Lindsey Adams

Head Women’s Basketball Coach @bhswbb

[Bandys Women’s Basketball @bandyswbb]

We are almost 1 month away and have 42 of the 60 spots reserved! If you have not already registered do so ASAP!

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

We are trying to get you to your edge.
Your edge is when your talent runs out and you're forced to develop the discipline and skill that you actually need to reach your potential.
If you're not willing to work through the hard, you're
never going to get to where you want to go.

[Bandys Women’s Basketball @bandyswbb]

Successful Day 1 of Summer‼️💪

[Lindsey Adams @CoachLAdams]

You get out what you put in! Let’s work!

[Bandys Women’s Basketball @bandyswbb]

Lady Trojans WORKING this summer‼️💪🛶

[Bandys Women’s Basketball @bandyswbb]

Lady Trojans WORKING this summer‼️💪🛶

[Bandys Women’s Basketball @bandyswbb]

THANK YOU! ⛳️💚
Our first ever golf tournament was a huge success and it wouldn’t have happened without our amazing community, sponsors, and supporters. We appreciate you all more than you know! Congratulations to all of our winners! We can’t wait to do it again next year!

[Bandys Women’s Basketball @bandyswbb]

We have A LOT of exciting events in the near future!! Be sure to follow us to keep up!

[Derek Jones @CoachdjCheetah]

“If everyone set a goal to become the captain of their team instead of the team MVP, a lot of teams would instantly become better teams.” #Ap2w

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

Winning becomes possible when nobody is obsessed with being the reason for it.

No one fighting for the spotlight.
No one worried about who gets mentioned.

Just people locked in, doing their job, making the extra effort, and putting the team above themselves.

[Janyre Cooper @janyre_cooper]

"I'm a coach because I love basketball but I get to lead women, I get to impact lives positively, that's my real job."

This is just one of many reasons Shea Ralph was named the AP Coach of the Year. Her dedication to shaping the women of today's generation is remarkable.

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

Kara Lawson on living in reality, the importance of being honest with yourself, and how to great teams handle adversity:

🏔️ Don’t wait for it to get easier, decide to get better.
🗣️ If you see it, say it.
👉 Choose responsibility over excuse.

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

"Building confidence...requires you to fail.
There's going to be a good balance of failure and success and that's how you build toughness - the resilience of getting through something hard."

[Jeff Janssen @janssenleader]

YOU WIN WITH PEOPLE
In the long run, you win with good people.
You win with people of character.
You win with people who share your vision, values, and standards.
You win with people who have your back.
Recruit these people
Reward these people.
Retain these people.
#CultureWins

[Charlotte Softball @CharlotteSB]

𝐒𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐔𝐏 🥹

Tonight's first pitch was from sister to sister!

For the first time ever, London and Sydney Dirks will play against each other!

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Overprotected kids become unprepared adults.

Dawn Staley nailed it.🔥

You can’t shelter your child from every hard moment and then expect them to handle adversity when it counts.

Hard is the lesson.

Watch. Share. Bookmark.

[Brad Stulberg @BStulberg]

You’re never out until you’re out.

Play the game in front of you. Not the game you wanted to happen. Not the game that just happened. Not the game you hoped would happen. But the game that is happening.

It's a remarkable lesson for basketball, for all of sport, and really, for all of life.

In the Elite 8 of the NCAA tournament, the UConn Huskies came out flat against the No. 1 seed Duke.

The Huskies trailed by 15 at halftime.

No. 1 seeds were 134-0 all time in the NCAA tournament when leading by 15 or more points at halftime.

That’s across the entire NCAA tournament history. Every round. Every year.

UConn had every reason to give up. But they simply refused. Most people check out when the odds turn against them. But UConn never stopped playing to win.

Their big man Tarris Reed Jr. put the Huskies on his back. He played incredibly on both sides of the ball.

The Huskies cut the lead to 13. Then to 11. Then to 7. Then to 5. And then, in the final seconds of the game, they cut the lead to two.

Duke inbounded the ball, UConn pressured and forced a turnover. With less than a second on the clock, Braylon Mullins—who had shot 0 for 4 from three—put up a deep 3 from the logo, and nailed it.

UConn 73. Duke 72.

134-1.

After the game, UConn coach Dan Hurley said this about Mullins:

"The courage. You have a young man, he's a rare human being. The toughness about him, to take the shot, on a tough shooting night, but he was due."

It was an off night. And yet with everything on the line you have no choice but to pull the trigger. Shooters shoot. That's confidence in the process.

March Madness is an ultimate test of emotional regulation. Over 3 weeks and 6 games, nothing ever goes to plan.

You prepare. You practice. You visualize. Then stuff happens.

The difference between those who collapse and those who rise? How they respond, especially when things don’t go their way.

What's true in basketball is true in life.

It's easy when everything is going your way. But things will go wrong. You'll fall behind. The score won't look good. Most people check out when the odds turn against them.

UConn never stopped playing their hardest.

Not when they were down 19. Not when they were 1 for 11 from three. Not when history said it was over.

It’s called having a next play mentality:

You can't control what already happened. You can't control the score. You can only control the next play.

One stop. One bucket. One possession at a time.

That's how you erase a historical deficit against the No. 1 team in the country. It's how you work through the biggest challenges in life too.

Excellence does not mean control. It does not mean perfection. It means refusing to quit on yourself when the situation looks hopeless. It means trusting your preparation even when nothing is falling.

It means playing the game in front of you. Not the game you wanted. Not the game you hoped for. The game that is happening.

Stay in the arena. Play the next play.

[Hoop Dreams Basketball 🏀🧠 @hoopdreamsbball]

🤐 QUIET GYMS ARE LOSING GYMS!

"When you see a teammate do something that is really good, tell him.

If you see something he can do better, build him up & help him with that!" (@DukeMBB & HC Jon Scheyer facing @UConnMBB in the Elite 8)

📽️ (@tonywmiller)

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

“In moments of victory or defeat, I think it’s really important to be respectful. Whether we win or lose, we’re going to have respectful interaction. Your time to congratulate and show respect in the immediacy right there. Respect the people you play against. We want to be a program that wins with class and loses with class,”
Kara Lawson

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

“A lot of these kids haven’t been through toughness, like really hard things. Don’t save my daughter. Let her learn lessons the hard way. That develops resilience. That develops toughness. Toughness is relinquishing the illusion of control and understanding you’ve to to show up with a sense of urgency to do the right things,” Shea Ralph

[Bandys Women’s Basketball @bandyswbb]

We are EXCITED for our Girls Basketball Camp this summer! You do NOT want to miss it! There will be limited spots so reserve your spot now! Link to register below‼️

https://t.co/OWGPOEszKN