The True Value of Sports
On a random Facebook post on the topic of implementing Ralph Miller's 8 Drills For a Fundamental Practice, someone in the comments mentioned a book regarding Ralph Miller's college basketball coach, the legendary Phog Allen. In the book it states how the inventor of basketball, Dr. James Naismith, ‘ was very much against sport being anything but a human development tool to enhance physical well-being, social acumen, and spiritual growth, truly the educational model. ' After doing some research on Dr. Naismith’s beliefs on the true purpose of sports, I ran across this article from Aleteia.org in which it discusses in good detail Dr. Naismith's vision and mission for athletics and the role it can play in developing young people's lives, especially in relation to becoming a better Christian. The articles states that Naismith was convinced that, “ he could better exemplify the Christian life through sports than in the pulpit ” and sought to “ develop the ...