Vinkeia

[Vinkeia @vinbarry]

@fun_do_mentals Balk?

[Aaron O'Neill @LiturgyLocker]

The BIGGEST victory were the lessons learned along the way.

1. Championships aren’t given, they’re taken, fought for, earned.

2. The path to victory isn’t always pretty. There’s painful twists, turns, and dark tunnels to navigate.

3. The smiles at the end don’t show the tears it took to make it there.

[Aaron O'Neill @LiturgyLocker]

The most valuable player is the one who makes the most players valuable.

Vigorous pursuit of excellence
Attribute success to team
Listen to learn, learn to listen
Ubuntu mentality
All for one, one for all attitude
Belief in everyone
Love the person, lead the player
Energy driver

[SheridanMcGuaneBaseball @SheridanMcGuane]

Help grow our social media following.

Social media helps us communicate, showcase our league & establish SMB as the premiere community baseball program in Chicago.

Let’s reach out to our family & friends to help grow our following as we march toward Opening Day.  Let’s go SMB!

[Aaron O'Neill @LiturgyLocker]

"How do you think the other team feels?"

It’s one of the most powerful questions you can ask.

Asked our 10U ⚾️ team the question after a tough loss.

It was the other teams 1st win.

Player from our team: “I bet they feel amazing."

A loss became a lesson.

We're all human.

[Aaron O'Neill @LiturgyLocker]

Captains like the C's [consonants].

They LOVE their VOWELS.

Like words, vowels are a team's glue.

A: Attitude
E: Effort
I: Integrity
O: Optimism
U: Unity

and sometimes Y

PuYol
TerrY
CruYff
RoY

[Aaron O'Neill @LiturgyLocker]

T to the Izzo🏀

“Discipline is the greatest form of love.” - Tom Izzo

SWEET 16!!!

#MarchMadness

[Aaron O'Neill @LiturgyLocker]

Fewer than 2% of NCAA student-athletes go on to be professional athletes.

Coaches should set players up to win at life.

1. COMPETE to be the best in class
2. Work to WIN at school
3. Always be READING
4. Be the CEO of your own learning
5. To be the best, SERVE the most
#MarchMadness

[Aaron O'Neill @LiturgyLocker]

“Play is the highest form of research.” - Albert Einstein

Wife [yelling from upstairs]: You just watching basketball again?

Me [just watching…😎]: Nope!

#marchmadness is research 🧐 🏀

[Aaron O'Neill @LiturgyLocker]

Eight paths to Greatness 🏆

1. practicE
2. practiCe
3. practIce
4. pracTice
5. praCtice
6. prActice
7. pRactice
8. Practice

The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison.

[Aaron O'Neill @LiturgyLocker]

Player: "I'm not feeling it today. It's not my day."

Coach: "Congratulations!!! It's your lucky ☘️ day. You've been given the GOLDEN TICKET to a highly exclusive destination. Champions call it Adverse City."

Accept the GOLDEN TICKET - you'll have zero regrets.

[Vinkeia @vinbarry]

RT @fun_do_mentals: The only place championSHIP comes before ownerSHIP is the dictionary.

Loose lips sink ships
Disunity sinks ships
Lazin…

[Aaron O'Neill @LiturgyLocker]

Athletes focused on, "WINNING PRACTICE" often try to be perfect and avoid mistakes - which limits growth.

Practice is to push limitations
Practice is to increase automaticity
Practice is to work on new things
Practice is to go beyond comfort

Win progress⬆️, not perfection.

[Aaron O'Neill @LiturgyLocker]

Yellow brick baseball.

Coaches help players find what they already possess.

Courage and belief🦁
Ideas and mindset🧠
Purpose and passion ♥️
Home and team🏡

[Aaron O'Neill @LiturgyLocker]

Albert Einstein, born 14 March 1879.

"Play is the highest form of research." A.E.

[Aaron O'Neill @LiturgyLocker]

Coaches...
What do you think about Coach Prime Time's decision here?
https://t.co/bQXXqLdy1m

[Aaron O'Neill @LiturgyLocker]

"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration."
- Thomas Edison

99% of the time people will say you stink.

Most people believe the lie and give in.

Geniuses - CHAMPIONS - know the 99 stinky setbacks are the climb to the mountain top, lessons leading to greatness.

[Aaron O'Neill @LiturgyLocker]

Level 5 Leaders make it a goal to develop strong leaders within their team - it goes unnoticed when they leave.

Level 5 Leaders are often quiet, yet confident, when the "lights are on"... "when it's game time" - because they worked so hard when "it's dark."

Level 5= Coaching🏆

[Aaron O'Neill @LiturgyLocker]

"Level 5 leaders display a powerful mixture of humility and indomitable will. They're incredibly ambitious - their ambition is first and foremost for the cause...the organization...its purpose, not themselves. Level 5 leaders are often self-effacing, quiet, reserved, even shy."

[Aaron O'Neill @LiturgyLocker]

What are we teaching?
Teams learn more from our actions than our speeches.

Sport can teach a lot of good.

It can also teach:
Selfishness
Arrogance
Entitlement
Negativity
Insecurity
Timidity
Pride
Divisiveness
Insubordination
Disrespect
Disunity
Dishonesty