People with “natural” talent aren’t the only ones who succeed. More important than natural talent is the will to overcome adversity, discipline to keep pushing boundaries & a relentless drive to be better than you were yesterday. Showing up & giving your all. That’s what matters!
Many athletes work according to their feelings. If they are a little tired, sore or just don’t feel like it, they find excuses to skip it. The truly committed work based on principles! Excuses aren’t part of their vocabulary. When you’re fueled by passion you rarely make excuses!
🏀 Assistant Coaches…
🗒️ Your Head Coach walks into practice every day with a practice plan in hand and copies for the other staff members to know what the plan is too.
🗣️ As assistants we should always walk into individual or position group workouts with a workout plan in hand and a copy for the GA / Manager assisting you.
1) It��s a good habit to build
2) It shows you care and have an actual development
3) Over time you will build out your own database of 30-45min workouts
There’s great coaches in HS and club.
?-Is, is learning the game-phys/mental dev. happening? We ALWAYS want to win, but exmpl-I’d rather go Man-D, learn and lose than“win!”playing 2-3 zone in summer. Esp w/young kids. Also Ppl don’t value gm speed prax reps/shots/skills vs. 40gms
Summer intentions & actions say a lot about you. Missing workouts with no communication, being late & always making excuses eliminates a lot of players from any leadership role. Leaders show up & do hard things; they hold themselves & others accountable and they lead by example!
Stop blaming your parents, friends, teachers, coaches or “bad luck”. It’s a concept the whiney, pampered, excuse-making, entitled masses will never get:
Work!! Busting your butt, breaking a sweat & earning it just flat out feels great. There’s not a better feeling in the world!
Great players are successful because they’re:
Energized, Unselfish, Accountable, Humble, Respectful, Appreciative, Coachable, Productive, Hard working, Improvement-loving, Team oriented
As a player, you may not be all of these things, but if you crave success, be the majority!
Coaches aren’t in the business of begging players to get in the gym/go to camps, but if you don’t, then don’t come later looking for playing time. It doesn’t work that way. Players get playing time by earning it. If you don���t earn it, save yourself the trouble of wishing for it!