Manage the Moments

A big part of coaching, and life, is managing moments. It is being present, appreciating and building on the good, and appropriately responding to the bad.

Before every game, I tell my athletes that we are going to do some really good things, and we are good to do some bad things. When we do good, let's try to keep that going. When we do bad, let's already make a deal that we are going to move on from it together.

It's all about managing those many different moments in the game. 

In this video, JPatterson messed up during a recorded filming and Marty Smith just happened to pass by: 

Marty shared some kind words that helped JPatterson manage the moment, and future tweets, JPatterson said that he nailed the next take.

Know going in that there are going to be ups and downs. Manage the moments in the game. Manage the moments in life. Don't get too high on the highs, and down get too low on the lows.