Adelph University Presents "Fair Play" Coordinators Workshop
Garden City, NY
March 13, 2003
Adelphi University is pleased to present the first Orientation and Workshop for Fair Play Coordinators on Wednesday March 26 in the Ruth S. Harley University Center Ballroom. The event is the first to address issues emanating from Nassau County passing the "Fair Play" Law last October.
Scheduled presenters for the event include Warren D. Breining, MSW, Director of Athletes Helping Athletes, Don McPherson, Director of the Sports Leadership Institute at Adelphi University, Dr. Ron Feingold, BS, M.Ed., Ph.D., Chairman of the Adelphi University Physical Education Department, and Dr. Roger Rees, B.Ed., MA, Ph.D., professor of Physical Education and Human Performance Science at Adelphi.
Topics to discussed at the workshop include:
- A review of the "Fair Play" law, the purpose of which is to give youth coaches the tools and knowledge base with which to engage parents and young athletes on how to keep the sports experience in its proper perspective
- "Life lesson" scenarios with particular attention to coaches and sports parenting
- The establishment of a steering committee to develop "Fair Play" materials
- Identifying elements of training for coaches and parents
Adelphi University has been instrumental in providing the delivery vehicle to promote sportsmanship and teach life lessons to athletes, as stipulated in the Nassau County "Fair Play" Law passed last October:
"The Sports Leadership Institute and Athletes Helping Athletes at Adelphi are excited about our role as a resource to the Nassau County youth sports community in this endeavor," states Warren Breining, Director of Athletes Helping Athletes.
The event is certain to energize the newsworthy debate about the youth sports experience, with violence by parents and an escalating youth sports dropout rate appearing as much on the news pages as in sports at the moment. For more information please contact the Sports Leadership Institute at 516.877.4323 or Athletes Helping Athletes at 516.877.4248.
Athletes Helping Athletes is located at Adelphi University and has conducted student athlete-oriented programs on Long Island for over eighteen years. The Sports Leadership Institute provides innovative programs addressing such topics as sportsmanship, substance abuse prevention and violence prevention.
Adelphi University, chartered in 1896, was the first institution of higher education for liberal arts and sciences on Long Island. Through its schools and programs -- The College of Arts and Science, the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, the Honors College, University College/ABLE Program, and the Schools of Business, Education, Nursing, and Social Work -- the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls over 7,400 students from 37 states and 60 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professi
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