Materials useful in drug and alcohol abuse prevention programs directed towards high school athletes are contained in this document. Nine topic areas are covered: (1) effects of athletics on young people, such as pressure to win; (2) reasons athletes use drugs and alcohol, including coping with stress and feeling good; (3) enabling behaviors of coaches which help and encourage athletes to use drugs and alcohol, such as ignoring suspicious incidents or talk; (4) responsibilities of the coach to recognize symptoms of alcohol and drug abuse and know where to refer athletes for help; (5) suggestions for coaches to use daily in drug and alcohol abuse prevention, including such things as using positive peer pressure and confronting suspected violators; (6) a description of the nine-step prevention program in the Forest Hills School District (Cincinnati, Ohio), which is the basis for this document; (7) suggestions for captains of athletic teams; (8) reasons for a coach to survey athletes for drug and alcohol abuse, and the survey itself; and (9) two form letters to parents from coaches alerting parents to the incidence and danger of drug and alcohol abuse in young people. Finally, a survey is provided for the coaches to complete concerning their jobs and their use of these materials and to return to the local school district which formulated this document. (ABL)