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Fall Edition 04 lighting the way by sharing ideas ICA Spring 2018 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY’S COLUMN Hello Everyone! As a coach do you realize the importance of your profession? Two of my favorite quotes are, one by John Wooden, “A good coach can change a game, a great coach can change a life” and another by Billy Graham, “A coach will impact more young people in a year than an average person does in a lifetime.” So as a coach, you must realize that with being a coach comes great responsibility. If you want to be a suc - cessful coach you have to ask yourself several questions. Drew Potthoff • Am I building athletes up with the way I coach or am I tearing them down? Executive Secretary • Is my main focus of coaching on winning games or developing young athletes? Illinois Coaches • Am I more concerned with my program, the strength program, my summer program than with the academic Association success and the development of the whole athlete in my program? • Will my influence on my athletes transcend beyond the win-loss record? As coaches, we must always be self-assessing the way we coach and our priorities. The coaching profession demands that we be life- long learners, not only with the aspects of our sport but with how we are building our athletes in all aspects of their lives. Below in an excerpt from one of the Coaches Corner articles in this issue: In his book, InSideOut Coaching , Coach Joe Ehrmann describes two types of coaches: transactional and transformative. Transactional coaches, he writes, “use players as tools to meet their personal needs for validation, status and identity.” In contrast, transformational coaches use “their coaching platform to impart life-changing messages.” They are “Other-cen - tered. They use their power and platform to nurture and transform players.” The question is: what kind of coach are you? As coaches we have been entrusted with our nation’s most precious commodity: our children. I take the responsibility of the Illinois Coaches Association to help develop the coaches in Illinois in all ways possible very seriously. I hope you find the information and articles in this issue of the TORCH, and all of the issues to follow, useful in helping you be a successful coach. The Illinois Coaches Association Congratulates Collinsville Basketball Coach Darin Lee as he recorded his 600th win on January 17, 2018 at the Jerseyville Panther Mid-Winter Classic. NEW FOR THE ILLINOIS COACHES ASSOCIATION We are excited to announce that the ICA website has a new look and many new features that will Benefit our membership. Please go to d www.icacoach.org d Did you know that the Illinois Coaches Association now has a Twitter account? d Follow the ICA, coaches and high schools around the state: @ICA_Illinois d “Coaches Corner” in every Torch that will include articles written by our coaches for our coaches. If you have an article, idea, new drill or special play you would like to share, please send it to me. Email your articles directly to me at [email protected] I have taken the liberty of the first “Coaches Corner” to submit my own article. This article is d for all of the coaches who have had, or will have the pleasure of coaching their own d son or daughter. Coaching your own children can be a challenge, but the rewards can be limitless. The submission is something I wrote for my son when I was coaching him in youth football. Check it out in “Coaches Corner”; I hope you enjoy it. We can’t stress the importance of our corporate partners in the operation of the ICA. Check their website and ad in this edition. Remember - Give them your support!!! They are the lifeline of our programs!!! WHEN PURCHASING, USE THEIR PRODUCTS PLEASE!! Coaches should all be aware an ICA membership includes the $1,000,000 Liability as a benefit. Inform your fellow coaches of this ben - efit and encourage them to obtain a membership. Urge your Athletic Director to take advantage of the school membership and at least purchase for the Head Coaches. At the ICA, we feel this is a benefit which all coaches can take advantage of by becoming an ICA Member. (Check the information in this publication) RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP! TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BENEFITS AVAILABLE. The ICA is constantly working to improve sports activities for young people as well as benefits for coaches. Get Involved! Be a member! Help make a difference! 1 2 Lighting the way by sharing ideas INDEX DATES TO REMEMBER 1 Executive Secretary’s Continued Illinois Coaches Association 2 Adrenaline Fundraising Advertisement 3 Dates to Remember Serving All Coaches in All Sports 3 Sports Chairmen P.O. Box 240 Alexis, Il 61412 4 Coaches Corner 5 Gatorade Phone 309-482-5561 6 Membership Website—www.icacoach.org [email protected] 7 HS Strength & Conditioning ICA All State Softball Teams March 8, 9 & 15,16, 2018 ICA conducts 3 Pt. contest -Boys State BB 8 Sport Decal 9 Gatordae Tourney 10 Riddell Advertisement April 5,6,7 IHSFCA Spring Football Clinic-Hilton 11 Hilton Garden Inn/Homewood Suites Garden Inn, Champaign 12 MaxPreps April, 2017 ICA Spring Board Meeting 13 BIG Athletics May 18-19, 2018 38th ICA Golf Clinic @ Fox Den in 14 ICA Baseball Bloomington 15 NHSACA Awards Program/Softball Nominees June 16, 2018 ICA/Shrine All Star Football Game @ 16 Wilson, Porter, Gatorade Illinois Wesleyan University 17,18 Loomis & Lapann, Inc June 23-27, 2018 NHSACA Awards Program Sioux Falls, 19 National Coach of the YEar Finalists South Dakota 20,21 ICA Golf Clinic June 23, 2018 ICA/MCStrong All Star Baseball Game- 22,23 ICA Shrine Football All Start 24 Jason Foundation Corn Crib 25 ProTech 26-28 CoachesPeace Achieving Peak Performance 29-33 Football Clinic The Illinois Coaches Association is endorsing Educational Resources as a source for Graduate Level Classes. This program has been quite successful in adjoining CURRENT SPORTS CHAIRMEN states and offers valuable opportunities for any educator. To Gain Complete Information and review testimonials visit the website of the CHAIRMAN SPORT SCHOOL EMAIL course sponsor—www.educresources.info Carlin Nalley CAPS Lisle H S [email protected] Dave Rodgers Baseball East Peoria HS [email protected] Steve Allen Boys Basketball Springfield Lutheran HS [email protected] Chris Neville Golf Pekin HS [email protected] Football Officials Needed-Illinois High Schools Mike Manahan Wrestling Olympia HS [email protected] Henry Johnson Athletic Director (Retired) [email protected] Coaches and Athletic Directors are encountering much difficulty in securing offi - Skip Tarran At-Large (Retired) [email protected] cials for Football Games. Many games are being moved to alternate dates, thus Zach Keene Girls Basketball Macomb HS Sara Kinney Membership [email protected] disrupting the organization of high school teams. Their is definitely a need for Ken Jakalski Boys Track Lisle HS [email protected] interested parties to become involved as a high school football official. This a Ken Jakalski Cross Country Lisle HS [email protected] great way to stay involved in high school sports and work with young people. Lucy Gilbert Softball Deer-Creek Mackinaw [email protected] Encourage young people interested in football to pursue this avocation, or at least Dave Jacobs Football Hoopston HS [email protected] Ed McNally Soccer Mother McAuley HS [email protected] visit with some veteran official about the benefits of this involvement. Who knows Jim Caliendo Swimming (Retired) where it could lead them!! Contact the IHSA 309-663-6377 Open Positions Tennis, Volleyball, Lacrosse Anyone interested should contact: HELP NEEDED AT GIRLS STATE TRACK MEETS—Due to many conflicts and the overlapping with Boys Sectional Meets, The IHSA Girls State Track Meet has Drew Pothoff / ICA /1510 Seneca Court / Woodstock, IL 60098 a need for event officials. Interested parties contact Kraig Garber at Phone or Fax: 815-405-3821 • [email protected] 309-663-6377 or 2715 McGraw Drive, Bloomington, IL 61702-2715 THERE WILL BE OBSTACLES. THERE WILL BE DOUBTERS. *Remember, we work daily with parents’ most THERE WILL BE MISTAKES. prized possessions, their children. *************************************************** BUT WITH HARD WORK, The ICA is constantly working to improve sports activities for young people as well as benefits for coaches. Get Involved! Be a member! THERE ARE NO LIMITS. Help make a difference! 3 !"# $ !" % $ $ $ % "##$$$ %#$&'()* + !&# ,! !!$ - " ' ( * & & ) * ./$ $ $ ! ! & ' $ 0 ! $ & $ 1 !!& $ %! & 23 % - $ % + , - % ! & + $ . $ $ - $ $ $ / 0 1 $ $ 2 3 4 $ 4 Lighting the way by sharing ideas 5 Lighting the way by sharing ideas ATTENTION - CAOATCHTES, EATHNLETTIC DIIROECTNORS: & PRINCIPALS The ICA appreciates those of you have joined in the past. The school membership program makes it possi - ble for more coaches to become members of their professional organization at a small cost per coach. Membership in the ILLINOIS COACHES ASSOCIATION also gives you membership in the National High School Athletic Coaches Association. We are the only coaching organization that can offer this bonus. ALL ACTIVE MEMBERSHIPS INCLUDE: MEMBERSHIP IN NHSACA, WHICH INCLUDES: • The ICA Newsletter ‘The Torch’ • Clinic Participation
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