Aug 22, 2017
Manny Hendrix Jr
A Most Compelling and Inspiring Speaker....Note: Meeting At Auburn High School

Please meet in the foyer of Auburn High School at 11a.m

Manny Hendrix Jr gives the 'most compelling and inspiring talks on life skills coaching for young people in both sport and positive lives rather than progression to the ‘dark side’. A high-rated US basketball player, his points included:

# Young people commonly become ‘at risk’ because they are not given key information about life choices. In the US he has even taken youngsters - lacking parental and school advisers - to visit a prison and see first-hand where a life style of being on the streets after 1am can lead

# Young people set themselves facile goals like sporting heroism and rich lifestyles without understanding that the ‘process’ is the important thing, not the goal. He gave examples from his own sport career - like playing basketball in his childhood while almost clinically blind (he could recognise his team and opponents and court positions but no detail. His sight was then restored). Thereafter, he explained in his talk how he went to extreme lengths and sacrifices to out-compete his cohort and rise through the basketball ranks.

Hendrix, who has a 201cm wingspan, made the 2015 and 2016 Division 2 Big V All Star Five and won the 2016 MVP Award. He led Collingwood All Stars into the finals during his first season in the team’s second year. '

Chair: Noel Halford