When the question was asked: What do we, as coach's think is one of the biggest problems that most teens face today? I gave this question a lot of thought and I feel that AIDS is a major problem for teens today. AIDS seemed like a good choice because it is one of the largest growing epidemics in this country and in the world. In this paper, I am going to inform you with static and facts on why I feel this way. Last, I will tell you how being a good coach and informing our student athletes of what's out there will help them become better athletes and students.
My first job in this paper is to inform you. AIDS is one of the largest growing epidemics in our country as well as the world. 35 million people are infected with HIV: One out of every 99 people in the world between the ages of 15 to 59 is infected with HIV. This number is growing larger everyday. In the year 2000, 6 million more people were infected with the virus: 25 percent of all newly infected people are teen; 50 percent of all newly infected people are 25 years old or younger. This scary static's are what made me think that
If parents won't discuss this then as a coach I have an obligation to be up front with my student athletes to let them know that having unprotected sex is putting them and their partner at risk of getting AIDS or HIV. Unprotected sex not only puts them at risk but the entire team. Student athletes need to be made aware of this risk that having unprotected sex does not just affect them it affects the entire team. It my job as the coach to keep my team healthy I must do what I can to insure this
kids thinking about the consequences of their actions. Are we as parents and coaches just not giving them all the information they need to make better life affecting decisions?
Now I will talk about how as coaches we can help our student athletes avoid this growing problem. We need to be open to our students, talk with them about AIDS and how it can affect their lives. Coaches have access to students on a daily bases we need to let our athletes know that we are here for them.
this is one of the biggest problem teens face today.
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