BRENTWOOD ACADEMY
MIDDLE SCHOOL
In the middle school, Brentwood Academy’s athletic philosophy focuses on helping student-athletes develop fundamentals and building relationships among teammates and coaches. Developing fundamentals gives a student-athlete the foundation to learn to excel in multiple sports. Shorter seasons in middle school athletics allow for the opportunity to explore many sports and discover which activity students have a natural gifting for and which sports they desire to play. We believe the relationships established in middle school are crucial to navigating friendships, responsibility, accountability, conflicts, and ultimately resolution. As team activity is required in middle school, students will have the opportunity to develop these skills.
UPPER SCHOOL
In the upper school, Brentwood Academy’s athletic philosophy grows to encompass an additional component of winning. As we continue to develop students’ ability to perform as a teammate and as individual athletes, desiring to excel in their sport and competing at the highest level becomes a natural byproduct. Our coaches make decisions motivated by what is best for the team, realizing that the team outcome (winning or not) will ultimately determine outcomes and opportunities provided to individual athletes. In the process, our focus continues to be on the kind of person each of us is becoming. This is the heart of what we are doing in athletics. In everything we do at the middle and upper school, we seek to glorify God.
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FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS JASON MATHEWSAs the Director of Athletics, I am often asked about what makes Brentwood Academy special or BA athletics different from other schools. Each time, I am quick to recite our mission and vision that point to Jesus Christ, our "true north," but my response does not immediately address the essential representations of our school climate and culture. We want each student-athlete to have a nurturing and challenging athletic experience. I genuinely believe our coaches have our students' best interests at the forefront of every decision. The mission of our athletic program is to foster physical development and athletic skills while teaching the value of personal discipline, commitment, and the subordination of self-interest to the higher goal of team contribution. All students participate in team sports or physical education classes each day as part of BA's mission to educate each whole person—body, mind, and spirit—to the glory of God. |
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