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Basketball General Manager And Scouting Course Adds New
Facilitators!
Come Learn
The Business Side Of Hoops From Those Who Know It
Best!
Join this week's course and listen to the
experts as we approach the 2005 NBA Draft!
Beginning May 2nd our new eight
week online Basketball General Manager and Scouting Course
will be available to students anywhere in the world via
computer!
Dr. Lynn Lashbrook (SMWW President)
will now be working closly with Chad Ford (ESPN.com) and will
provide students the in-depth hands-on training and
instruction necessary to succeed as a scout, GM or Director of
player personnel.
The course will also include weekly
chats with two of the great minds in basketball analysis
currently working in the front office, Mark Warkentien,
Director of Player Personnel, Cleveland Cavaliers and Dean
Oliver, Statistical Consultant for theSeattle
Sonics).
"Perhaps no professional sport is
constantly changing as much as basketball," said Dr. Lynn
Lashbrook.
"And as the personnel director for
one of the NBA's premier franchises, I can't think of anyone
better equipped to show students the ropes of talent
evaluation than the professors we have for this course,
especially two guys working for teams who are in the thick of
it. Adding Chad Ford and Dean Oliver really takes this course
to a whole new level."
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Sports Revenue Management
Course
New, Improved And Better Than
Ever!
Last month we found the perfect
sports marketing veteran to join SMWW Sports Revenue
Management instructor Tom Leip in facilitating our SRM Course:
Bret Polverosa, Founder and President of Grip Inc. And the
verdict is in: this course is improved and better than ever!
"After reading the week 2
assignments, I feel very informed about what makes a good
salesperson and what not to believe about ticket selling,"
said SRM student Jason Lottman. "I already know more about the
sports marketing world than I ever thought I
would."
Leip and Polverosa bring to
students hoards of experience and insight, and will provide
for them a blueprint for a successful career in sports
marketing.
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Baseball General Manager And
Scouting Course
If You've Dreamt Of
Working In The Majors, You Need Not Look Any Further!
When it comes to educating and preparing
individuals for careers in sports, SMWW is at the forefront in
providing students with the hands-on skills necessary to get a
foot in the door and realize their dreams. This course will
provide former ballplayers, coaches or baseball fans an inner
knowledge on how it all works behind the scenes.
Under the instruction of ESPN analyst Rob Neyer,
individuals taking our Baseball and GM Scouting course will be
provided a basic, sound foundation for learning the scouting
profession.
Rob's extensive knowledge and experiences allow
him to offer perspectives from both "inside" and "outside,"
resulting in a nuanced view that is rare among those connected
to the game. Through his weekly online chat tutelage, Neyer
gives students a deeper insight into baseball than they can
find anywhere else.
Always on the cutting edge of technology and
teaching, our students are constantly presented new ideas that
are on the horizon and not found in typical textbooks and
classrooms.
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Let SMWW Show You The Way
An Open Letter To
Potential Agent Advisors
Dear Potential Sports
Agent:
You obviously know what life is
like as a spectator. If you're tired of it, then let us show
how life with SMWW will forever change your career for the
better.
The 2005 NFL Draft probably
confirmed what you've known all along: you want to be an agent
but aren't sure where to start. You've got the desire and
talent but lack the experience. Thus far your only foray into
athlete management stems from your neighbor's Fantasy Football
draft, and that just isn't cutting it anymore. Simply put,
you'd rather be working behind the scenes at the draft instead
of watching the coverage from your Lazyboy.
The good news is that while the
corporate establishment of the sports agent industry doesn't
like to give "how to" lessons, we do! And in a little over a
year's time, SMWW can transform you from fan to active Agent
Advisor. Let us show you how!
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Representing Athletes Of All Sports, Shapes And
Sizes
SMWW Agent Advisor May Have New
Favorite Sports But...
Who knew that arm wrestlers and
table tennis players needed sports agents? SMWW Agent Advisor Ward Coffman of course!
After all, at SMWW, we've represented badminton players,
bodybuilders, a female football player, surfers, blind
mushers, mountain climbers, javelin throwers and many others!
SMWW agent advisor Ward Coffman is currently representing
Olena Sowers, the #1 ranked table tennis player in the world
in the under 14 division, as well as Travis Bagent, the #2 arm
wrestler in North America. Sowers and Bagent are two examples
of very non-traditional clients in very different sports, but
who demand the same representation as athletes in the NFL, NHL
or NBA.
The big three -- football,
basketball and baseball, along with hockey, soccer and a few
others - is where most agents probably envision their clients
coming from. However, as Coffman has demonstrated with Sowers
and Bagent, the field of athlete management is constantly
growing and evolving. New clients are emerging from
unconventional sports and competitions, and it's up to the
agent industry to recognize that the basic needs of all
athletes are universal.
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2005 NFL Draft
Why Didn't My Son Get Drafted?
Good college football players typically aren't used to
having the odds stacked against them. Many were the best on
their high school and college teams, and most believe an NFL
career is likely if not imminent. Being cut or not picked at
all just isn't something they think about. But the reality is
that no matter how good a player may be on the collegiate
level, playing pro ball is a long shot. Unfortunately, year
after year, draft after draft, many NFL hopefuls fail to grasp
this concept.
Roughly 2% of all Division 1 players get the opportunity to
play professionally. Even if they do get drafted or signed as
a free agent, only 1% of Division 1 athletes make a
professional team. That is excluding Division 2 players or the
NAIA.
The NFL is an exclusive club and you have to be special or
have unique athleticism to make it. Thousands of athletes have
the physical ability to play in the NFL but lack the mental
makeup scouts look for. That, along with versatility, is
what separates those who get cut from those who stick around.
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Dr. Lynn Lashbrook and George
Brett
Thanks to MLB Hall of
Famer George Brett for golfing in the Joshua Child and Family
Center Golf Tournament on May 2. The Joshua Center is
named after Dr. Lashbrook's nephew. The Joshua Center is
a resource for families all over the world addressing issues
with Tourette's syndrome, Attention Deficit Disorder,
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Asperger Syndrome.
Dr. Lashbrook's sister Becky runs the center in
Kansas.
For more
information visit:
www.joshuacenter.com
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