Personal Player Development Podcast Brandon Sweeney

In this episode we discuss
The importance of spiritual development
Should athletes use their sport platform to effect change?
How you should be careful of what you are hearing and watching in the media.
Why athletes should discover purpose beyond sports?
How coaches and personal player development specialist can work together to help athletes improve their lives.
Why there are athletes looking for substance when it comes to spiritual development.
The need for more people to help athletes develop spiritually.
More Than An Athlete of the week
3 Tips for those who want to work with athletes

Shawn Lazarus BIO
Shawn grew up in a town where football was worshipped. He feel in line with the Ohio and Michigan rivalry. He eventually would play for Michigan and become a stand out defensive player. He later signed with Detroit Lions.

Shawn suffered a knee injury with Detroit and it left him answering some questions.

Shawn believed that football would make him a successful man. I indulged in all that that lifestyle had to offer – parties, money, risks, attention, and inappropriate relationships. Those consequences were about to cost me everything and everyone I cared about. That’s when I began realizing that TRUE HAPPINESS and FULLFILLMENT only come through Jesus Christ.

Shawn has been a financial adviser, a juvenile officer, and a business owner since he retired from his playing career. He married his high school sweetheart Molly and since then they have had six children (Olivia, Abram, Ashlyn, Iris, Eden, Maizie) together and he is heavily involved in the Akron/Canton area community through his local church, TEAM JAM, as former Safety City Director each summer in Canal Fulton, and as chaplain of the Akron Rubber Ducks minor league baseball team. President of C3 Crew



Tips for working with athletes & recommended books
Where your gifts and talents meets the world needs is your purpose
Identify needs and significant efforts
Keep track of the people you meet
Bible: Matthew and John
Watch the movie Greater

Other Resources and websites
www.ippdworld.com
www.ppdlife.com
Twitter @Drmarkppd and @Brandonlsweeney
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In this episode we discuss
Colin Kaepernick protest
Should more athletes use their platform to address social injustices?
Should Pro athletes advocate for collegiate athletes?
The Sociology of Sport
The rise of crime in athletics
Is there a due process for collegiate athletes?
Why institutions aren’t helping athletes with personal development?
How to help high school athletes transition into college?
This week’s “More Than An Athlete”
3 Things you should know when working with athletes


Eddie’s Bio
Dr. Eddie Comeaux, is an associate professor of higher education at the University of California, Riverside. He maintains an active research agenda that examines the college student experience—with special attention on athletes and underrepresented students— and how those experiences influence their subsequent outcomes. Central to much of his work are issues of access and equity. Comeaux has authored two books and more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and other academic publications and reports. His research appears in Educational Researcher, Journal of Higher Education, Journal of College Student Development, Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, Sociology of Sport Journal, and several other well-regarded academic journals. His research has been supported by the Ford Foundation and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. As well, Comeaux has created and co-produced several narrative documentaries, delivered keynote addresses, and presented more than 100 research papers, workshops, and symposia at higher education institutions and national research conferences. Comeaux’s work has been featured or quoted in the Huffington Post, Forbes, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Sports Illustrated, Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, and many other outlets.

Comeaux teaches courses on college student development theories, intercollegiate athletics, foundations of research, and diversity issues in higher education. He is the co-founder and former Chair of the Special Interest Group, Research Focus on Education and Sport for the American Educational Research Association. In addition, Comeaux serves on several editorial boards. Prior to earning his Ph.D. at UCLA, he was drafted out of the University of California, Berkeley in the amateur free draft by the Texas Rangers baseball organization– and spent four year playing professionally.

Other Resources and websites
www.ippdworld.com
www.ppdlife.com
Twitter @Drmarkppd and @Brandonlsweeney
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In this episode we discuss

1. How to help this “ME Generation get over themselves
2. Why creating an online course for student athletes is beneficial
3. What ‘ student athletes struggle with.
4. Why Marshawn Lynch is More Than An Athlete
5. How coaches can help athletes improve their leadership ability
6. Should coaches hire someone to help their athletes with personal player development or should they do it themselves?
7. 3 things you should know when working with athletes

Bio
Scott Cvetkovski is the Founder of Positive Sports Leadership and has been involved in athletics and leadership his entire life.

As a product of his parents, both educators and entrepreneurs, Scott’s heart is with the training and development of others to benefit individuals and their organizations.

From a young age, Scott became a soccer fanatic and rose quickly through the ranks playing two to three years above his age level throughout his entire soccer career. He has been a captain on every team he played for and found his love for helping people at a young age. As he progressed through high school, Scott found himself in an even stronger role as a leader, becoming someone his teammates could personally confide in and utilize in times of hardship.

Scott was scouted out of high school and onto a collegiate soccer team where his real love leadership began. He was awarded a captainship as a sophomore and the next three years helped Scott come to realize his love, passion, and natural ability for leadership, and began to think of ways he could extend this passion to others.

His love for leadership led him to achieve a Master of Science in Executive Leadership and Change, where he developed the “Sports Leadership Guide” for athletic captains and aspiring leaders in the world of athletics. This leadership guide acts as a resource for captains to learn from and refer to as they take on the role of a leader on their respective teams. Scott also developed the “Model of Genuine Influence” which teaches those who wish to be a productive influence in the way of human capital maximization and personal influence. The model is built to help those in leadership positions understand their level of influence and how to use it in a way that extends positivity and genuineness across all areas of life.

During the last few years, Scott co-founded and currently holds position on the Board of Directors of the Buffalo Soccer Council, a New York based soccer organization focused on the development of soccer in the Buffalo region, is , Founder of Cvetkovski Studios, a martial arts company that produces self-defense DVDs for beginner, intermediate, and advanced practitioners, Director of Campus Relations for Athletes Equal Business, an organization dedicated to helping student-athletes achieve success after college, President of Career Game Plan an online education division of Athletes Equal Business for student-athletes, and has become certified in Emotional Intelligence

Scott’s love of leadership and helping others inspired him to develop Positive Sports Leadership LCC to continue to be a positive influence to those who wish to lead their programs and people to success.


Books Recommended
The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success
Fifth Agreement
Leadership: Theory and Practice, 7th Edition

Website for Scott
www.positivesportsleadership.com
http://www.abcareergameplan.com/

Other Resources and websites
www.ippdworld.com
www.ppdlife.com
Twitter @Drmarkppd and @Brandonlsweeney
www.brandonlsweeney.com

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