TVHS Girls Cross Country

To give anything else than your best is to sacrifice the gift Steve Prefontaine

[TVHS Girls Cross Country @coachlinsky]

On Monday night our TVMS girls track team won the Governor Mifflin JH County Championship capping their 3rd consecutive undefeated season! This is also the girls 9th Championship since 2011. Congratulations girls on a fantastic season!

[TVHS Girls Cross Country @coachlinsky]

@SpotlightBerks @BCIAASports @TVRAIDERS Congratulations Hailey!!!

[Spotlight On Berks Sports @SpotlightBerks]

GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
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In Saturday’s Firing Meet, Twin Valley’s Hailey Kilgore broke her own Raiders school record in 2 events. In the 100 hurdles her new record time is 14.89 and in the 300 hurdles her new record time is 43.90.

Congrats, Hailey!

[Spotlight On Berks Sports @SpotlightBerks]

GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
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In Thursday’s Firing Meet, Twin Valley’s Riley Servis broke her own Raiders school record in the 3200 with a time of 11:27.56.

Congrats, Riley!

[TVHS Girls Cross Country @coachlinsky]

@SpotlightBerks @BCIAASports @TVRAIDERS Way to go Riley!!!!

[DJ Brock @CoachDJBrock]

🚨ONCE AGAIN🚨

If your schedule looks like this:

M - track
Tu - track/⚽️
W - meet/⚽️
Th - track/⚽️
F - track
Sa - track
Su - ⚽️

Gains on the track will be made VERY slowly… maybe not at all.

Don’t get upset if you don’t see improvement.

[TVHS Girls Cross Country @coachlinsky]

Yep!

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

Every runner knows the opposite truth:

The fitter you are, the more you question why going up stairs is so hard, when you are in peak mile or 5k shape.

A truism among runners I know: the fitter you are the more the stairs hurt, the more you avoid them.

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

"Participation trophies are ruining kids...
Not keeping score is making kids weak..."

Those aren't the problem.
It's the D1 or bust mentality...
The seeking validation and status through your kids sporting success...That's the problem.

It's time for a reality check on what actually matters...even if you want your kid to succeed:

Consider a counter example: Norway.

They are wildly successful. Some of the top athletes in golf, tennis, track and field, soccer, triathlon, and of course they dominate winter sports. Warholm, Blummenfelt, Iden, Ruud, Haaland, and more stars. They punch well above their weight.

Yet... Their youth sport is the opposite of the US.

No scorekeeping until 13.
No travel teams.
No trophies unless EVERYONE gets one.

Their slogan for youth sports? "Joy of Sport for All."

Meanwhile, we're burning out kids & adults alike with our WIN-AT-ALL-COSTS mentality.

The research is clear:

• Obsessing over outcomes can work in the short run. But it often leads to burnout, anxiety, and even WORSE performance in the long run. Why? It activates avoidance and fear motivation.

• Focusing on MASTERY - the process of learning & improving — fuels lasting success AND well-being. It stokes our motivational flames

In recent research involving the Swiss Olympic federation...

The athletes whose motivation was more intrinsically orientated were much more likely to make it to the international level a few years later.

Those who adopted a fear of failure-mindset were less likely to reach the next level.

A rush to perform often backfires.

A 2021 meta-analysis evaluating over 6,000 athletes across a variety of sports found that those athletes who made it to world-class, when compared to those who were good but not great, tended to have more multisport than specialized practice, start their primary sport later, accumulate less practice time, and progress slightly slower.

And in research on prodigies in math, science, and music, psychologist Ellen Winner found that...

The prodigies who failed to translate early talent to success in adulthood experienced "excessive extrinsic control and pressure, leading to a decline of intrinsic motivation."

She went on to conclude, when we push too hard
"the intrinsic motivation and rage to master these children start out with become a craving for the extrinsic rewards of fame"

Don't like research?

Listen to Tom House, a throwing maestro who has coached Nolan Ryan, Tom Brady, Drew Brees, and Randy Johnson.

When he looked at the commonalities between the greats, he noted they were all "Addicted to the process. Winning is a byproduct. They get addicted to the process because it's what they can control... Wins only take them out of the process for moments."

When we are striving out of a place of insecurity, when we feel trapped, fear and protection take over.

We move from a growth orientation to safety. We have nowhere else to go.

We need these "things" to feel validated. We can't live without them. The hungry ghosts take over.
They are in control.

It's not about the participation trophies... we give them to adults all the time (See: Your medal from the weekend 5k run)

It's not about keeping score or not....your kids will know the score and compete like crazy if they care. They do it at recess.

It's that we need to create the space for falling in love with the pursuit.

And the way we get there is by providing spaces for:
Autonomy: You make the choice. NOT feeling compelled or controlled.

Mastery: See progress. Display competency
Belonging: Genuine connection
Those are the building blocks for intrinsic motivation.

We must hold onto the idea that outcomes matter, but we should decouple our character from the result and recalibrate what is truly important to ourselves, our pursuits, and our relationships.

That's why I wrote Win the Inside Game. Check out the book today: https://t.co/SUmMnvhMZn

How to strive, reach the top, but in a way that is sustainable and doesn't make us or our kids miserable.
That's the path.

-Steve

[DJ Brock @CoachDJBrock]

🚨UNPOPULAR OPINION🚨

Athletes IN-SEASON don’t need to be going to workouts for their OUT OF SEASON sport.

You on basketball, you aren’t needed at soccer or football or baseball.

You at football, you aren’t needed at lax or wrestling.

Focus on your current sport and team.

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

We've got a youth sport crisis.

70% of kids quit sports by 13.
64% experience high levels of fear of failure.
60% report overwhelming pressure to perform

Adults need to stop ruining sports.

My manifesto on youth sports for parents and coaches. Link below.

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

Fortnight is the new sandlot

Kids have retreated to video games because it's the one place where adults can’t interfere, control, or critique

And it's the one place where they can find autonomy & connection.

That used to be sports....But adults ruined it...

Bring back play:

[Tracking Football @TrckFootball]

HS multi-sport and athleticism of #SuperBowl active rosters

9% - Football only
91% - 2+ sport athletes
45% - 3+ sport athletes
65% - Track & field

PAI avg: 3.6/5.0
COM avg: 3.8/5.0

[Spotlight On Berks Sports @SpotlightBerks]

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At Thursday’s meet at Lehigh, Twin Valley’s Addison Nudy won the long jump with a distance of 16’ 8.5”. There were 58 girls entered.

Congrats, Addison!

View complete results of the meet on our website

https://t.co/AKHhyskKsv

[TVHS Girls Cross Country @coachlinsky]

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[TVHS Girls Cross Country @coachlinsky]

Love this team! Great job today ladies!

[TVHS Girls Cross Country @coachlinsky]

Congratulations Riley on a tremendous run at districts finishing 12th and qualifying for the State Championship!

[TVHS Girls Cross Country @coachlinsky]

Let Red Robin take care of your dinner plans tonight! If dining-in or ordering to-go, please mention TVHS Girls XC. Thank you for your support!!

[TVHS Girls Cross Country @coachlinsky]

Please join us at Red Robin this Thursday night 4-8pm! If you can’t dine-in, please consider ordering to-go. Remember to mention the team when ordering. Thank you!

[TVHS Girls Cross Country @coachlinsky]

Council Rock Invitational 1st Place, small schools. Riley Servis 2nd overall and Kenzi Flores 19th. @TVRAIDERS @SpotlightBerks @CentralPARunner

[TVHS Girls Cross Country @coachlinsky]

Congratulations Riley Servis for setting a new school record on our home course today! Riley placed 2nd overall against great competition from Downingtown East and Great Valley. @TVRAIDERS @SpotlightBerks @CentralPARunner