A Coach's Diary

I have always thought it was important for me to take personal responsibility for my teams. I take personal responsibility for their engagement, their effort, their execution, their energy, and their experience. If they are performing to the standards that I have set, then it is my job to figure out how to motivate them or better teach them. I heard a pastor say that he used to be frustrated with his 8:30 AM Sunday service. He said that they would draw about 300 people, and they were the deadest and most uninspiring crowd to speak to.  He would get mad and angry with them, but he said that when he started to take responsibility for lifting the people and encouraging the people, it has become one of the most delightful services to preach to. When our kids aren't paying attention in practice, we have to find a way to keep them more engaged or hold them more accountable. When our kids aren't going as hard as they can, we have to find creative ways and measurable drills to...

Don't let the mountain of SELF-PITY destroy your career or destroy your life. You can be PITIFUL or you can be POWERFUL, but you can't be both. Cut pity out of your life.  Don't waste your time feeling sorry for yourself and making excuses.  Don't let self-pity destroy you. Don't let it keep you down.  Don't sit around and feel sorry for yourself any more. If things aren't going right for you on the field, on the court, and in life, it is your responsibility to fix it. Change your behaviors, change your habits, chsnge yout mindset, chsnge yout work ethic, and then your results will change. .... Don't let the mountain of blame destroy your life. Take accountability for your actions.  Tell yourself "I know what I did was wrong, and there is no excuse and I am not going to blame it on anybody else because I am responsible for my behavior." If things aren't going right for you on the field, on the court, and...