STEP ONE: SAFETY, WELL-BEING & POSITIVE SPORTS
The BMS Project’s mission is to assist sports Advocates (Parents, Coaches, Mentors, Officials & School Counselors) to create positive, safe competitive environments and experiences. We also promote mental health awareness and contribute to suicide prevention. While our emphasis is on mental health and suicide prevention, we also emphasize how to locate and vet therapists/counselors. Additionally, in this section of our website we provide suggestions and resources to assist in creating positive and safe sports experiences.
There is no one right way to assist those in need, as they navigate the challenges and stresses of life and competition, but the guiding principle of encouraging younger and older athletes to share how they really feel and to temper competitive motives with the priority of guarding the overall safety and well-being of individual athletes provides the cornerstone of all of our collective efforts. We highly endorse healthy, positive competition with the caveat that each individual knows how they really feel – be sure to ask them how they feel.
The BMS Project’s primary mission is to assist youth sports Advocates (Parents, Coaches, Mentors, Officials & School Counselors) to create positive, safe competitive environments and experiences. In support of our primary mission we also promote mental health awareness and contribute to suicide prevention.
There is no one right way to assist young people, as they navigate the challenges and stresses of life and competition, but the guiding principle of encouraging young people to share how they really feel and to temper competitive motives with the priority of guarding the overall well-being of the individual youngster provides the cornerstone of all of our collective efforts. We highly endorse healthy, positive competition with the caveat that only our children know how they really feel – be sure to ask them how they feel.
STEP ONE: ADVOCATES OVERVIEW
The BMS Project’s mission is to promote mental health awareness and contribute to suicide prevention; as well as to work with youth sports advocates to create positive competitive environments.
We highly endorse healthy, positive competition with the caveat that only our children know how they really feel – be sure to ask them how they feel.
The BMS Project’s primary mission is to promote mental health awareness and contribute to suicide prevention. Our secondary mission is to work with Advocates (Parents, Coaches, Mentors, Officials & School Counselors) to create positive competitive environments and experiences.
There is no one right way to assist young people, as they navigate the challenges and stresses of life and competition, but the guiding principle of encouraging young people to share how they really feel and to temper competitive motives with the priority of guarding the overall well-being of the individual youngster provides the cornerstone of all of our collective efforts. We highly endorse healthy, positive competition with the caveat that only our children know how they really feel – be sure to ask them how they feel.
STEP TWO: SAFETY & WELL-BEING RESOURCES
TOP 3 ADVOCATE TIPS
Click on link below for the Community Outreach Program signup
View our Advocate Tools for these categories
TOP THREE TIPS
FOR POSITIVE PRACTICES & COMPETITIVE EXPERIENCES
(Hover over circles)
TOP THREE TIPS FOR ENGAGING PRACTICES &
THE CREATION OF POSITIVE COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENTS
Use links at the bottom of this page to reach “How We Do It Together” Programs as well as a downloadable theBMSProject.org 2-Sided “Introduction” page
Click on links below to view and access other available resources
ADVOCATE TIPS
Our Advocate Tips include short insights suggestions to assist & advise you, as we collectively strive to create positive environments and experiences for young athletes, competitors and their families.
PLEDGE SHEETS
Custom documents for your use as Advocates and their Young Athletes: Anti-Bullying, No Texting; Driving, Parental Social Media Usage Pledge, Player Social Media Usage Pledge; Player Substance Abuse Avoidance Pledge
PHYSICAL HEALTH
Conditioning and nutritional tips, as well as suggested supplies to stock a first aid kit for games & practices. Suggestions for addressing common athletic injuries.
PRACTICE MUSIC
Short excerpts from upbeat, steady tempo songs in different genres and eras. Genres: Rock, Pop, Country & Ethnic (Hip Hop & Rap). Eras: Golden Oldies (grandparents’ era) Standards (parents era) and Contemporary.
VIDEOS
Our Advocate Tools’ library includes videos of topics associated with pursuing and fulfilling theBMSProject.org’s mission.
ATHLETE & ADVOCATE TIPS
PHYSICAL HEALTH TOPIC ARTICLES
PLEDGE SHEETS
PHYSICAL HEALTH
PRACTICE MUSIC
Our Athlete & Advocate Tips include short insight suggestions to assist & advise you, as we collectively strive to create positive, safe environments and experiences for young athletes, competitors and their families.
Positive Advocacy & Safety Topic Articles. In this section, we provide introductory articles regarding such matters as concussions, common injuries, violence warning signs, substance abuse/addictions and other athlete safety related topics.
Custom pledge sheet documents for your use with athletes and their families topics include: Season Team Behavior, Anti-Bullying, No Texting; Driving, Parental Social Media Usage, Player Social Media Usage; Player Substance Abuse Avoidance pledges.
Conditioning and nutritional tips, as well as suggested supplies to stock a first aid kit for games & practices. Along with suggestions for addressing common athletic injuries.
Includes music songs complementary with theBMSProject.org’s mission. Our music catalog provides short excerpts from upbeat tempo songs–to be downloaded and utilized in conjunction with repetitive skill drills.
STEP THREE: NEXT STEP RESOURCES
Check out our suggested resources to help support your next step research efforts.
