Joshua Stratton

I have the best job in the world a Husband, and a Father.

[Joshua Stratton @StrattonJosh]

@Rob_B_Page @Dre2jackson Baller!!

[Brian Kight @BrianKight]

5 Reasons Coaches Struggle to Build Disciplined Teams:

Coaches preach discipline constantly. But when it comes to actually teaching it, training it, or modeling it, too many coaches fall short.

Discipline is a skill. Train it like one. Here are the 5 biggest mistakes and what to do instead.

Mistake 01: Teaching through punishment

Discipline is a skill. You don’t get better at a skill by getting yelled at or running lines. You get better through practice, feedback, and repetition under pressure. Build discipline through connection, teaching, and training reps. Not fear.

Mistake 02: Confusing rigidity with discipline

Same routine. No adjustments. Stick to the plan no matter what.

"This is how my coaches did it for me."
"This is the way we've always done it."

That’s not discipline. That’s stubbornness. Real discipline adapts to circumstances while staying anchored to first principles, timeless truth, purpose, and standards. Rigid things break. Disciplined things flex and strengthen.

Mistake 03: Missing one of the three pillars

Most coaches drill the WHAT of discipline. Few explain the WHY. Almost none define the HOW. All three must be present:

The Three Pillars of Discipline:
❓ WHAT – Intentional Choice
🎯 WHY - Purposeful Objectives
📈 HOW – Skillful Standards

Miss one, and you kill ownership.

Mistake 04: Treating discipline like a condition

“You lack discipline.”
“You’re not a disciplined player.”

That language creates helplessness. Discipline isn’t something kids have or don’t have. It’s a choice they make moment by moment.

It’s not that they didn’t have discipline. It’s that they didn’t choose it.

Mistake 05: Coaches don’t model discipline

Kids watch everything. When you’re disciplined, your words are credible. When you’re not, your words are noise.

The most powerful thing you can do for your team is live the standard you’re asking them to reach.

TL;DR --> The 5 Mistakes:

1) Teaching through punishment
2) Confusing rigidity with discipline
3) Missing one of the three pillars
4) Treating discipline like a condition
5) Coaches don’t model discipline

Discipline is a skill. Train it like one.

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Tom Izzo is asked by @outkick’s @RealDanZak about media ripping him for being too tough on players and Charles Barkley’s defense of him, gives phenomenal answer on accountability. Watch this:

[Brian Kight @BrianKight]

You change someone's life when you hold them to high standards while giving them deep love.

People lower standards in the name of love or withhold love in the name of higher standards. Both are mistakes with dangerous consequences.

Love doesn't lower the standard. High standards don't withhold love.

[Joshua Stratton @StrattonJosh]

@BFW The SEC is no where near what it used to be. Miami couldn’t even win the ACC! 🗑️ Go Bucks!

[Defiant L’s @DefiantLs]

Cheryl Hines tells Bill Maher: "The Republicans have been very kind to me from the beginning. Even... when Bobby was running as a Democrat, they weren’t mean. And they never have been. And I can’t say that for the Democrats."

[Dan Hollaway @DanHollaway]

Protecting children is THE hill to die on, whether it's protecting them from grooming & genital mutilation, girls getting beaten up by boys, or a foreign government sex trafficking minors to blackmail America. Be sure you're on the side of children, regardless of your party.

[Tony Holler @pntrack]

The upcoming teacher shortage will be devastating. I can't talk any high school or college kid into considering it.

Makes no sense to borrow $100K to get a college degree that qualifies you for a $45K job (and it's a hard job!).

My idea...

Two year college program, followed by a two year apprenticeship making $25 an hour. $35 if your are working at a school poorly supported by property taxes.

The first year of the apprenticeship would be working in all areas of the school but would include being a teacher's aid. Coaching (paid) would be encouraged.

The second year of the apprenticeship would be an extended student teaching experience... hands on, learning the craft. Again, paid extracurricular work encouraged.

At the end of the four-year experience, the initial college the student attended would issue a degree on the recommendation of the apprenticeship school.

It makes no sense to continue to pay high tuition as a student teacher. Student teachers deserve to be paid.

Plumbers without a college degree average $35 an hour.

Either we fix things now or we deal with long term consequences.

Either we invest or we divest.

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

Without the ability to say no, you cannot negotiate.

[Doug Foote @nrhsathletics]

Congrats to Tyler Anderson who last night was inducted into the NR Sports Hall of Fame! Tyler’s presenter was Coach Josh Stratton! #NRPRIDE!

[Joshua Stratton @StrattonJosh]

What an honor this was! One of the baddest dudes on the planet, taking his place in the NRHS Hall of Fame. Great example that tough people win at life. Congrats again Tyler!!!

[Doug Foote @nrhsathletics]

Congrats to Tyler Anderson who last night was inducted into the NR Sports Hall of Fame! Tyler’s presenter was Coach Josh Stratton! #NRPRIDE!

[Doug Foote @nrhsathletics]

What a night! Congrats Jim Robinson, Tyler Anderson, Doug Smiddy and Chris Kilgore! Newest members of the NR Sports Hall of Fame!

[TPS @TotalProSports]

GROK AI is something else. 💀🤣🤣🤣

[Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸 @KarluskaP]

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[Trump Girl 🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲 @MAGA__Patriot]

Good riddance!!

[Joshua Stratton @StrattonJosh]

@CoachTatum90 @CoachMMJohnson Then add in unbalanced!

[Shawn Ryan @ShawnRyan762]

Before we move on, let's not forget this, along with Joe Biden honoring Hillary Clinton with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

This was apart of the chain dropping today.

To be continued.

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

All in all Vols fans bragging about their Columbus takeover for 48 hours straight only to be treated like Kent State is pretty funny.

[Matt Finkes @MattFinkes]

The audacity of trying to vote yourself a pay raise when you make millions with legal insider trading is fucking insulting. All of congress who wanted this should be ashamed. Talking to you @DanCrenshawTX

[Dan Hollaway @DanHollaway]

Politicians measure success by whether or not they win elections, not by whether or not they make the country better and safer.