Behavior in Sports Summit: Understanding your Influence

In August, Campus Security Officer, Christina Spigarelli, attended the NFHS Sports Summit on “Behavior in Sports”. The Summit brought together coaches, administrators, media members, state association directors, and campus safety officers in an attempt to help find solutions, to change the atmosphere and culture at middle school and high school sporting events. A key topic covered was “Sporting Officials” addressing behavior issues that have caused thousands of individuals to leave the officiating vocation.

“The Roadmap to Healthy Behavior in Education-Based Sports” Topics covered:

• “Working with parents and other Fans to promote better behavior”
• “Be the Authority at Middle/High school Events”
• “Adjusting Media Coverage from High school Sports to College and Pro sports” 
• Considering all stakeholders in Social Media Sharing”- Exploring the positive and negative impacts of sharing sports-related content on social media.
• “Laying the foundation for Good behavior: Invest in your Middle schools and feeder patterns”- The importance of setting the behavior expectations for student-athletes, parents, and fans prior to high school.
• NFHS member state association directors shared new sportsmanship efforts and programs
• “Balancing sportsmanship and success”
• “Messaging your expectations- Event Security”
• “Not just for clicks”: seeing the good with the bad in all coverage of high school sports
• “Modeling Behavior from the Sideline”
• “Working with Officials”
• “Mental Health: Parent Triggers and Student Impact
• “The Golden Rule” Treat others as you would like to be treated. No matter what role you play it starts with you!