Coach Ward

Building Community, Athletes, and Character for over 30 years

[Strikers Fox Valley @Strikers_FV]

Meet this month’s featured Strikers alum, Daniel Domniguez! View his highlights and read about his successes at https://t.co/5SQ68Z1kwC. #StrikerStrong! #StrikerStories

[Strikers Fox Valley @Strikers_FV]

Meet this month’s featured Strikers alum, Michaela Ann Loebel! View her highlights and read about her successes at https://t.co/5SQ68Z1kwC. #StrikerStrong! #StrikerStories

[Strikers Fox Valley @Strikers_FV]

NEW for 2023-2024 at Strikers – OPEN TRYOUTS! Register now at be StrikerStrong at https://t.co/Y2XD2JkjW2! For ages 6 to 19. Grow and broaden your skills and experience with Strikers Fox Valley – your community club! #onecommunity #oneclub #tryouts #soccer

[Coach Ward @CoachWard_]

Congrats Mr. Burke, well done!!

[EIU Women’s Soccer @EIUsoccer]

One of the best to ever tend the net in Charleston. Proud of you Jon!

[Jeff Janssen @janssenleader]

TOP THREE LEADERS LIST
Are you one of the TOP 3:
✅ hardest workers?
✅ best teammates?
✅ most competitive?
✅ most mentally tough?
✅ most enthusiastic?
✅ most optimistic?
✅ most accountable?
✅ most coachable?
✅ most trustworthy?
✅ most respected?
#CultureWins

[Sports Psychology @SportPsychTips]

When you’re playing against a superior opponent, remember that you don’t need to be better than them overall. You just need to be better than them for one day. Let this give you confidence as an underdog.

[Sports Psychology @SportPsychTips]

If you think you don’t need to improve your attitude, then you probably need to improve your attitude. Don’t let your ego get in the way of your growth. No matter how good you are, there’s always room for improvement.

[Susan David, Ph.D. @SusanDavid_PhD]

Before you act, breathe into the space between stimulus and response, and make the choice to be the person you most want to be, not mindlessly fueled by anger or anxiety, but grounded in self-compassion and intention.

[Jeff Janssen @janssenleader]

What's easy doesn't lead to success.
What's convenient doesn't lead to winning.
What's comfortable doesn't lead to championships.

If you want to separate yourself from the competition,

DO THE HARD,
INCONVENIENT, and
UNCOMFORTABLE THINGS
on a regular basis.

#CultureWins

[Susan David, Ph.D. @SusanDavid_PhD]

Our inner voice is rarely neutral or dispassionate. Your thoughts are doing their job—attempting to protect you.

The key is to find the space between the thinker and the thought, the emotion and the action. You own your thoughts. They don't own you.

[Coach Ward @CoachWard_]

When we parent, do we role model traits that hurt or build our players potential?

[Jon Gordon @JonGordon11]

7 things that will hurt your team:
1. Energy Vampires
2. Complaining
3. Ego
4. Selfishness
5. Jealousy
6. Resentment
7. Pessimism

7 things that will help your team:
1. Love
2. Encouragement
3. Vulnerability
4. Selflessness
5. Unity
6. Communication
7. Optimism

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

5 REGRETS Players can Have:

▪️Not putting in the time
▪️Thinking the Grass is Greener elsewhere
▪️Not buying into TEAM
▪️Not accepting their ROLE
▪️Thinking coaches were out to get them

Don’t live with regret.

Do the work -> Appreciate your team ->
Accept your role.

[Coach Ward @CoachWard_]

Here's a toss of the hat to these little turkeys. Let's go girls!!

[Strikers Fox Valley @Strikers_FV]

Strikers 2010 Girls Premier team got into the Halloween spirit by finding inspiration for their costumes from Coach Ward! Have a fun and safe Halloween. 👻

[Sports Psychology @SportPsychTips]

To succeed as an athlete, you need to balance urgency with patience. Work hard every day, but don't rush the process.

[Jeff Janssen @janssenleader]

WE NEED YOU TO LEAD WHEN:
#LeadershipMatters #CultureWins

[Coach Ward @CoachWard_]

It's just fine to have opportunities for growth. This is a time where kids can learn, grow, gain confidence, set a standard in their lives where challenges are something to embrace and enthusiastically take on. Let the kids fail, let them learn, help them grow.

[Jeff Janssen @janssenleader]

SEEK THE TRUTH
🎯 The video doesn't lie.
🎯 The stats don't lie.
🎯 The scoreboard doesn't lie.
🎯 The standings don't lie.

🧐 Examine and admit where you are.
🤔 Analyze why you're there.
📈 Plan how you're going to improve.
💪🏻 Put in the work to get there.
#CultureWins

[Jeff Janssen @janssenleader]

WANT TO WIN?
🛑 Stop the excuses.
🛑 Stop the blaming.
🛑 Stop the complaining.
🛑 Stop the selfishness.
🛑 Stop the laziness.
🛑 Stop the conflict.
🛑 Stop the cliques.

🛑 Stop the things
that cause you to lose
and you'll start to win.

#CultureWins

[Susan David, Ph.D. @SusanDavid_PhD]

Courage is not about the absence of fear but rather walking in the direction of your fears, step by step.

[Jeff Janssen @janssenleader]

LEADERS IMPACT THE CULTURE
🎯 Leaders create the culture.
🎯 Leaders change the culture.
🎯 Leaders embody the culture.
🎯 Leaders endorse the culture.
🎯 Leaders enforce the culture.

STRONG LEADERS = STRONG CULTURE
weak leaders = weak culture

#CultureWins #LeadersMatter

[Susan David, Ph.D. @SusanDavid_PhD]

Instead of asking children "WHAT do you want to BE when you grow up?" ask - "WHO do you want to be?"

We are not defined by our jobs.

When we ask who children want to be, we encourage values, character and personal responsibility.