Coach Haver

•former teacher of deaf kiddos turned college volleyball coach•completely surrendered to Jesus• [email protected]

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

@CoachJonBeck @CoachStofa Coaches and teammates notice when you are consistent in your actions and mindset🙌

It means that you are someone that people can trust.

[Jon Beck @CoachJonBeck]

Be great without being high maintenance. Show up on time, wear the right stuff, be coachable, support your teammates & give 100% every time you practice/play. High maintenance is hard. Coaches love low maintenance players who buy into the process. You’re what makes coaching fun!

[Asheville XC/T&F @UNCAvlXCTF]

Adam Puett has been named the 2023 Big South Men’s Coach of the Year! 👏

Puett is the first coach in program history to earn this title for the men’s team!

#ALLinAVL

[UNC Asheville Volleyball @uncavlvb]

Thank you, seniors 💙

[Asheville Athletics @UNCAvlBulldogs]

.@UNCAvlMSoccer Posts Seven @BigSouthSports All-Conference Selections

https://t.co/Nm0QOo7lv6

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[Jamy Bechler @CoachBechler]

Being coachable means you're willing to consider feedback even if you don't like what you hear. It means resisting the urge to make excuses or get defensive when challenged. Getting better is more important than your ego. You'd rather get it right than be right.

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer.

He wasn't playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice.

Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacks get all the reps.”

Coach replied,

“Brady, I want you to stop worrying about what all the other players on our team are doing. All you do is worry about what the starter is doing, what the second guy is doing, what everyone else is doing. You don't worry about what you're doing.”

Coach reminded him, “You came here to be the best. If you're going to be the best, you have to beat out the best.”

And then he recommended that Brady start meeting with Greg Harden, a sports psychologist who worked in Michigan's athletic department.

Brady went to Harden's office and whined, “I'm never going to get my chance. They're only giving me 2 reps.”

Harden simply replied, “Just go out there and focus on doing the best you can with those 2 reps. Make them as perfect as you possibly can.”

“So that's what I did,” Brady said. “They'd put me in for those 2 reps, man, I'd sprint out there like it was Super Bowl 39. 'Let's go boys! Here we go! What play we got?'”

“And I started to do really well with those 2 reps. Because I brought enthusiasm, I brought energy.”

Soon, it went from getting 2 reps to getting 4 reps. Then from 4 to 10, “and before you knew it,” Brady said, with this new mindset that Greg instilled in me—to focus on what you can control, to focus on what you're getting, not what anyone else is getting, to treat every rep like it's the Super Bowl—eventually, I became the starter.”

Takeaway 1:

Greg Harden telling Brady to just focus on being great during his 2 reps reminded me of a piece of advice from the entrepreneur Mark Cuban.

“People come to me all the time and tell me they're stuck,” Cuban explained. “They're stuck in a job they don't like. They're stuck working for a boss they don't like. They're stuck on a team they don't like.”

“I just tell them, 'Be great.'”

“The reality of life is that you can't just always quit your job. You can't just always go to your boss and say, 'Give me the promotion, or I'm out of here.'” You can't just always go to your coach and say, 'Give me more reps, or I'm transferring.'

“So when you're stuck, you've gotta find it within yourself to say, 'Ok, this is where I am. And if I'm going to be here, I'm going to be great.'

Because if you're great at your job, typically other people and companies find out, so it creates opportunities.”

Takeaway 2:

I've written before about “lead measures”—the actions and behaviors that predictably drive success.

The core characteristic of a lead measure, the authors of The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) write, is that “a lead measure is influenceable; it can be directly influenced by you.”

To achieve your goals, they recommend (echoing what the Michigan Coach told Brady), apply a disproportionate energy to the things that are in your control.

Starting at Michigan and for the rest of his career, that’s what Brady did, that’s what drove his success.

In his first media call after he was selected by the New England Patriots with the 199th pick in the 2000 draft, Brady was asked: “Are you aware that [along with starting quarterback, Drew Bledsoe] there’s another quarterback here that they drafted last year?”

Brady said he was aware of that. “And I know he’s a heck of a player,” Brady said. “But I’ve always really concerned myself just with the things I can control. I don’t put a lot of thinking into the other guys because I know I’m not at my best when I’m not just thinking about playing as well as I possibly can.”

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“I never once in my life ever said I wanted to be the best of all time. Ever. I wanted to be the best I could be, period. I learned that in college. It didn’t matter what the other guys were doing. It mattered what I was doing.” — Tom Brady

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[Frank Martin @coachFMartin]

It’s easy to be a great teammate when things are going great for YOU. However GREAT teammates uplift their teammates even when things are not going great individually

[Jamy Bechler @CoachBechler]

Being a great teammate means you are just as happy about your teammate's success as you are about your own success.

𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦

[Jamy Bechler @CoachBechler]

BAD Players: don’t take much seriously.

AVERAGE Players: take games seriously.

GOOD Players: take games & practices seriously.

GREAT players: take academics, nutrition, film, warm ups, individual work, weight room, practice, and games seriously.

~ via @TheCoachLJ

[Asheville Athletics @UNCAvlBulldogs]

We loved getting out and participating in Saturday’s Mental Health Matters Run/Walk for Awareness! Thank you to everyone in the community that came out and supported!

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[UNCG Volleyball @UNCGVB]

Here's how to watch this Weekend's Spartan Tri-Match games live ⬇️

@CharlotteWVB vs UNCG on @ESPNPlus
➡️ https://t.co/nYFHOOMuJI

@CharlotteWVB vs @UNCA_volleyball on @FloVolleyball ➡️ https://t.co/gwtDo4EH77

UNCG vs @UNCA_volleyball on @ESPNPlus ➡️https://t.co/5112vuqbcD

[Asheville Men's Soccer @UNCAvlMSoccer]

Always gotta pull up and cheer on @UNCAvlWSoccer 💙

#ALLinAVL

[UNC Asheville Volleyball @uncavlvb]

Fans, Queens is currently experiencing internet issues on campus, causing the delay of live stats. They are working hastily to alleviate the issues.

[UNC Asheville Volleyball @uncavlvb]

🏐 | #GAMEDAY

Final day of play in the Queens Fall Classic, and your Bulldogs have two matches on tap!

🆚 Marshall @ 12 p.m. | South Carolina State @ 4:30 p.m.
📍 Charlotte, N.C.
📊 https://t.co/JBvLLngHoe
🎟️ https://t.co/gvm5V8zWtS

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[Jamy Bechler @CoachBechler]

Good reminder from @WeinsteinEdu 🙌

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

@janssenleader Yes! Wholehearted effort breeds a life free from regret, where the satisfaction of giving your best lingers as a testament to your journey💯

[Jeff Janssen @janssenleader]

DON'T LOOK BACK AND WISH YOU HAD:
- worked harder
- been a better teammate
- overcome your doubts and fears
- not been your own worst enemy
- listened to your coach
- been in better shape
- taken advantage of the offseason
- appreciated what you had

DO THEM TODAY!

#CultureWins

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

📣John Wooden once said, "The true athlete should have character, not be a character."

Character MATTERS.

- Do the right thing in your sport
- Do the right thing in school
- Do the right thing outside of your sport

Trust is Earned.

Lead Yourself First.

[Asheville Athletics @UNCAvlBulldogs]

🏐 | PREVIEW: Volleyball readies for Queens Fall Classic

https://t.co/UUY51OUbhs