Be THAT Teammate
Every great team needs to have one or two athletes on the court that everybody can rally around. They don't have to be the best on the team, but they are the athletes who keep everybody going through the ups and the downs of the season. Each season is a long marathon where you are constantly pushing and being pushed to be the best that you can be. Somedays are great, some are hard, some are long. You are doing the same drills over and over again in trying to perfect it. Aside from talent, the biggest separators in teams are culture and who can last the longest. On those long, boring, tough days, the team has two options: 1) Give in to your thoughts and slack off or 2) Find the energy and enthusiasm to push through with your best effort. Giving in will get you beat, and pushing through takes one or two teammates to bring it themselves and bring it out of everybody in the gym or on the field. Find ways to bring ene...