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Play Like a Champion Today
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St. Ignatius is proudly teaming up with the University of Notre Dame and their Play Like a Champion Today initiative to help our Athletics Program!The Play Like A Champion Today™(PLC) Educational Series has been crafted by leaders in education, psychology, coaching, and ministry to elevate the youth sports culture through child-centered educational practices. PLC teaches coaches, parents, and youth sports administrators through research-based, child-centered academic courses that foster moral, social, and spiritual development.
All PLC programs share these essential characteristics:- PLC is research-based. Every aspect of the program uses the best “child-centered” practices supported by years of research into character and spiritual development through education.
- PLC is delivered primarily through personal, interactive workshops and consultation with PLC staff members.
- PLC offers the support, tradition, and resources of academic and athletic excellence that mark the University of Notre Dame.
- PLC is centered around justice, tolerance, cooperation, respect, and solidarity.
- PLC establishes ownership on the part of the school, parish, or league and its crucial personnel through an integrative approach that involves the full range of stakeholders – coaches, parents, administrators, and, ultimately, the athletes.
- Through the Play Like A Champion Today™ Educational Series, program partners are in the vanguard of a movement to transform youth sports culture and better fulfill their educational mission by fostering youth development through sports.