?

On behalf of the Especially for Athletes program we want to thank you and congratulate you on a great 2018-2019 school year. Thank you for striving to live with your Eyes Up and for Doing the Work. Please plan to join us May 4th at Springville High School at Noon for an afternoon of food, prizes, games, inspirational speakers and athletes from around Utah and Idaho.

Please invite other members of E4A from your school and organize the best way to car pool together and represent your council and school. Here is a short video on what the Leadership Summit looks like.

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Eyes Up (Talking Points):

In your meeting, discuss the talking points below

1. Who can attend from our council?
2. How can we each get the word out regarding the event?
3. Who can drive?

Do the Work (Action Items):

There is no charge to attend, but E4A needs an idea of how many to expect for prizes and lunch. RSVP/Register by going here: https://especiallyforathletes.org/event/2019-especially-for-athletes-leadership-summit/