Countering the use of Performance Enhancing Drugs in School Sports

By Sammy Goldberg

ISSUE---Countering Performance Enhancing Drug /(PED) use in our school sports

The central question for many of the student-athletes I have interviewed is this:

How do our student athletes go about "WINNING", once they say "NO" to performance enhancing drugs e.g. steroids?

FACTS---Because P.E. drugs work, when our kids say "NO" to using to using P.E.D'S, they know they may also be saying yes to losing.

The historical lack of a coherent alternative daily practice and procedure which, supplements the student-athlete's decision to forego use of PED, correctly identifies an unfortunate deficiency many student-athletes and coaches have noticed in the current "SAY NO TO DRUGS" approach generally practiced throughout the county.

ANALYSIS

Simply stated, what has the Board, its trustee's or the sports coaching staffs offered our student-athletes, in terms of new theories and new praxis as further incentive for our kids to not resort to PE drugs? Most student athletes see nothing more than the same "old school" "work hard" philosophy, which has always been in place.

CONCLUSION

I offer implementation of a unique student/athlete's Athletic Progress and Guidance program (APG) called "The Winning Step", We introduce our kids to Champions who won without resorting to P.E. drugs.

We offer a unique new database of experiences into sports Mastery, Excellence and Health -an experience only champions who won without P.E. drugs can deliver.

The Winning Step runs the anchor leg for the Say No to Drugs relay team, giving our kids a real alternative to using P.E. drugs and losing to those who do.