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During my interview with Jay, I asked him why after all this time, he is still coaching. He told me that that he just loves the game, but I didn’t think that that was an acceptable answer so I continued to prod until he opened up. After a short discussion, I determined that the reason he hasn't stopped coaching is because the game never gets old to him, he is always learning new things. When I brought this observation up to him he thought about it for a second then agreed with me. He told me that after 48 years of coaching, he learns a new thing about soccer almost every day, whether it be a new coaching tactic or a new viewpoint on a position. Currently, Jay is reading a book on a new era of coaching soccer called “Revolution” by Marcelo Bielsa. Jay says that he reads a new section everyday and has implemented some of the drills he learned from the book into our practices. He says it's incredible how much the game has changed during his years of coaching. Jay, however, doesn't just learn from books, he learns from the players as well. He told me that the other day during practice, he was watching one of our players play and noticed how the player moved the ball differently from anyone else on the field. This made him think about how each and every player is completely different and it was up to him to put the puzzle together and make us into a team.
ReplyDeleteMy part of the wiki is to give background information on our subject, soccer coach Jay Martin.
ReplyDeleteJohn Martin attended Springfield College from 1968 to 1971, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Physical Education. While at Springfield, Martin participated in club soccer for physical education majors, lacrosse, and basketball. Martin went on to receive his Master’s degree from The Ohio State University in Physiology of Exercise in the year 1973. He received his PhD in the Administration of Higher Education from OSU in 1976, and was a recipient of the Flesher Fellowship while he worked on his PhD. While he was a PhD student, Martin went to work as Athletic Director at the American International School at Dusseldorf in Germany. While in Germany, he played professional basketball and soccer for the infamous Kaiserwerth Club. He also became Director of Sports at the Munich YMCA, where he coached basketball, soccer, and volleyball.
The physical education program was already well-established before Jay Martin arrived in 1977. In fact, the physical education major was third in the entire university in student enrollment. However, the program did not sufficiently prepare its students for life after their undergraduate education. At that time, most of Ohio Wesleyan’s physical education majors intended on becoming teachers. But Ohio Wesleyan didn’t offer Kinesiology, Exercise Physiology, and Medical aspects of sport, three classes that physical education majors had to take in order to receive state teaching certification in Ohio. Martin was tasked with creating those three classes from scratch, and by doing so he gave future graduates a better chance to compete in the job market. Whether the university realized it or not, hiring Martin set the tone for how the Health and Human Kinetics department would develop. The improvements that have been made to the program since 1977 share a common characteristic with Martin’s hiring. The improvements are responses to the changing job market. Which requires more well-educated and more well-trained students than ever before.
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Here at Ohio Wesleyan University, we have a very unusual mascot. Typically, mascots are animals or some sort of figure that represent and bring good luck to school or professional sports teams. Mascots are a very important part of school spirit, appearing in many places including clothing and uniforms, as well as “decorations, official communications and school signage.” Often times, the colors of the mascot that represents a high school or college will correspond to the school colors. This is true for Ohio Wesleyan. At OWU, our mascot “Bob” is a (Battling) Bishop who can be seen wearing red and black. One reason that factors into why our mascot is a bishop, is because Ohio Wesleyan University was founded by Methodist leaders. OWU is a “United Methodist-Affiliated” university, and “faith has always been an important aspect of campus life.” Since OWU is a university with some underlying religious aspects, it makes sense that the mascot would be a bishop. A bishop is “senior” member and leader of the Christian clergy. The Ohio Wesleyan teams, “adopted their official nickname in 1925,” and during the same year, the official mascot became a “grumpy-looking bishop dressed in a red robe.” OWU has had this “Battling Bishop" as the mascot for over 90 years, making this mascot such a valid part of the athletic life here Ohio Wesleyan University.
In 2007, Ohio Wesleyan University hired Dr. Christopher Fink as a professor in the Physical Education department and in just three years he was promoted to department chair. Upon his arrival, Fink wasted no time in working to change the overall focus and drive of the department by helping to create a new name to better describe the whole program. When discussing potential new names, Dr Fink knew that they needed something unique but something that also takes out any incorrect assumptions of what is being offered. Fink asked his colleagues, “How can we give the department a name that explains what we do?” They looked at what other universities offer and eventually came up with Health and Human Kinetics, or HHK, and in 2012 the department was officially renamed. This change marked a new direction for the department and students of higher and higher calibers immediately started enrolling in classes. The HHK department finally had a name that accurately represents the philosophy and courses offered which range from Public Health to Adult Fitness. It is more important now than ever that students are prepared with a variety of skills to help them lead a successful career after college. Ohio Wesleyan’s fast-growing and ever-changing Health and Human Kinetics department prides itself in preparing students to be confident, ethical and hard-working in their post graduate endeavors.
ReplyDeleteWhen speaking with some members of the Ohio Wesleyan men’s soccer team, one thing became abundantly obvious; that above all, they value mutual respect. Stemming from the strong example set by their “fearless leader,” J. Martin, the team lives and breathes the idea that in order to respect the game, they must respect each other and every other facet of the soccer team. This notion comes into play in the smallest of ways. Whether it be cleaning the locker room and field themselves, or standing the entire game as a way to show respect and support for their fellow teammates, this team consistently follows the ideals set by J. Martin, or as one teammate put it, “the living legend.” J. Martin demands that his team display the same respect for all that is encompassed in soccer, that he warrants them as his players. These players are held to a high standard, indoctrinated with the idea that they are simply an extension of the team, and that even when they are off the field, they must uphold a worthy reputation.
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ReplyDeleteOhio Wesleyan introduced the new look of The Battling Bishop on the first night game of 2010 on Selby Field on September 25. The “jovial grin” worn by the mascot was then replaced by a “more determined expression”. Mark Cooper, OWU’s director of Marketing and Communication, says, “The new look is more traditional to our Bishop trademark logo. “They overwhelmingly supported a Bishop mascot that was not grinning, but also not quite as stern as OWU’s trademark logo shows,” Cooper states, “The new Bishop strikes a happy medium between the two.” The Bishop is changed every once in awhile to be up to date with the college mascots.
Scott Harmanis (personal communication, Sep. 28, 2016) boldly stated, “we rarely lose,” when talking to Maddie, Ryan, and I about the men’s soccer team here at OWU. Some may see cockiness, but after seeing the statistics, it’s hard to contradict. Since 2004, the team has won an average of 17/23 games a year, loses 3, and ties once. So far this year, they have won 5 times, lost once, and tied twice whereas our rival, Denison has only won 3 times, has lost 4 already, and tied twice. They are consistently ranked in the top 10s of the D III soccer polls, and as of right now, OWU men’s soccer is ranked 13th nationally of the NCAC.
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ReplyDeleteAfter all of his achievements both in the classroom and on the field, Jay Martin has created a competitive atmosphere on the Ohio Wesleyan campus through which teachers and students are able to seamlessly coerce and develop. This atmosphere is both one of honor and pride and as a result it is an extremely competitive one. Through personal experiences on the lacrosse team I am able to personally be a part of the system and understand more of this athletic culture than most. There are 23 different sports teams that exist on this campus all of who are constantly competing to be the best they are able to be. Although a lot of the influences are extrinsic in the sense that their competition is one that is on the outside, a large portion of the drive that student athletes have here is from pride, encouragement, as well as some internal competition. The different sports teams that exist here, whether it is soccer or lacrosse, are always going to have athletes that are mutual friends. The reasoning for this is because of the way the school is set up where its sheer size is that of a large high school. This results in a place where the different teams and athletes are more likely to go see one another play. There is just something about a sport when you have an entire sideline full of friends and family cheering you on that pushes you harder than you ever though to be possible before. There is an exuberant rush through your veins, pumping your blood and making you dig deep down and fight through whatever pain you may be experiencing at the time. Typically when all of this comes together it will result in winning teams, which is understandable especially after seeing statistics such as an 89% win streak. It is careers like these that exist at Ohio Wesleyan that lead to construction of the athletic culture.