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by Mark Rauterkus

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Mark Rauterkus, invited speaker to the Kittanning Rotary Club, February, 2018, shared these resources to better assist with interactions. And, perhaps set the stage with Rotary presentations in the future.

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Introduction:

Coach Mark Rauterkus joins us from Pittsburgh's historic South Side. Mark has been a swim coach since 1976 when he started a swim team as a high-school-aged lifeguard.

He has coached nine (9) years at the college level. Mark has worked for more than 52 athletic directors and 34 principals. In his career, more than 10,000 kids have called him "Coach Mark."

His swimmers have set state records in: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Massachusetts.

Mark's newest role: executive director of SKWIM USA, a nonprofit to grow the aquatic game of SKWIM.

Mark's passion as an advocate in the city is expressed at C-L-O-H dot org. Creating Literate Olympians Here.

Resources and Easy Courses:

Feel free to team up with a youngster for meaningful online adventures.

Advance insights with Coach Mark as your guest speaker

I'll speak about my personal history as a coach in swimming and water polo in the city -- and throughout my career. But, it isn't much about me, however. The focus is on how we can leverage sports, fitness, wellness and efforts in our communities around the realm of playing well with others. Some of the basic understandings of the purpose and meaning of sports need to be put into better focus.

Sports are games of time, space and relationships. That's from a book I helped publish years ago, Sport, Spirit & Soul.

With a philosophy and a few concept maps, we can make improvements and reform -- as many elements in sports are in trouble and messed up.

So, I'll talk quickly about some problems and how they can be fixed. And, how the wisdom of the group of those in attendance can make an impact with the community, teams, coaches, and participants -- as well as with their own families -- in terms of sports.

Likewise, I'll leave with a few challenges and tools for others to do, online, for free, for fun, if interested. Q&A of course.

My message is a help us think again about sports and recreation from school age kids to seniors, spectators to league managers.

Projector if possible but not necessary

I love to present off of my iPad. Photos help to put more sizzle into the story. I have the various types of adapters, VGA, HDMI, and Apple's Lightening.

Pop Quiz

As a way to be more interactive, especially among friends and with a smaller group, we can share our own remarks and move through the talk, guided by the questions on this quiz. Door prize expected for top answer giver, but I'm biased as to what answers I'm seeking. Most questions have no right or wrong answers, much like life.

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