Every Coach Needs A Coach

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What was the highlight of your weekend?

189 – Good leaders are inclusive, making their team feel included. When we are specific about things that we want to do (habit forming) we are more likely to do it.

criticism and adivce 

188 – Don’t take criticism from people who you wouldn’t take advice from. People will criticize you no matter what you do. Do the best thing for you at that time, it will not be perfect and that is okay. Do the best you can with the things you have.

a helpful tool that's helped me better understand my players and patients. 

187 – Finish this sentence… a tool that can help any coach become aware of something that they aren’t aware of. Allow your platers to be aware they are a part of the conversation.

The fun is in the playing with your friends 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0RdO8qHC3Zjsf2Q7ztSXaw?si=37dRzCwQQOK1D-X57ayDog&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A2WAKqwVDMgKuDli91VMchb

Listen to 8:25-10:00 of that clip. Share it with your kids

186 – Leadership takes courage and courage is hard. Courage comes from support of others. Hard things come from support from ones who love you and support you. Leadership comes with a lot of responsibility, you are going to fall short, you are going to fail but that is what comes with doing things that are hard.

The Dash by Linda Ellis

I read of a man who stood to speak

Every morning I walk our dog through the cemetery that we live by and it’s quiet and it’s peaceful and safe and coach last week who reminded me of a poem called the dash and I don’t want to read the whole poem, but the gist of it is what do you do with the time that’s on your head stone that that appears in between the day you were born in the day that you died. so there’s that –… 1924-2000 or 1928 - 2016 and it might get a little morbid but what do you do with that little imprint you get to leave on the planet ?

I was trying to think of how we could apply that to sport and every sports team has a dash. It’s not the lifespan of the team, the Dash is the record, so if you go 20-3 or 4-16 or 8-6-1, the dashes are who you’ve become over the course of the season. They tell a much bigger story than the numbers in front of or behind it. It’s what we do in between the wins and looses and what we do over the course of a season that really defines how it went.

If you're feeling overwhelmed, just remember you don't have to do everything at once. Start with one.

My dad has taught me a lot in my life, and one of my favorite phrases that he uses, is "you can't be anyone other than who you are "along that line, he always taught us to try to be like a role models, but don't try to be your role model. The closest you'll come is being the second best version of them, go be the best version of you. Happy Father's Day to all of our dads!