Athletics in an Educational Environment

A lecture detailing the tradition of an educational approach to athletics – an
environment where the well-being of the individual is more important than
his/her performance and where a student-athlete's personal responsibility is
primary and inherent in an individual and team success. This informative
and entertaining presentation will detail the unique methods Coach Doug
Watts utilized to achieve extremely high educational goals and athletic
success. Specific topics include a look at the developmental history that
brought Coach Watts to his views of athletics, a smattering of long-distance
training techniques that enhanced educational goals, and, at times, the
odd differences that Edinboro distance running defied professional athletic
acceptances, norms, and measures.
– Doug Watts, M.Ed.