SPD - Sport Properly Directed

SPD - Sport Properly Directed Sport Properly Directed- SPD They will abide by the same rules

2. It is not merely a physical development then.

• Research shows that society has had an increasing amount of violent, unsportsmanlike activity from its athletes ranging from pros down to children.

• Research and studies by theologians, philosophers, professors, and coaches led to the creation of SPD*, an on-campus movement at Belmont Abbey College.

• By teaching coaches and athletes the following single specific definition of sport, we

are able to reinforce practices that foster respect for others in the classroom, on the playing field, and in the community. Definition of Sport:

• Sport = Competition

• When 2 opponents/people engage in competition, they agree to
unspoken contract that...

1. They will provide the best challenge possible for their
opponent

• By nature of this definition, Respect is inherent to the essence of sport. (When practiced by this definition, sport is properly directed)

• When practiced repeatedly through reinforcements integrated into training, games, performance, and the "work place" respect can be formed as a virtue. A virtue that is fundamental to human life.



*"Sport, properly directed, develops character, makes a man courageous, a generous loser, and a gracious victor; it refines the senses, gives intellectual penetration, and steels the will to endurance. Sport, rightly understood, is an occupation of the whole man, and while perfecting the body as an instrument of the mind, it also makes the mind itself a more refined instrument for the search and communication of truth and helps man to achieve that end to which all others must be subservient, the service and praise of his Creator." Pope Pius XII Sport at the Service of the Spirit
July 29, 1945

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04/17/2012

Last meeting has been moved to Thursday, April 26th @ 8:00pm to not conflict athletic banquet.

CONGRATS to Belmont Abbey's Women's Basketball for their Conference Carolinas Sportsmanship Award!!! Check it out! ...
03/24/2012

CONGRATS to Belmont Abbey's Women's Basketball for their Conference Carolinas Sportsmanship Award!!! Check it out! http://abbeyathletics.com/article.asp?articleID=2705

Belmont Abbey College's official athletic site. The most complete online source of information about BAC and Abbey athletics.

03/16/2012

So this is how it all starts...? How cool would it be to tell these children that this is the time for them to tell the other players "how well they did" or share with the other players anything they thought was really good that they did in the game?

That right there could completely change the exchange between athletes at the end of a game!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPpU0GD9GY8&feature=related

03/13/2012

MEETING TONIGHT!!! 7:00pm-8:00pm for first timers in Grace

those who have previously been to a meeting, feel free to arrive at 7:15

03/06/2012

Check out the New Virtual Tour of BAC Campus, including Athletics building and fields!!!!

02/29/2012

NEXT SPD MEETING: Tuesday, March 13th at 7:00pm in Grace Auditorium (top of St. Leos)

02/09/2012

SPD Meeting Thursday night at 7:00 in Grace Auditorium!!! BE THERE!!!

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