Athletic
director Sr. Lynn Winsor opened the proceedings with a prayer and overview of
her successful and well-respected stable of teams.
Winsor and
her staff, including associate AD Tui Selvaratnam, Susan Contreras and Ronna
Layne, went over a number of subjects in the school’s Coaches Handbook. Some
coaches stepped to the podium to update colleagues on details of their sport.
Some
subjects that drew attention were the sports philosophies of the Diocese of
Phoenix, online education for coaches, such as fundamentals of coaching and
concussions, the concussion-related Brainbook
video, the importance of physicals, and working with parents.
Coaches
listened to a report by beach volleyball athlete Abby Converse, who recently
was named as XCP’s representative on the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s
Student Leadership Committee.
Sports Web
site guru Chris Pfaff spoke in regard to the team pages on the school’s
athletic Web site and outlined efforts to refine/improve the pages. He also
urged the coaches to do as much as possible to help promote athletes and the
school. And he said he would like to add a feature page dedicated to Alumni on
what graduated former athletes are doing.
Dean of
Students Denise Macrina discussed possible discipline issues and uniform
regulations. Club sports and the
non-athletic competitive sports were recognized, and use of the school’s
facilities was reviewed.
Xavier’s
outstanding athletic trainer, Laurie White, played a video on bloodborne pathogens
and outlined her duties and those of her staff members. She also led a
post-lunch refresher course on CPR with assistance from husband Chris White,
the head athletic trainer at Brophy Prep, and Xavier assistants Hannah Gray and
Katie Kendall.
A representative
from the Positive Coaching Alliance had an in-depth presentation on various
issues the coaches must deal with, in terms of motivation of athletes, and ways
to guide them with a positive approach.
All of these
pieces of the puzzle will be put into motion soon as the 2018-19 school year
begins, so let’s continue to build on the school’s history of excellence!!
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