Athletics: Impactful coaching
Athletics cohort schedule for Best Practices for the Christian School ™
elevate your athletics
This cohort empowers coaches to use sports as a platform for life-changing mentorship and discipleship. Sessions will cover techniques to foster positive team culture, develop leadership in student-athletes, and uphold values that reflect Christ’s character in competition. You’ll leave equipped to mentor athletes with excellence and purpose. Sign up today to make a lasting impact on and off the field!
Please Note: Sessions for BPI 2025 are still being finalized. The sessions listed below are examples and may be subject to change, but they provide a preview of the types of learning experiences you can expect.
example sessions
Session #1:
Aligning to Mission & the Cultural Impact of Athletics on the School
A school’s athletic program has a large positive (or negative) impact on the school’s culture. This opening session will walk you through a process of thinking about and aligning your school’s mission, vision, and values with the athletic program’s mission, principles, and essential practices (i.e. coaching practices). You will have an opportunity to apply these learning to your own program as you continue in the sessions.
Presenter
Tony Woodall
Session #2 :
Coaches as disciples: The Living Curriculum Coach
Do you ask your coaches to disciple your athletes? This session will explore the tools and methods that coaches can use to disciple athletes. We will also outline the meaning of a Living Curriculum coach and its importance in your program.
Presenter
Tony Woodall
Session #3:
Transformational Principles/essential practices
In this session, we will move from the overall mission of the athletic program into building transformational principles and then essential practices for coaches to incorporate into their sports. You will have the opportunity to apply the lessons learned to your own programs and leave with your own transformational principles and essential practices.
Presenter
Tony Woodall & Dr. Gene Frost
Session #4:
Hiring & Evaluating cultural Coaches: Tools & Culture
Hiring Living Curriculum coaches is essential to your program’s culture and effectiveness. However, it is more important to hold coaches accountable for your principles and essential practices. In this session, we will explore hiring practices, the coach evaluation process, criteria, and tools.
Presenter
Tony Woodall & Dr. Gene Frost
Session #5:
The Job of an Athletic Director
There are many aspects to the job of an Athletic Director from hiring and developing coaches, to development and maintaining the facilities. During this session, we will discuss these different aspects and explore how athletic programs can be best organized and managed.
Presenter
Dr. Phil Strzalka
Session #6:
Hot Topics q&A
We will use this session to open the discussion to hot topics and questions and answers among the cohort. Bring your issues and be ready to workshop solutions.
Presenter
Tony Woodall & Steve Bult
Faculty
mike walker
Director of Athletics | second Baptist Christian school, Houston, tx
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john young
athletic director | Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy, Stow, OH
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