Coach 360

Thomas Edison is credited with saying some version of the quote: "Opportunity is missed my most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like hard work." In this episode, Mackey encourages us to look past the overalls to the opportunity underneath. Yes, there will be hard work involved. But if we do today's work today, we will reap the benefits of growth tomorrow.

Key Takeaways: -If we want to get where we want to go, we have to do what we don't want to do. -Do not miss the opportunity of growth because you aren't willing to put in the work. -Do today's work today.

To learn more about the 2Words Character Development Curriculum and our e-learning resources, please email Colton at [email protected] or visit our website at www.2words.tv/gameplan3

Schedule a time for Mackey to virtually encourage your athletes by emailing Alyssa at [email protected]

Our athletic programs aren't just here to let kids run around with a ball. The program exists to make our student-athletes better, to help them become the men and women who will lead our society in the future. That's why we can't just talk about our values and personal codes, we have to actually live it out so our athletes can see it clearly. In this episode, Coach Chris Fisher breaks down the phrase OneFamily, which he uses to guide his athletic program and his life. It's a partial acronym that stands for: Faith, Attitude, Mental Toughness, Integrity, Love, and You.

Key Takeaways: -You can't just talk about OneFamily, you have to live it. -Let your yes be yes and your no be no. -It's a calling to be an educator and a coach.

To learn more about the 2Words Character Development Curriculum and e-learning resources, please email Colton at [email protected] or visit www.2words.tv/gameplan3

Schedule a time for Mackey to virtually encourage your athletes by emailing Alyssa at [email protected].

We tend to think that if we practice long enough, hard enough, the thing we're doing will be easy. But the truth is, things don't get easier, we just get stronger. And the only way to get stronger is to fail. That's right. It is not our successes that help us improve so that the hard things seem easy, it is our failures that propel us to that place. In this episode, Mackey breaks down why the most important lesson we learn from athletics is how to fail.

Key Takeaways: -Athletics teach us how to fail. -Things will go wrong in the game of life. -Things don't get easier, we just get stronger.

Schedule a time to for Mackey to virtually encourage your athletes by emailing Alyssa at [email protected]

To learn more about the 2Words Character Development Curriculum and our e-learning resources, please email Colton at [email protected] or visit www.2words.tv/gameplan3

Often we view complaints as negatives. After all, complaints tell us what is wrong with the world, and who wants to be reminded of that? But this thinking is backwards. Complaints don't just tell us what's wrong. Complaints offer an invitation to make wrong things right. In this episode, Mackey reminds us that life is based on how we see things and that we can choose to see complaints as invitations for change.

Key Takeaways: -Complaining is an invitation to get involved in something that is not right. -Life is full of invitations and complaints. -Whether you see invitations or complaints depends on your choice.

To learn more about our 2Words Character Development Curriculum and our e-learning resources, please email Colton at [email protected] or visit www.2words.tv/gameplan3

Schedule a time for Mackey to virtually encourage your athletes by emailing Alyssa at [email protected]

Discipline and accountability go hand in hand. We must hold our athletes accountable for their actions both when they are with us and when they are away. Our athletes represent our athletic program, which is essentially our brand. They are representing us when they are in other teachers' classes and when they are out with their friends. We hold them accountable for their behavior regardless of where they are because that is how we will instill discipline in them. In this episode, Coach Claude Mathis breaks down why discipline and accountability should be high priorities for any coach.

Key Takeaways: -Your athletes represent your athletic program. -All coaches should be held accountable. -Do not let the little things pass.

To learn more about our 2Words Character Development Curriculum and e-learning resources, please email Colton at [email protected] or visit www.2words.tv/gameplan3.

Schedule a time for Mackey to virtually encourage your athletes by emailing Alyssa at [email protected]

We all need a little encouragement from time to time--encouragement to look out for our FAMILY, encouragement to help us through tough situations, and encouragement to remind us of what's most important in life. In this episode, Mackey serves up these three types of encouragement. He reminds us that every member of your family (whether that's blood relatives or sports fam) is important to making the family successful. He encourages us to remember that our response is always within our control. And he encourages us to tell the people we love how proud we are of them. Ready to be encouraged?

Key Takeaways: -We are only as strong as the weakest one of us. -Tell the people you love that you are proud of them, and be specific about why. -We can't choose our circumstances but we can choose our response.

To learn more about our 2Words Character Development Curriculum and our e-learning resources, please email Colton at [email protected] or visit www.2words.tv/gameplan3.

Schedule a time for Mackey to virtually encourage your athletes by emailing Alyssa at [email protected]

Adversity reveals a lot about us. It reveals the level of our integrity, our humility, and our toughness. During times of adversity, business is not as usual. That's why we are called to show either the best of us or the worst of us, depending on if we default to serving others or serving ourselves. In this episode, Mackey discusses how adversity exposes our true character and how we can make times of adversity reveal the best of us.

Key Takeaways: -We get great at what we give reps to. -Tough times don't last, but tough people do. -Tough people win.

To learn more about the 2Words Character Development and our e-learning resources, please email Colton at [email protected] or visit www.2words.tv/gameplan3.

Schedule a time for Mackey to virtually encourage your athletes by emailing Alyssa at [email protected]

One of the greatest gifts we can give our athletes is helping them understand that they are playing for family. When they see their teammates as brothers and sisters, there is no limit to what they will do for each other. The greatest edge you can give your athletic program is a culture founded on family. In this episode, Coach Jeremy Reed discusses building a greater culture from the inside out.

Key Takeaways: -You have the greatest edge when you have a greater culture. -You have to understand the community in which you are coaching. -Be consistent with your standards and expectations.

To contact Coach Jeremy Reed with any questions you may have, please email him at [email protected].

To learn more about our e-learning resources, please email Colton at [email protected] or visit www/2words.tv/gameplan3.

Schedule a virtual locker room talk with Mackey by emailing Alyssa at [email protected].

We spend a lot of time thinking about being champions on the field, but what about being champions in the home? How do we become championship fathers? How do we teach the boys in our athletic programs and under our roofs to be championship fathers when they grow up?

In this episode, author, mentor, and friend, Carey Casey tells us that being a championship father starts with being present for your kids. He reminds us that millions of boys and girls go to bed every night without a father in the house. You can't be a father to all of them, but you can be a championships father to the children in your life.

Key Takeaways: -Always be teachable and be around people who will take you further than you can take yourself. -Championship fathers listen to their kids and are present for their kids. -Encourage your athletes and children to deal with disappointment.

To learn more about our e-learning resources, please email Colton at [email protected] or visit www.2words.tv /gameplan3.

Schedule a virtual locker room talk with Mackey by emailing Alyssa at [email protected]!

"Do what you can with all that you have wherever you are." Teddy Roosevelt

Thinking about what you can't do or don't have is easy, but useless. Thinking about all the good you could do if you were in a different location is also useless. If you want to make a difference and have an impact, focus instead on what you CAN do with what you DO have, right where you are standing. Remember: Leaders always lead, regardless of circumstances or resources.

Key Takeaways: -It's easy but useless to focus on what you can't do. -Focusing on what you can do will get you infinitely further. -Leaders need to focus on what they can do, not what they can't do.

To learn more about our e-learning resources, email Colton at [email protected] or visit www.2words.tv/gameplan3.

Schedule a time for Mackey to virtually encourage your athletes or coaches by emailing Alyssa at [email protected]!