Jeremy van den Boer

Husband - Father - Can/Am - Great Dane Owner - Christian - Basketball Coach - Prov 27:17 #KeepShowingUp

[Jeremy van den Boer @CoachVan79]

@CoachLync SELF

[Jeremy van den Boer @CoachVan79]

@CoachLync ATO

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

"Bad habits have a cost.
Good habits have a price.
Either way you have to pay.
The meaningful things- we pay for before.
The foolish things- we pay for after."

Winners pay upfront (sacrifice, effort, discipline).
Everyone else pays later (regret).
That’s the difference.

[Coach VJ @VeraJoBustos]

Confidence usually breaks down when athletes start blaming circumstances. The refs. The coach. The system. The matchup.

Or they go the other way and blame themselves in an unproductive way, leading to frustration rather than growth. Neither builds confidence.

Ownership is different.

The three things you fully own, no matter what?

Your preparation.
Your effort.
Your response.

[Jon Gordon @JonGordon11]

Loving your team also means you challenge them to reach their full potential. If you love someone you don't let them settle for anything but their best. You speak life and truth to them to help them grow.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Adversity isn’t the enemy.
It’s the ticket. 🎟️

"If you learn to use it right, it will buy you a ticket to a place you couldn't have gone any other way." - Tony Bennett

What adversity is shaping you right now?

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Tara VanDerveer shares what it really takes to win championships.

"When you win championships, that takes a lot of discipline."

"I'm going to love you but you're going to hear things that sometimes you don't want to hear."

That's the balance - love and accountability.

You have to care and you have to be honest.

Great leaders hold you accountable because they believe in you.

They don't just tell you what you want to hear - they tell you what you need to hear.
(🎥 Way of Champions)

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Geno Gold 🥇

Preparation is the great separation.

In the biggest games you don’t rise to the occasion, you fall to your preparation.

Be great today.

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

"Every team wants to win - every player wants to win - every coach.
But it's really the teams that honor what goes into winning and work at those things every single day that will be highly successful.
In order to win large victories, you first have to win small victories."

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Pressure doesn’t break you, it reveals you. Embrace it. It means you have earned the right to be in the moment.

[Blue Devil Voices @DukeEchoes]

Coach Scheyer:

“One of our standards was do your best. And doing your best wasn’t about playing your best, making the most shots, it’s about giving your best effort, it’s about giving your best attitude, and having your best focus. We don’t play for a score, we play to do our best….It has to come from the players. As a coach you can say whatever you want but at the end of the day your players are the ones that has to own it.”

(via @DukeATHLETICS)

[Tom Crean @TomCrean]

Players
If you’re playing winning Basketball , it’s not YOUR shot. It’s OUR shot.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Dan Campbell said, “Belief comes from the work that you put in.”

Confidence is earned.

Not talked about.
Not wished for.
It’s built in the reps no one sees.

🎥 The Winning Difference

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Marcus Freeman shares why "leading by example" isn't enough.

"We don't love leaders by example. Because leaders by example are guys that do what they're told to do, they do everything they're asked, right?"

"But they don't say things when their teammates aren't reaching the standard. We can't have that."

Real leadership isn't just performing at the standard. It's protecting the standard.

"We need more leaders. Guys that are willing to hold their teammates accountable because it's gonna make your teammate better."

Accountability isn't about being hard on people. It's about caring enough to not let them settle.

"I wanna make everybody in our organization the best they possibly can be. So if I let you cut corners or I don't say something to you when you're falling under the standard, then I'm not helping push you to the best you can be."

Leading by example is the baseline.
Leading with accountability is the standard.
(🎥notredamebusiness )

[Steve Collins @TeachHoopsBBall]

Every high school basketball game starts the same: 0-0.
What happens next?
- The more disciplined team wins.
- The team that talks the most, rotates on defense, and values every possession wins.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Gregg Popovich said, “It’s your job to make me play you.”

Playing time is earned.

A victim mindset says…I didn’t play because coach doesn’t like me.

A winning mindset says…I didn’t play because I haven’t earned it yet.

Don’t be a victim.

[Jeff Janssen @janssenleader]

If you can't get it done in practice
you won't get it done on game day.

If you're not confident in practice
you won't be confident on game day.

If you're not focused in practice
you won't be focused on game day.

The habits you cultivate in practice
will show up on game day.

[Don Williams @Don_K_Williams]

Athlete: Coach… I think I want to quit.

Coach: Okay. Then let’s talk about why.

Athlete: I’m tired. All the early mornings, the pain, the pressure. Sometimes I wake up and wonder what I’m even doing this for.

Coach: That’s not quitting. That’s being human. Doubt shows up when you’re close to something that matters.

Athlete: But I’m not even sure I’m good enough. I look around and see people stronger, faster… happier.

Coach: Comparison is a liar. It shows you everyone’s surface but hides their struggle. You don’t need to be better than them. You need to be better than yesterday.

Athlete: What if I never win? What if I give everything and still fall short?

Coach: Then you’ll walk away with something most never touch—truth. The kind you only find when you’ve emptied yourself for something bigger than comfort.

Athlete: So… you think I should keep going?

Coach: I think you already know the answer. You wouldn’t be having this conversation if you truly wanted to stop. You just want someone to remind you that it’s worth it.

Athlete: It hurts, Coach. Some days, it really hurts.

Coach: Good. That means you care. And nothing worth having comes without pain. Now breathe. You’ve made it through every hard day so far.
Most quit before the breakthrough!

Don’t be like most!