Player Development is deeply affected by Coach Development. Without the adults continually looking to get better, their ability to help their players reach their full potential will be limited.
Once we take on the role of “Coach” we need to be prepared to grow ourselves.
Local golf standout Luke Ringkamp picked up another win over the weekend in Florida. @BlakeArthur24 has more on the rising star. https://t.co/JQQYEBkvPN
@NorCalU1 Simple - realize as coaches that we are modeling behavior that needs to embody the place we coach. Drop the slides and untucked shirts when recruiting. Look to older coaches who have been there and say that’s how it should be done
It's going to be a busy summer of amateur and pro golf for Luke Ringkamp, beginning with being medalist in a @usopengolf local qualifier on his home course in Palm Desert . . . https://t.co/4EUoYPE4eh
With six pars and a birdie in his last seven holes, @pdhsofficial Cash Tompoles takes the DEL boys golf individual finals title . . . https://t.co/X3Doc7jLCN
Every training camp I had at Washington State University, Coach Leach would share the same story.
The story of two kids. The rich kid and the poor kid.
The rich kid has two choices. He can become spoiled, entitled, lazy, and expect everything to be handed to him because he has been given more. Or he can take every advantage of what he has been given—resources, coaching, opportunities—and use it to become even better.
The poor kid has two choices too. He can say, “I never had a chance. Nobody gave me anything. The world is against me.” He can feel sorry for himself and use it as an excuse. Or he can say, “I may not have what they have, but I am going to outwork everybody.” He can become tougher, more driven, and more relentless than everybody else.
It was a powerful message in a locker room full of people from different backgrounds, different families, and different life experiences. Some guys came from wealth. Some came from almost nothing. Some had every opportunity. Others had to fight for every inch.
But despite all of those differences, everybody still had the same choice.
You can take ownership and use what you have as fuel.
Or you can become victim-minded. You can look for excuses, blame your circumstances, become entitled, and convince yourself that because of what you have—or because of what you do not have—you cannot become what you want to be.
It is not about how you start. It is about what you choose to do with how you start.
The rich kid can waste what he has been given or use it to build something greater. The poor kid can use his circumstances as an excuse or as fuel.
In the end, greatness does not come from starting with more or less. It comes from which person inside of you that you choose to feed.
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The CIFSS Executive Council met yesterday and voted on a few items that will be put to a vote by the CIFSS Council tomorrow.
- State 688: State Baseball/Softball Champions. Approved 19-0
- CIFSS 691: Playoff Splits (attn: @latsondheimer) Approved 19-0
- CIFSS 692 At Large Football (minimum of 3 wins for At-Large consideration) Approved 19-0.
The CIFSS Council meeting will take place tomorrow at The Grand in Long Beach.
The Dodgers mourn the loss of Davey Lopes, who passed away today at age 80. Lopes was a member of the team’s record-setting infield of the 1970s and 1980s and one of the finest basestealers in MLB history. Our condolences go out to his family and friends.