Steel Sports Demonstrates Significant Growth in Athletes’ Achievement and Personal Development in 2023 Impact Survey
March 05 2024 - 12:39PM
Business Wire
Steel Sports, a social impact organization that inspires youth
across America to reach their full potential through sports
education and programming, released a report today demonstrating
the efficacy of their proprietary Steel Sports Coaching System: The
Lasorda Way.
The innovative Steel Sports Coaching System provides
high-quality instruction that prioritizes character growth and
athletic development. Steel Coaches focus on four Core Values that
research shows have reached high awareness among players and their
caregivers. These values of Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, and
Commitment can prime athletes for college, careers, and long-term
success.
- Steel Sports saw a 100% graduation rate for high school senior
athletes in the 2022-2023 school year, with 89% continuing on to
college, and 52% playing a college sport when enrolled.
- 96% of Steel athletes evaluated their understanding and
exemplifying the Core Values as “Good” or “Excellent,” and 100% of
parents say their kids are exemplifying the Core Values off the
field.
- Steel athletes showed a significant increase in positivity,
grit, and growth mindset characteristics compared to the national
average. In the report, over 80% of Steel athletes demonstrated
appropriate and positive reactions to failures, an enjoyment of
challenges, pride in completing difficult tasks, and a focus on
effort over outcomes.
To measure the success of their method, Steel Sports looked at
over 5,000 player evaluations, coach evaluations, team surveys,
focus groups, and parent feedback forums. The organization compared
their results to national studies on measures such as positive,
mental health characteristics, high school graduation rates,
resilience and growth mindset, and prevalence of college-level
athletes among graduates.
Warren Lichtenstein, the Executive Chairman of Steel Partners,
said, “Tommy Lasorda, our inspiration for creating this program,
understood that sports are a fantastic vehicle for building the
kind of character and growth that we want to see in the young
people we serve. This impact report only highlights how right he
was, and we’re thrilled that we can see his legacy in action
through the thousands of kids that experience our programs. As he
always said, ‘You Gotta Believe,’ and it’s coming true.”
The data indicates that when athletes are drilled in and
evaluated on confidence, self-control, positivity, leadership,
humility, concentration, openness to constructive criticism, and
other positive characteristics, they develop a stronger sense of
their core self. In addition to better athletic performance, they
experience resilience and growth as young men and women.
About Steel Sports Headquartered in Somerville, NJ, Steel
Sports is a social impact organization with the mission of
inspiring youth to reach their potential, on and off the field, by
developing them as athletes and people through the Steel Sports
Coaching System: The Lasorda Way. Through its "Kids First"
approach, Steel Sports is establishing a new standard in youth
sports and coaching, forging the next generation of leaders by
instilling Steel Sports' core values: Teamwork, Respect, Integrity,
and Commitment. Steel Sports creates a positive youth sports
experience for over 100,000 athletes each year. For more
information, visit www.steelsports.com.
About Steel Partners Holdings, LLP Steel Partners
Holdings L.P. (www.steelpartners.com) (NYSE: SPLP) is a diversified
global holding company that owns and operates businesses, including
diversified industrial products, energy, defense, supply chain
management and logistics, direct marketing, banking, and youth
sports.
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