Summary of March 2008 LOOF Conference

Conference photo gallery

On March 25th & 26th,More than 130 athletes and sponsors from 20 Kansas high schools focused on advancing their leadership skills at Leadership on & off the field: leadership development for the student athlete, last week in Wichita.

Jackie Stiles, pride of the Claflin Wildcats and former Missouri State basketball player, Rob Miller, former NAIA Director of Champions of Character Initiatives, and Dr. Don Douglas, Associate Professor Emeritus of history at Wichita State University provided the students with motivational speeches and life lessons both on & off the field.

Hands-on sessions were held throughout the two-day conference centering on five themes; leadership concepts, competition and sportsmanship, team dynamics, character development and active citizenship. Each session provided interaction between students and facilitators followed by discussion and immediate application.

he current, Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 exhibit on display at the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame provided a teaching tool for facilitators. The exhibit presented the attempts of Adolf Hitler to promote racism and discrimination, propaganda, fair play, and decision making through the 1936 Olympics. Curriculum developed for the conference used the exhibit as a tool to shed light on the issues as they relate to current problems within the sport arena and in life.