MBDragonVolleyball

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[MBDragonVolleyball @MBDragonVB]

Congratulations to @MBDragonSoccer on your win today! Great job! On to the Final Four.

[Ball is Psych @BallisPsych]

Mentally tough players have a quick mistake-recovery time.

They immediately move on to the next play.

They don’t let one mistake turn into two or have poor body language on the next play.

They learn from it then they make up for it.

[Ball is Psych @BallisPsych]

Greatness isn’t common, mediocrity is.

Excellence isn’t common, complacency is.

Be uncommon.

[Jon Beck @CoachJonBeck]

It’s ok to make mistakes. It’s inevitable & it’s how we get better & learn. If you’re not getting out of your comfort zone & making mistakes during your training/workout, then you need to change your workout. When we compete, we make mistakes. It’s not fun, but it’s necessary.

[Jon Beck @CoachJonBeck]

It’s never easy. It’s not always fun. Sometimes you’ll question why you are doing it. Sometimes you’ll wonder if it’s worth it, but if you keep overcoming, keep showing up & keep working, it will all be worth it. Greatness isn’t easy, but then again, nothing worth having ever is!

[Jamy Bechler @jamybechler]

PLAYERS: Nobody is entitled to playing time. It is earned during your training and practice sessions. Those sessions start now.

[Jon Beck @CoachJonBeck]

You can choose how to spend your summer. You can choose to chill or you can choose to work & improve, but when the popcorn is popping & those seats are filled, we will know what you did all summer by what you do next season. The part timers get exposed under the bright lights!!

[Jon Beck @CoachJonBeck]

Off season is the best season for great players! Period. Fall in love with building great habits that you need to have to be successful. Greatness is a lifestyle, not an event or a game. Fall in love with the process that excellence requires & let the results be what they may!

[Jon Beck @CoachJonBeck]

Ways Players Get Noticed:

Lead your team
Be a great teammate
Play hard & with energy
Play with purpose
Be coachable
Be a teacher
Be a good student
Have great body language
Show what you can do
Talk, talk, talk
Show up early & stay late
Ask great questions
Make simple plays
Win!

[Jon Beck @CoachJonBeck]

Practice is:
Getting out of your comfort zone
Adversity
Discomfort
Preparation
Asking questions
Learning all you can
Failure
Challenges

Practice isn’t:
Just showing up
Waiting for the whistle
Complaining
Asking why me
Being too cool to work
Thinking “I’ll do it when it matters”

[Jon Beck @CoachJonBeck]

Toughness is making the daily choice to consistently do what’s hard over doing what’s easy. But there’s really no easy path. It takes what it takes. If you choose to do what’s easy, your only chance for success is just to hope that your opponent is lazier & softer than you are!

[Coach the Coaches @WinningCoaches]

"Humble enough to prepare, confident enough to perform."

- Tom Coughlin

[MBDragonVolleyball @MBDragonVB]

@darrinrumpf @missouri_sports Looks like volleyball top 10

[Jon Beck @CoachJonBeck]

Excuses are the downfall of so many people with bright futures. You think you know what you want & have a detailed plan to get there, but then you start making excuses/accepting excuses. And that’s where things take a downward turn. Excuses don’t produce results. Only mediocrity!

[MBDragonVolleyball @MBDragonVB]

Always true with every part of life. Definitely true in high school sports.

[Jon Beck @CoachJonBeck]

True desire is measured by ACTIONS. Show me what you do with your time & you won’t need to explain it. Show me what you do with your time & I’ll know how bad you really want it. Words don’t mean much. Anyone can SAY what they’re going to do. Your actions will always speak louder!

[MBDragonVolleyball @MBDragonVB]

Congratulations to Coach Horn and Lindee on the birth of their new son Kinnon!

[Jon Beck @CoachJonBeck]

Mature athletes think:
Teach me
Show me
Challenge me
Hold me accountable
It’s about the team
I crave improvement
I will earn it

Immature athletes think:
You can’t teach me
I know everything
You owe me
Make it easy for me
It’s all about me
I don’t need to get better
I deserve it

[MBDragonVolleyball @MBDragonVB]

@darrinrumpf @darrinrumpf Yep. It will be the first year of a new program there, and the coach wants great athletes who work hard and have great character. He will teach her the game. Should be exciting!

[MBDragonVolleyball @MBDragonVB]

Congratulations to Dragons volleyball standout Khania Clark on signing her letter of intent to play lacrosse at Drury College in Springfield.

[Jon Beck @CoachJonBeck]

Winning isn’t the point. Wanting to win is the point. Not giving up is the point. Never letting up is the point. Never being satisfied with what you’ve done is the point. The game is never over. The secret of the game is in doing your best. To persist & endure.

~Pat Head Summitt