THE ROLE OF PARENTS IN ATHLETICS: A PRESENTATION BY PROACTIVE COACHING

Glenelg Country School (GCS) will host Nationally-known Proactive Coaching, LLC on October 14, 2015 at 7:00pm in the Mulitz Theater for a presentation on “The Role of Parents in Athletics.” This event is free and open to the public, please register at www.glenelg.org/dragondialogues.
 
Offered from the athlete’s perspective, this event addresses important parenting issues such as:

• appropriate support
• how to help your child reach goals
• how to handle differences in expectations
• how to “release” your child to the game and coach
• what are “red flags” to look for
• how to model appropriate behavior
• how to handle “after-the-game” conversations

 
For three decades, Rob Miller from Proactive Coaching, LLC asked college-age athletes about the ways their parents had made a positive or negative impact in their careers. After hundreds of interviews, a common phrase from parents emerged that made the athletes feel happy, confident, and fulfilled after matches: "I Love To Watch you Play."
 
Proactive Coaching’s mission is to build intentional, character-based leaders and cultures, develop fearless, team-first competitors and train coaches of significance. Miller has a Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education and Social Sciences from Spring Arbor College and a Master of Science in Sports Administration from Michigan State University. He has had extensive experience coaching collegiate, high school and youth basketball and soccer. Miller has been the Director of Athletic Facilities at Spring Arbor College, Commissioner for the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC), Executive Director of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), former Director of Champions of Character for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), and The Sun Conference Commissioner for the NAIA Conference.