Don't Just Wish For It - Work For It

As we leave 2019 and head into 2020, let's leave laziness, excuses and bad habits behind as well.

Let's make a deal - we won't live by wishing; we will live by doing.

Let's go to work this year on our habits and our goals.  Let's use this year to establish high quality habits that will propel us to live our best lives, for the rest of our lives.

COACHES:  We won't just wish that our players come in early and stay late in 2020 - we are going to find ways to motivate and encourage them to do so.  We will make sure that we are ready and at practice early and staying late, prepared and ready to receive our athletes. 

We won't hope that our players go hard in practice and are engaged - we are going to design engaging practices that is full of teaching and fun competition.  We are going to research ways to communicate to our kids throughout practices so that they stay engaged.

PLAYERS:  We won't wish that we make that team, that we start, and that the plays get called for us in 2020 - we are going to work for it.  We are going to show up early, we are going to stay late, and we are going to compete in every drill, every day.

If we don't get the shots that we want or the role that we want, we aren't going to pout about it.  We are going to be stars in our role and master our role.  We are going to push our teammates in practice and cheer for them in games and we are going to expect the same from them.

PARENTS:  We aren't just going to wish that our players get better, get the shots, and get the playing time in 2020.  We are going to help make sure that they understand what it takes to get what they want and how to work for what they want.  We are going to help put our kids in position to succeed and we are going to teach them the tools they will need to go get what they want.

We are going to help make sure that they are at practice early getting ready to work, and we are going to encourage them to stay late to get extra reps in because we know that the real edges and advantages come with how hard you go in practice and with everything extra that you do outside of practice.

2020 is the year that we build the right habits and we do the right work.  2020 is the year that sets us up for sustained greatness the rest of our lives.