STEP ONE: PHYSICAL,
SAFETY & WELL-BEING
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, — as provided under the “MIND” dropdown — in this “BODY” section we address physical and Safety & Well-Being topics and resources.
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.
In Step Two below you will find links to Tip Sheets, Self-Help Topic Articles, First Aid suggestions, as well as appropriate, lyric reviewed and approved up-tempo music to use during repetitive skill drills. The topic articles deal with a range of physical related topics including, but not limited to common injuries and the importance of recovery time, downtime and pre-competition conditioning.
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
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TOP THREE TIPS
FOR POSITIVE PRACTICES & COMPETITIVE EXPERIENCES
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TOP THREE TIPS FOR ENGAGING
PRACTICES & THE CREATION OF POSITIVE
COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENTS
Be Different & Creative
“The same old way is boring… Shake it up! It will make practices & drills interesting, more fun & engaging.”
Introduce Fun Competition
“Count, measure & time – turn drills into competitive games. Athletes of all ages love to compete. Make it fun and high spirited. Music can add tempo & intensity to repetitive drills too.”
TEAM BONDING!
“Body, Mind & SPIRIT! The best teams play for each other. It starts with treating players as people, then carries over to team camaraderie & culture. Don’t forget the parents & coaches – “team” means “TEAM!”
Be Different & Creative
“The same old way is boring… Shake it up! It will make practices & drills interesting, more fun & engaging.”
Introduce Fun Competition
“Count, measure & time – turn drills into competitive games. Athletes of all ages love to compete. Make it fun and high spirited. Music can add tempo & intensity to repetitive drills too.”
TEAM BONDING!
“Body, Mind & SPIRIT! The best teams play for each other. It starts with treating players as people, then carries over to team camaraderie & culture. Don’t forget the parents & coaches – “team” means “TEAM!”
Click on links below to view and access other available resources
SPORTS DIRECTORIES
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.
PHYSICAL HEALTH
Kansas City Royals Head Team Physician, Dr. Vincent Key provides articles and tips regarding such matters as common injuries, athlete safety and well-being related topics and tips.
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
FIRST AID RESOURCES
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.
TOPIC ARTICLES
PLEDGE SHEETS
FIRST AID RESOURCES
PRACTICE MUSIC
In this section, we provide resources involving physical well-being and safety. The provided resources are formatted in the form of introductory, orientation topic articles. Dr. Key’s Tips of the Day provide invaluable physical and well-being suggested best practices.
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.
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’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.
