Ryan Walters finally received the national attention he craved. He’s now front & center as the danger of placing a right-wing-nut-job-loon in charge of the education of children at the @oksde or in any state. There is no manufactured distraction that will save him.
There’s a narrative I often hear or read
“Let’s get more kids opportunities in college athletics”
You can’t. You can get more kids exposed but the number of openings at the next level is very finite!
You can’t just create opportunities. In fact, they are shrinking with closures of schools.
As a coach, you can’t make all your players happy all the time. You need the courage to do what’s best for the team, even if it upsets some of your players. Focus more on what your players need, not what they want. Be a leader, not a people-pleaser.
Recruits:
🚨You absolutely can not be on a team….in a relationship, a career and TAKE TAKE TAKE.
What are ways you can GIVE back to your coach or program who’s working FOR you ((most likely for free))…
* Communicate - on & off the court
* Show Grace
* Be Coachable
* Stay FIT 💪🏽
* WEEKLY training sessions (no exception)
* Hush the haters when things aren’t perfect - don’t jump on the gossip 🚂
* Be a good teammate
* Self accountability for off games
* Take ownership of YOUR recruitment
* Trust your coach & be trustworthy‼️
🎙️Don’t EXPECT perfection from the people around you. They will always let you down if you do. Nobody is perfect. No program is perfect. Life is MESSY! Just strive for #Excellence in ALL YOU DO. Control what you can control!
✌🏼Sidenote - unless your efficiency is at 113% EVERY GAME don’t expect perfection from a coach/program. We ALL fall short!
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Feel free to add to this list, but most of these are CONTROLLABLES‼️
#ExcellenceOverPerfection
Players are different; they display their competitive nature in many different ways, and this has been done for decades. Please stop politicizing this and respect these players for their drive and hard work. Realtalk I want them to display that same passion on and off the court
More important than being on the ranking list is when you get on the list, the target that you have on your back. Can you handle it? #thahopgoodexprience
The culture of any organization is shaped by the worst behavior the leader/coach is willing to tolerate.
When toxic employees/players’ negative behaviors are allowed, it can have detrimental effect on the entire culture.
Leaders/Coaches- what you fail to correct, you applaud!
If you are playing for the gear you are playing for the wrong reason. If you are coaching for wins only you are coaching for the wrong reason. I played this game and coach currently the game because I love it. Never did I think it would bring me all the success I have obtained.
The goal for me has always been to make sure the players I coach in the summer be better HS players. I think the better player you are, the better. Prospect you will be !!!
It really crazy how people want to control the narrative and don't know what they are talking about. This social media have people that think they know something relevant