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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Oct. 21, 2001
Contact: John Johnson or Randy Allen-- 517.332.5046
Girls Basketball Finals CHAMPS
Clinic Sign-Up Begins
Note: As Of 11/9/01, the 2001 Champs
Clinic Is Full
Registration Is Now Closed
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Oct. 21 - To enhance the atmosphere
of selected tournament finals, the Michigan High School Athletic
Association is in its fourth year of conducting youth clinics,
with registration now underway for the third annual clinic at
the Girls Basketball Finals in Mt. Pleasant on December 1.
CHAMPS (Cooperation, Hard Work, Attitude, Motivation, Participation,
Sportsmanship) Clinics target local female junior high/middle
school-aged students and their parents in a morning-long workshop
designed to provide game skills and life skills information.
The CHAMPS Clinics are free, and are underwritten by Farm Bureau
Insurance.
Enrollment in the CHAMPS Clinic is limited to the first 80 girls
and their parents - parental attendance is a requirement. The
clinic will take place from 8:30 to 11 a.m. in the Indoor Athletic
Complex on the campus of Central Michigan University, just South
of Rose Arena, where the four MHSAA Girls Basketball Finals will
take place.
Applications have been sent to MHSAA member schools in the greater
Mt. Pleasant area. An application may also be downloaded from
the MHSAA Web Site
"The feedback we've had from our CHAMPS Clinics in girls
basketball and girls volleyball has been very positive,"
said John E. "Jack" Roberts, executive director of
the MHSAA. "Some people believe that you can't get anything
for free anymore, but in one three-hour clinic, the young people
and their parents receive a great dose of game skill training
and life skill information from some of the best clinicians around."
The basketball skills clinic will be presented for the third
straight year by the Detroit Shock. While the youngsters are
improving their game skills, their parents will hear from different
members of the Central Michigan University athletic and physical
education staff about sports nutrition, academic eligibility
requirements and parental sportsmanship. The popular MHSAA-produced
video, "What Kids Wish Their Parents Knew About Sportsmanship,"
will be a part of the latter classroom presentation.
All youngsters participating in the CHAMPS Clinic will receive
a t-shirt, and lunch will be provided for all players and parents.
CHAMPS Clinic participants and their parents will also be guests
of the MHSAA for the Class D-A session of the Girls Basketball
Finals that day, and the participating youngsters will be recognized
on-court at halftime of the Class D championship game.
Registrations must be submitted by November 29. For more information,
contact: Dr. James Hornak, Department of Physical Education and
Sport, Central Michigan University, SAC 194, Mt. Pleasant, MI
48858. Telephone: 517/774-6659; or the MHSAA office in East Lansing.
The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary
membership by over 1,300 public and private senior high schools
and junior high/middle schools which exists to develop common
rules for athletic eligibility and competition. No government
funds or tax dollars support the MHSAA, which was the first such
association nationally to not accept membership dues or tournament
entry fees from schools. Member schools which enforce these rules
are permitted to participate in MHSAA tournaments, which attract
approximately 1.6 million spectators each year.
Farm Bureau Insurance is a year-round MHSAA Corporate Partner
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