Pre-season meetings provide a forum for students and their parents, school activities staff and other adult leaders to openly discuss a variety of issues, such as sportsmanship, school policy, risk of injury/failure to warn and healthy lifestyles, including the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs. Although the term "pre-season meeting" has been borrowed from athletics, these meetings have been found to be so helpful that the idea is now being used for all school activities in an estimated 50 percent of schools.