Ryan Rodgers

Business Teacher and Coach at Midlothian High School. Husband, father, sports fanatic.

[Ryan Rodgers @CoachRodgers10]

The fact that we have to have commercials on @NFLonFOX to promote making SCHOOLS #safer is a shame! @realDonaldTrump @congressdotgov @HouseFloor @TwitterGov @GregAbbott_TX how about we look into doing something about that? Let’s RT and get this #viral. #bipartisanproblem

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

Derek Jeter giving advice on how to deal with failure.

[Ryan Rodgers @CoachRodgers10]

Hey, @_megmoroney , these 3 couldn’t get enough of your performances for #NashvillesBigBash. They haven’t missed a word yet.

[Texas Rangers @Rangers]

The holiday giveaways continue!

Repost for a chance to win a Corey Seager signed baseball! Two winners will be selected. 🎁

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Kobe Bryant shares a truth about leadership most people avoid.

"Leadership is lonely."

"If you're going to be a leader, you're not going to please everybody. You've got to hold people accountable."

Leadership isn't about being liked. It's about serving others, holding standards, and having the courage to do what's right even when it's uncomfortable.

The best leaders master these six skills:
1. Accountability - Leaders set the standard and embody it.
2. Connection - It starts with caring. You need relationships to establish trust. People won't follow until they know you and what you stand for.
3. Communication - What you say, how you say it, and when you say it.
4. Adaptability - People resist change. Your job is to navigate it with resilience. How you communicate and behave will either inspire adaptation or cause resistance.
5. Development - Great leaders develop more leaders. It means believing in people's potential.
6. Character - The foundation. Integrity, honesty, doing the right thing when it's hard. Leaders with character earn respect because they act in alignment with their values.

True leadership isn't about being liked. It's about doing what's right.

[Alan Stein, Jr. @AlanSteinJr]

Accountability isn’t punishment — it’s proof you care. Holding others to a high standard says, I believe in you too much to let you do less than your best.

[Baseball IQ @BaseballIQ_App]

🚨 Skubal + Skenes : Career Advice

• 3 college offers between the pair
• Everyone develops at different rates
• Perseverance is a metric they can’t track

⭐️ You will be told “NO” a million times in your career… it only means something if you listen to it.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Rick Carlisle said, “If you want to be a head coach, first be a great assistant coach.”

What does it take?

Here are 6 things Great Assistant Coaches Do.

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[Ryan Rodgers @CoachRodgers10]

Always trying to be better. This is an area everyone can always improve.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Most coaches lose their team without even realizing it.

Not from bad strategy.
Not from lack of effort.

But from avoiding hard conversations.

Here are the 3 toughest talks every coach must have, and how to handle them.

[THREAD] 🧵

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

A Hard Pill to Swallow:

What if the reason your team never reaches its potential isn’t because they aren’t talented enough…

But because they’re too focused on WHEN success will happen instead of HOW to make it happen?

Too many teams set goals like:

“We want to win a championship this season.”

“We’ll be great by the playoffs.”

“Next year will be our year.”

But success isn’t about a deadline. It’s about the daily habits that build toward it.

Championship teams don’t wait for success. They work relentlessly for it, every single day.

So instead of asking when your team will reach its potential…

Start asking how you can help them get better today.

Because the teams that win aren’t the ones waiting for success.

They’re the ones preparing for it.

[AdamPavkovich @APac2011]

👀 Navy Baseball double play carousel. Lots of double play feeds, continuous action, gets pitchers involved, physically demanding on the middle guys. ⚾️⚓️ Fun stuff 🤙 @NavyBaseball

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

"Whether you are starting or sitting on the bench, your team is YOUR team.
It's 'we' and 'ours' not 'they', 'them', or 'their'.
Win or lose, playing or sitting, you are responsible for being a good teammate, positive leader, energy giver, and verbal encourager"
@CoachBechler

[Ryan Rodgers @CoachRodgers10]

Own it, learn from it and move on

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Kirby Smart said, "Don’t be a blame guy. That’s the first sign of loser mentality when you blame someone else for a mistake."

Great teams don't play the blame game.

They take ownership. They take responsibility.

Here are 6 toxic games that destroy teams—bookmark this one:🧵

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

A Coaches Dream?

A leader who is…

- All in
- Humble
- High character
- 100% committed
- Has high standards
- Positive energy giver
- One of the best players
- Holds others accountable
- Inclusive to all teammates
- A connector of teammates
- Hardest worker on the team

[Randy Carlson @rcandy24]

Hey kids, the Yankees season is over because they dropped an F8, had poor footwork on a 6-5 FC causing an E6 and a P didn’t cover 1st on a routine 3-1. So when your coaches are covering the details “you already know how to do” just keep your mouths shut and execute the drills.

[Fryedaddy/Frito @shegone03]

KIDS! Please watch Francisco Lindor’s Homerun Trot after hitting the biggest Homerun of his life! This is so much more impressive than dancing around and pounding your chest. #shegone @Mets @Phillies @notgaetti @BobFile @twuench @billdubs @SliderDominate @ROXSystem @BLocsports

[Ryan Rodgers @CoachRodgers10]

Guys that do whatever the game says they need to do to win are invaluable!.They get to name their price!

[Jaeger Sports @jaegersports]

Huh 🤔

Guy that hits the go ahead 2 Run HR is bunting (squeezing) his next at bat.

Amazing what happens when you NEED to win a game.

#Play #The Game 👌

[Ryan Rodgers @CoachRodgers10]

Numbers don’t lie!

[Jerry Weinstein @JWonCATCHING]

THROW 1ST PITCH STRIKES
This is from Dave Lawn at TCU.
“Race to two strikes & the 1st out of every inning.”

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Success begins with Commitment.

Committed Players…

- Practice with a purpose
- Listen with their eyes
- Are energy givers
- Accept coaching
- Show up early
- Give 100%
- Stay late

Are you Committed?

[MHS Panther Baseball @MHSPantherBBall]

It was a great first week. We spent a lot of time in the classroom talking about what we stand for and how we go about our business. Monday, it’s time to go to work and live out #RISEAbove. #PantherPride #lockedin

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

John Wooden said, "Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."

Character is CHOOSING to do what's right even when it's hard.

It's what you choose to do.