It seems like days like today are reminders that we're all in this human life, with it's joys, sorrows, tragedies, and triumphs, we're all in this experience together. A reminder to love relentlessly.
It’s great to strive to compete at the highest level of your sport. But remember, the further you go, there will be more work, better competition, more criticism, more expectations, and more distractions — it will require a better version of who you are today.
When I asked Clemson Coach Dabo Swinney if he was an overachiever he said, "No. I’m an over believer." If you want success in 2020, create an attitude of belief in yourself and your team.
"Finish each day & be done w/ it. You have done what you could. Some blunders & absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely & w/ too high a spirit to be encumbered w/ your old nonsense."
―Ralph Waldo Emerson
Young children don’t care about differences of nationality, faith or race. So long as their companions smile, they play together happily. It seems it’s only as we grow up, in the course of education, that focussing on secondary differences between people creates trouble.
Don’t strive to be the best. It creates an illusion of an endpoint—and a delusion that the goal is to be superior to others.
Strive to be better. The person you’re competing with is your past self, and the bar you’re setting is for your future self.
#WednesdayWisdom
7 things that will improve your team:
1. Love
2. Selflessness
3. Encouragement
4. Unity
5. Optimism
6. Communication
7. Vulnerability
7 things that will sabotage your team:
1. Energy Vampires
2. Complaining
3. Ego
4. Selfishness
5. Jealousy
6. Resentment
7. Bitterness
Which of the following should coaches focus on in junior sport?:
⚪️Fun
⚪️Inclusion
⚪️Learning
⚪️Development
⚪️Challenge
⚪️Enthusiasm
⚪️Respect
⚪️Community
⚪️Equity
⚪️Teamwork
⚪️Engagement
⚪️Empowerment
⚪️Play
⚪️Reflection
⚪️Skills
⚪️Winning & Losing
⚪️Retention
🔘All of the above
Saw this on bulletin board outside class today. Good reminder for coaches & athletes. Immerse yourself in the moment, give full focus, & really try to ‘hear’ what others are trying to tell us. Also effectiveness of game coaching depends on ability to ‘listen’ and silently observe