Mission Statement

High School sports should be about teamwork. Many sports allows students to compete and be able to get the skill that they need. Many schools focus on sports to be competitive, winning teams, and to promote the value of school spirit and fair play. Many schools has their own goals for sports to give their students the tools and skills to achieve the mission. High school sports has a lot of things involved including teamwork, ability to win the games, build the students character and allowing them to be socially involved with other players on the team. Many schools wants their students, athletes, coaches, and spectators to behave in a sportsmanlike manner at all contests. High school sports is not about winning because the students that play a sport wants to have fun and interact with other players on the team to improve their social skills.

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Biggest NHL Story of 2015

Pittsburgh Penguins fire head coach Mike Johnston. Mike Johnston was hired in the summer of 2014. Johnston was fired a couple of weeks ago off to a sluggish start. Johnston's record went 58-37-18 during his brief stint with Pittsburgh. Mike Sullivan was named the head coach after Mike Johnston was fired. Sullivan was head coach of the Boston Bruins in 2003-2006. Pittsburgh Penguins record is 15-10-3 and in fifth place in the Metropolitan division. The Penguins are 28th ranked in scoring in the NHL. The Penguins hope that Sullivan will help the team the spark that they need. General manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins said, "I wanted somebody new to come in that the players aren't going to totally know, Jim Rutherford said. "I think that he can come in and mold what we're doing going forward." In 2014 Pittsburgh's record was 16-4 one of the best records in the NHL last year. The Penguins has been dealing with injures that is effecting their power play and is not allowing them to set up pretty goals rather than producing shots or traffic around the net. Pittsburgh acquired Phil Kessel to give Malkin a potent running mate and bringing in veteran forward Eric Fehr moves that will take the burden off the top line. Sidney Crosby only has 22 points this season and is off to the worst start of his decade long career. Pittsburgh is 26th with the man advantage this season. Malkin is leading the Penguins with 13 goals and 13 assists. Top goaltender Marc-Andre Fluery is on injured reserved with a concussion.

I picked this because I was surprised that the Penguins fired their head coach. The Penguins fired two head coaches in back to back seasons. Also, I wanted to do the blog on Mike Johnston getting fired because I don't like the Penguins. This was one of the biggest stories in the NHL.

How Athletes impact academics

High School athletes impact academics in a number of ways. Athletes face problems because many coaches want the students to play only one sport, even if other students have an interest in other sports. In addition, coaches at the high school level are discriminating against athletes that do not demonstrate an athletic level that is suitable for them. Coaches, athlete directors, and parents have moral obligation when it comes to protecting the high school athletes and promoting better academics and education for the students. In many cases, high school athletes are being pressured to meet the academic requirements by cheating to get the requirements they need. In most schools, there are rules regarding students grades to allow the students to play the sport. Students that want to play a sport will have to get certain grade to be able to play. Most schools have that rule for the students that want to play a sport. Coaches push students to get good grades in ways that are not right just so the coaches can help the students get a scholarship. A high school sport may require year-round training which can get the students feeling overwhelmed and unable to complete the duties that they have to do including school work. This often takes the fun out of the sport and replacing it with unnecessary pressures. 

High School athletes have effects on academics. High school athletes always has one common issue such as steroids when the athletes are highly pressured. High school athletes are pushed hard to do better and athletes feel like using steroids is the only way to get better. These effects are a slippery slope for many athletes in high school. There has been changes too that has taken place for high school athletes. One change is to allow schools to drug test students. This change is designed to punish the athletes who are using the drugs. Students that test positive are not allowed to play the sport and the student is kicked off the team or in some cases only has the student be removed from the team for a certain amount of time. 

Does High School sports impact high school culture?

High school sports has positive and negative impact on young athletes. High school sports are popular and each sport gets a lot of students to play for their high school team. Some positive things that impact high school culture is students can improve their skills and get better with each practice. High school culture can impact high school sports because there academics would increase. Another positive thing for young athletes is that with the sport they are playing they eat healthy and have the ability to perform at their best on the day of the game. The athletes can influence physical health and warding off negative signs of obesity. Both boys and girls can will be able to reach high academic goals. Teenagers that participate in high school sports are happier, have increased self-esteem, and are less anxious, with a decreased risk of suicidal behavior. The coaches improved player satisfaction, motivation, self-esteem, compliance, and attraction rates through positive reinforcement and teaching. The coaches do effective training an enhanced sporting experience was reported by most athletes.

Negative impact on high school culture is athletes that get injured. Athletes in high school can suffer from rapid expansion of the bones while growing and slowly elongating muscles, tension develops across the growth plates, and the joints. During adolescent years, some athletes may experience a decrease in flexibility, coordination, and balance. It does not only increase injuries, but also impacts sports performance, placing more stress, anxiety and social pressure on the athlete. A hasty return to a sport with incomplete rehabilitation can result in chronic pain, dysfunction, increased time away from the sport and repeated injury to the same or different body parts. Children's bones are weaker than their ligaments or tendons, therefore they are at an increased risk for fractures throughout the bone and growth plate. At a basic level for physical activity and fun can be a financial hardship for some families. Basic costs include uniforms, equipment, league fees, travel expenses and footwear.