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The Program ~
Miss Dena and a group
of moms are excited to present a new team building
program that will hopefully help each company member
to become the best dancer they are capable of becoming.
The program is based on Coach Wooden’s Pyramid
of Success. Coach Wooden is a legendary basketball
coach who reached an unprecedented success as a coach
and as a teacher. Under his confident guidance, the
Bruins won 81% of their games and set all-time records
with four perfect 30-0 seasons, 88 consecutive victories,
38 straight NCAA tournament victories, 20 PAC-10
championships, and 10 national championships - seven
of them consecutive. As a high school English teacher
John Wooden grew frustrated with the grading system
he was required to use and felt compelled to help
his students better understand success as a result
of effort. He thought of his father’s advice,
that he should, never try to be better than anyone
else, but never stop trying to be the best you can
be. So he spent the next 14 years identifying 25
behaviors he believed were necessary to achieve his
idea of success. This search culminated in a simple
but profound diagram Wooden called "The Pyramid
of Success", which he completed in 1948. Nearly
six decades later these foundational behaviors have
weathered the test of time - unchanged, full of wisdom,
as rock-solid as the first day Coach established
the cornerstones of Industriousness and Enthusiasm.
More information on the pyramid of success can be
found at www.coachwooden.com
Based on Coach Wooden’s
Pyramid of Success we have created Miss Dena’s
Program of Success. Each week the company dancers
will learn about one of Coach Wooden’s building
blocks. The dancers will then be asked to demonstrate
at home and in the classroom that they exhibited
the principle taught. The dancer will then be asked
to obtain their parent or guardian’s signature
as verification and in return they will receive a
letter bead for a bracelet that they will be building.
While the concept may be young for our senior dancers
it is our hope that the seniors will be leaders and
help the juniors and mini’s understand the
importance of these building blocks to success. Upon
completion of all the blocks-dancers will receive
a t-shirt indicating that have reached competitive
greatness.
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