During week 8 of last summer, Muskoka Woods was fortunate to host Orlando Bowen, 4½ year CFL veteran (Toronto Argonauts/Hamilton Tiger-Cats) and Executive Director of One Voice, One Team (http://www.onevoiceoneteam.org/about_us_our_story.html), as guest coach for Fanatic Flag Football.
Though his resume http://www.orlandobowen.com/page1.htm tells me that he can bench press 455lbs, the term S.W.O.L.E doesn’t come from Orlando’s physicality. S.W.O.L.E is a principle, a state of mind, and an attitude to live by: Self Respect, Work Hard, Overcome adversity, Lead by example, and Excellence.
While Orlando leads his class in their warm-up drills, he calls out, “What’s Today?” and the class chants back -- “GAME DAY!” Orlando tells them, ‘every day is an opportunity to make a difference to someone else.’ At Muskoka Woods, our hope is to inspire youth to shape their world. However, we understand that sometimes the best inspiration doesn’t come from words, but from running drills or tossing around a football.
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