"NCAA ELIGIBILITY WORKSHOP" @ The Buckhead Library (Atlanta, GA) ... *THE STUDENT-ATHLETE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM

"THE STUDENT-ATHLETE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM" facilitated a "NCAA Eligibility Workshop" on October 1, 2016 at The Buckhead Library!  Thank you to Mr. White, Mrs. Alexander & Mrs. Morris for making sure everything was in order!

Connecting with the community is exactly what The Student-Athlete Achievement Program Team loves to do to spark, follow through and effect positive change!

 Coach Spencer is showing student-athletes how to be intentional with their training!

 The Student-Athlete Achievement Program even connects with our 
elementary school age student-athletes!

Ms. White discussing are you what college coaches are looking for to build a championship team?

JOIN "STUDENT-ATHLETE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM" TEAM MEMBERS @ MEDU BOOKSTORE (9-24-16)!!!

THE STUDENT-ATHLETE ACHIEVEMENT TEAM @ TOTAL ATHLETE SPORTS COMPLEX!!!

"THE STUDENT-ATHLETE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM" TEAM at TOTAL ATHLETE SPORTS COMPLEX in McDonough, GA!!!

Academic Compliance/Athletic Training/Character Education/Positive Mindset Training

Coach Spencer & Coach Brown even did Facebook "Go Live" videos for their "friends" & "followers!"

Thank you to Dwight Johnson (Owner of Total Athlete & Former NFL Player) for his tremendous hospitality!!!

 Dwight Johnson & Coach Bryan Spencer (Athletic Training Specialist)

 Dwight Johnson & Ms. Toya White (Academic Compliance Specialist)

 Dwight Johnson & Coach Barry Brown (Character Education Specialist & Positive Mindset Trainer)

Coach Barry Brown, Dwight Johnson, Ms. Toya White & Coach Bryan Spencer

"THE STUDENT-ATHLETE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM" TEAM on CAPBuilder Talk!!!

"The Student-Athlete Achievement Program" Team will be live on "CAP BUILDER TALK" this evening at 7:00 PM est!!!  #‎LETSGROW‬ ‪#‎LETSSERVE‬ #‎CAPBUILDERTALK‬

THE STUDENT-ATHLETE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM & THE 2016 SOUTH FULTON ARROW YOUTH COUNCIL SUMMER INSTITUTE!!! - INDUCTION CEREMONY

The Student-Athlete Achievement Team always finds time to interact directly with parents & their children!

We participated in the Induction Ceremony of the South Fulton Arrow Youth Council Summer Institute - "Platform" yesterday @ Langston Hughes High School!

Major shout-out to all the parents that showed up to support their children! ‪#‎INVOLVEDPARENTS‬

http://bit.ly/TheStudentAthletePlaybook

Barry Brown (Student-Athlete Character Education Specialist & Positive Mindset Trainer) and Keith L. Brown (Mr. Possible), one of the top Educational Consultants & Speakers in the country! ... Thank you Keith for your guidance, leadership & support!!!

It feels great to know that after our classroom sessions, parents understand the value & services we provide and choose to invest in their children's growth & development! bit.ly/TheStudentAthletePlaybook ... http://www.inspireathleticscg.org/

Keith L. Brown & Pastor Taylor addressing the audience of parents & students at the 2016 Induction Ceremony for the South Fulton Arrow Youth Council Summer Institute!!! #CONGRATULATIONS

Ms. Toya White speaking with a parent about The Student-Athlete Achievement Program & Academic Compliance ... http://www.inspireathleticscg.org/

 The Student-Athlete Playbook & Achievement Program Table set-up ... 

http://bit.ly/TheStudentAthletePlaybook

THE STUDENT-ATHLETE ACHIEVEMENT TEAM & LEWIS SPORTS ACADEMY!!!

The Student-Athlete Achievement Team
(Academic Compliance/Athletic Training/Character Education & Mindset Training)

 Sharing great information, products & services with the Parents & Student-Athletes of the

LEWIS SPORTS ACADEMY

May 26, 2016

 *Here are pictures from our May 26, 2016 visit:

*Toya White, our Academic Compliance Specialist & her book

Knowing What It Takes!

*Barry Brown & a student-athlete that just received his copy of

The Student-Athlete Playbook!

*Ms. White is sharing valuable information with the student-athletes & parents of The Lewis Sports Academy!!!

 *Barry Brown presenting & interacting with the student-athletes & their parents in his animated & passionate style!!!


*Barry Brown is sharing information about Mindset, Health & Social Media @ The Lewis Sports Academy!

FOOTBALL PLAYER SUCCESS ON & OFF THE FIELD!!!

Justin Houston's NFL Success a Lesson to Teams That Run Scared on Draft Day

By Mike Freeman, NFL National Lead Writer 

Jul 17, 2015

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It was four years ago, early in 2011, and a general manager was on the phone, ranting. He interrupted himself to pose a question: How could Justin Houston be so damn stupid?

Then, the rant continued. Houston would never make it as a pro. He doesn't have the head for it. Or the work ethic. He is destined to be a failure. Why? The reason, this general manager explained, was because Houston had failed a combine drug test, for marijuana.

The combine drug test is called an "intelligence test" by teams, because players invited to the combine know months in advance when the test is coming. No one should ever fail it. But a select few seem to every year, and that year Houston did.

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Houston at the 2011 combine.

Thus the general manager's rant. To some (perhaps many) team executives in the sport, a failed combine drug test is one of the most egregious mistakes a prospect can make. (It shouldn't be seen that way, but it is.) The executive criticizing Houston wasn't alone. More than a few were hammering him to me and other journalists.

And the criticism of Houston didn't stop with just words. Before the failed test, Houston was a certain first-round pick. In fact, there were some in the league who felt he was a top-10 player. But the failed test caused Houston to fall to the third round, 70th overall.

Some players drafted ahead of Houston were Christian Ponder, Nick Fairley and Blaine Gabbert: maybe a bust, probably a bust and definitely a bust.

Houston was supposed to be a cautionary tale, and maybe in some ways he still is one. But something else happened entirely.

There is an obvious lesson here. Should Houston have failed that drug test? No, of course not. But passing on him until the third round was a stupendously dumb overreaction by teams.

We see just how dumb four years later. Houston just signed a massive six-year, $101 million contract with the Chiefs, representing just how flawed teams' draft preparation and strategy can be.

What the combine's athletic and football tests show is the potential for physical growth; how fast a player can be and how high he can jump and how far he can throw. What the combine lacks, what it has always lacked, is projecting maturity. How does a player rebound from mistakes like, say, getting busted for a pot test at the combine?

To some teams, a failed test means a player shouldn't be drafted as early as planned. There is almost a form of collusion, with clubs collectively declining to draft the player, until one team breaks away from the pack and does.

There is also the fact that drafting players later for what is a relatively minor offense saves the team money. 

Houston did something that a lot of teams apparently didn't think to expect:
He grew up. He grew quickly.

"He's one of the top players in the National Football League and a premier pass-rusher," Chiefs general manager John Dorsey said in a statement sent to reporters. "As we've said from the beginning, Justin the football player, and the person, is someone we wanted to be a part of our organization. We are very happy that he will remain a member of the Chiefs."

In a conference call with reporters, Houston said, "Once you get paid, it's not like you won the lottery. You still got work to do. You still have to prove yourself. You can still get better each and every day, so that's my goal."

If you're the Chiefs, that's exactly what you want to hear.

I'm told by a source on the Chiefs that Houston has become so trusted in the organization "he's basically a de facto assistant coach."

It's obviously not a shock the Chiefs totally trust Houston. They just handed him $52.5 million in guarantees. They had better trust him.

Please, don't misunderstand; this is to not to say Houston will never get in trouble. He might. Despite his superhuman abilities, he's still a person with flaws, like all of us.

Rick Scuteri/Associated Press/Associated Press

Tyrann Mathieu

In the past year or so, when the NFL's headlines have been bleaker than the Plutonianlandscape, here is a guy who seemingly has figured it out and was rewarded for it. As he should have been.

He's not alone. One of the more remarkable transformations has been Arizona safety TyrannMathieu. Mathieu had a well-documented drug problem at LSU, but players on the Cardinals tell me he has been nothing but the consummate professional. If Mathieu can stay healthy, he might go down as one of the enduring success stories in recent league history.

No, no player should fail a combine drug test for pot, yet it also shouldn't be a near-career death sentence, either.

No matter how much a general manager yells about it.

Mike Freeman covers the NFL for Bleacher Report.
 

A High School kicker hits a 64-yarder!!!

Thoughts by Coach Brown

I do not know about you, but when I was in high school playing football, I don't believe I could have kicked a 64-yard field goal. I was an above average (All-County/All-Region) Cornerback/Safety in a great program, but there was no way in the world for me to fanthom the kickers on my team or any other team that we played against kicking a 64-yard field goal!!!

When you read the article below, you will see that Austin Pacheco did just that; he kicked a 64-yard field go with little bit to spare!

The great thing about the story is that Austin received props from the other team! Great sportsmanship, great kicking ability and what a gutsy call by Austin's coach!

Congratulations to Austin and his team, and I hope Austin continues to kick the ball well because it looks like he has a bright future!

Enjoy the article! One Love!

Statistically speaking: Kicker hits incredible 64-yard field goal

By Cameron Smith

On Friday night, Carson (Nev.) High placekicker Austin Pacheco did something at the high school level that no one has ever done in a competitive NFL game: He hit a field goal from 64 yards out.

As reported by the Associated Press and Carson City Nevada Appeal, Pacheco drilled a 64-yard field-goal attempt with 27 seconds remaining to lift Carson to a 27-24 victory against Bishop Manogue (Nev.) High School.

"I'm still in shock," Pacheco told the Nevada Appeal. "I knew it was good as soon as I hit it. The snap was perfect and the hold was perfect. The wind was blowing to the right and I played it perfectly.
"I wasn't surprised that coach let me try. He told me before the game that anything 65 and under we had a chance. We did what we could do."

Pacheco's kick stands as the second longest in Nevada state history, behind a 1985 68-yard effort from Reno (Nev.) High kicker Dirk Borgognone which stands as both the Nevada and national high school record. Pacheco's kick was also long enough to tie for the fourth-longest field goal in high school football history.

Perhaps most strikingly, Pacheco's kick actually came from farther out than any NFL kicker has hit from in a professional game. Raiders place-kicker Sebastian Janikowski connected on a 63-yarder in his team's season-opening victory against the Broncos to tie for the longest in league history, but that kick was still a full yard shorter than the one Pacheco hit on Friday.

While everyone on the Bishop Manogue sideline was stunned to see Pacheco line up to attempt the game-winning field goal, his own coach said he never doubted his decision to attempt the field goal then and there, rather than go for a first down with his team facing a fourth-and-13 situation.

As you can see above, the kick would have been good from even farther back. 70 yards? It sure looked like it had a chance.

"I don't know what to say," Carson coach Blair Roman told the Nevada Appeal. "You might have to wait a minute.

"That [field goal] broke the NFL record. I know it was off a tee and I know it was wind-aided, but it was a great kick. It was fourth-and-13, and we're not a fourth-and-13 team. I knew he had the leg to make it."

After the game ended, even Bishop Manogue coach Paul Mills was still struggling to come to grips with the fact that his squad had just lost out to a 64-yard field goal. In fact, he was still stunned that Carson even had the gumption to attempt one.

"We knew it was going to come down to the wire," said Mills. "One of the kids on the sideline said the tee's out there and I was thinking the tee from the previous kick. Then I'm looking out there and they're lining up for a field goal.

"The kid nailed it. My hat's off to him. That's a great job in a very pressure-filled situation. Wind-aided or not, he got the job done and there's a lot of variables when you're kicking that far."