A closer look at our newest BFS clinician
Meet the Clinician:
Gerard Mergardt A closer look at our newest BFS clinician convention for athletics that he decided education, I am extremely sensitive to lthough coaches often joke the fact that many of the individuals to take a closer look at BFS. It wasn’t that the only value of school we have supervising our weightrooms long until Mergardt booked a flight administrators is as a goodare not adequately prepared to be to Salt Lake City to begin his initial quality source of protein, athletic in there. So the first considerprograms would not be possible ation of the safety of our kids without their leadership and skills is to understand the benefits of in management and fundraising.
implementing the principles of And it follows that exceptional the BFS programs at all levels,” athletic programs require excepsays Mergardt. “And I would tional administrators. One such like to add that I think the BFS individual is Gerard C. “Rod” Readiness Program should be Mergardt, who this year became a implemented in every elementary BFS clinician. and middle school program in Mergardt has an exceptional the country.”
athletic background that includes As an administrator, being a multi-sport athlete in Mergardt believes that prevention high school and a springboard is the best approach to providing diver in college, a sport he still a safe environment in all areas of participates in at a master’s level. Rod Mergardt with BFS president Bob Rowbotham athletic and physical fitness. Says Academically, Mergardt received (left) and BFS clinician Jeff Sellers (right). They are standing in front of Manhattanville College in PurMergardt, “And you can certify a bachelor’s degree in physical chase, New York, where they held a BFS certification a lot of coaches in your school education from State University clinic.
district with the BFS program of New York at Cortland and a for the cost of one lawsuit because you training as a BFS clinician. He finished master’s in physical education at the didn’t have things covered well!” the hands-on training and on May 1st University of Bridgeport in 1966. Asked about his long-term goals started the extensive mentoring process. In 1987 he did post-master’s studwith BFS, Mergardt replies, “I’m As of this writing Mergardt has given ies in school administration at State excited to be a part of BFS, and I’m two BFS clinics and is committed to University College in New Paltz, New committed to helping them achieve doing many more. So why is Mergardt York.
the goal of being a major piece of every such a big fan of BFS? Mergardt says he’s known about school district’s athletic and physical “From my experience as an BFS for over 30 years, but it wasn’t education program.”
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From BFS Magazine — January/February 2011. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).
