Championship teams/organizations offer very little flexibility...that's why they are championship teams/organizations! The STANDARD/EXPECTATIONS apply to EVERYONE involved!
Youth Athletes:
Watch what YOU post, like, retweet, interact w/ on your social media. Controversial material from YOUR account will RUIN your opportunities 💯
Everyone's looking, and you can't hide it once you hit send!
Be smart. Be positive. Be thoughtful. Be a good person 🙌
If you are in the South Jersey/Philadelphia area and a 2024, you should make a point to be at this camp. It is worth at least an hour drive to get in front of Head Coach Dickson and his staff.
Start getting in front of coaches now.
NICK SABAN ON BLESSINGS
“Do you pray to be blessed or do you pray to be a blessing? … Never miss an opportunity to tell people how much you appreciate them. There’s nothing that makes a person feel better about themselves than when you say I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO!"
Sunday SHOUTOUT to ALL the COLLEGE ATHLETES, past & present
YOU raised the bar, YOU set an example, YOU motivated others, YOU worked hard, YOU battled through adversity, YOU'RE part of a small % of athletes in the Country.
Your IMPACT is farther reaching than YOU know! 🙌💯
A lot of parents (NOT ALL) have traded high expectations/demands of their kids in search of comfort/path of least resistance! Coaches don't like coaching these kids and competitors don't like playing with them. Competitive athletics are designed to be cruel, rude, nasty at times.
Four healthy attitudes to have about competition:
1. Effort and improvement are more important than winning.
2. Cheating to win is never okay.
3. You can compete hard on the field, and be friendly off of it.
4. Winning/losing doesn’t change your true worth as a person.
Baseball & Life are both filled w/ FAILURES.. I've been failing for 39 years & I'm still learning 💯
Embrace the failures.. Learn from them, find motivation from them, create the best version of YOURSELF from them.. BUT never accept them 🙌
HARD WORK PAYS OFF ✌️
Five things that mature athletes do:
1. Show up on time.
2. Work hard in school.
3. Take care of their bodies.
4. Stay out of trouble.
5. Treat others with respect.
Your best performance isn't always one that wins the trophy. And winning a trophy doesn't always mean you did your best. Sometimes you only have to be better than your opponent & sometimes even your best isn’t enough. The only thing you can control is being better than yesterday!
Your image is formed from your character. If you worry more about developing good character than what you look like to others, a positive image will naturally follow. If image is your focus, your character will inevitably suffer. Images fade someday. Your character lives forever!
Facts don't care about excuses 💯
• Hard work PAYS OFF - fact
• Commitment, consistency are CRITICAL to success - fact
• Discipline feeds forward growth - fact
EXCUSES make YOU feel better.. they avoid accountability.. they make YOU SOFT - fact
Attention Pitchers: At the next-level WALKS tend to lead to runs SCORING.
This offseason make sure you are making your delivery, your rhythm, your focus, your release point, your arm action, your command.... ALL a priority 💯