Mission Statement:The Broadneck Baseball and Softball Clubs (BBSC) mission is to educate and support their athletes to adopt and maintain healthy habits to improve athletic and academic performance. |
Goals:Goal 1– Increase the number of healthy snacks consumed by BBSC’s athletes replacing sugary, salty and saturated fatty items by creating SMART goals to support behavior change. Goal 2- Recognize the importance of a healthy diet and how it impacts BBSC’s athletes athletic and academic performance by tracking dietary habits through the “MyPlate” app with grades earned during that time period. Goal 3- Prevent the incidence of overweight/obesity status in BBSC athletes in the immediate and distant future by increasing their nutrition literacy. |
Objective Statement |
Type of Objective
|
Methods Used for Measurement |
Instruments Used for Measurement |
| At the end of the first six months of program implementation, program planners will measure each sessions success with a satisfactory rating of 75% or more. | Process | Pre/Post Program Survey | 15 item survey using interval and ratio level measures
(Quantitative/Formative) |
| By the end of the first session, 85% of BBSC athletes will associate energy dense diets with a decline in athletic and academic performance. | Impact-Learning (awareness/knowledge/attitude & skill development) | Athlete Created Community Poster/Advertisement or PSA (Public Service Announcement) | Rubric outlining poster/advertisement expectations (Qualitative/Formative) |
| BBSC athletes will demonstrate nutrition literacy by selecting nutrient dense snacks 3 out of 5 times by the end of three months of program participation. | Impact-Behavior | Diet Record Method
Behavior Tracking Method |
USDA –“Start Simple with MyPlate”—Phone App. (Quantitative/Formative)
S.M.A.R.T. Goal Tracking Daily using Calendar on their SMART phone (Qualitative/Formative) |
| Three months after the program’s completion, over half of the program participants will reject energy dense snacks when in social situations most of the time. | Impact-Social Environment | Evaluation Form | Electronic questionnaire accessed through a link via text
(Quantitative & Qualitative/Summative) |
| After the first full year of implementation, 85% of BBSC athletes will have maintained a “healthy weight” status based on weight and height percentiles. | Outcome
|
Pre/Post Program Height and Weight Measures | Scale for weight measure in pounds
Stadiometer for measuring height
(Quantitative/Summative) |
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