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Be Decisive

Act on your thoughts, be confident in yourself.

April 25, 2019

Two Teams

Who do you want to be?

May 2, 2019

What Do You Control?

When things are not going your way how are you going to react?

May 7, 2019

What Can You Do For The Team?

What is your roll? What can yo do that no one else can?

May 14, 2019

Know your why

Why do you play?

May 21, 2019

Your Circumstances Do Not Define You

Your circumstances do not define you, the energy and commitment you put in do.

May 28, 2019

more than 100%?

What do we mean when ask our players to give more than 100%?

June 04, 2019

Attention and Focus

Where is your attention when you step on the field?

June 11, 2019

Injury Recovery

Take your time, listen to your body and trust yourself.

June 18, 2019

Language of Sports

Speak the language of the sport you are working in.

June 25, 2019

Ask WHAT not WHY

Ask your players WHAT they saw when they did something, not WHY they did something.

July 02, 2019

The paradox of Perfection in Goalkeeping

Rather than expect perfection, help your goalies learn and grow.

July 09, 2019

Superstitions, Rituals, and Pregame Routines

As long as you are in control of your superstitions, rituals and pregame routines there is nothing wrong.

July 16, 2019

When Things Go Wrong, Focus on What is Going Right

Things do not always go as planned. When things are not going the way you want, focus on what is going right.

July 23, 2019

Action Without Intent is Meaningless

When you show up, show up with intention and be ready to go.

July 30, 2019

Be the Best

Your goal should always be to be the best at what you are doing.

August 06, 2019

Failure is Always an Option

The question is not if you are going to fail, it is when will you fail and how will you respond?

August 13, 2019

Start of a new season

With a new season right around the corner, are you ready for it?

August 20, 2019

Any Given Sunday

Come game day anything can happen, that is why we play the game.

August 27, 2019

Why did you start playing?

What was your reason behind starting to play sports originally? Was it for money and glory or was it for fun and enjoyment?

September 03, 2019

Be comfortable being uncomfortable

Comfort breeds complacency, discomfort breeds growth.

September 10, 2019

Coaches are not above their players

for a team to win, the coach must work to gain the trust and respect of their players.

September 17, 2019

Players must gain the trust of their coaches

Without the trust of your coach, chances are you will not get the playing time you deserve. Players must work to gain the trust of their coaches.

September 24, 2019

Teammates must trust each other

trusting each other allows each individual to do their job for the team without worrying about whether or not their teammates will do their job.

October 01, 2019

What are your goals?

The question is not where are you, but rather, where are you going and how do you plan to get there?

October 08, 2019

Empower Your Players

empower your players to play the game, trust them to do what you have taught them

October 15, 2019

Self Growth and Change only Occur When you are Uncomfortable

We will only grow when we push ourselves beyond our limits and challange ourselves.

October 22, 2019

What does it mean to be present?

Is it enough to just show up?

October 29, 2019

How do you react to a big win versus a big loss?

When the team wins a big match are you more likely to relax and take your foot off the gas or step up and work harder? What do you do when you face a big loss?

November 05, 2019

Be Humble!

A tiger will never have to tell anyone that it is a tiger.

November 12, 2019

Stay True to What got you to Where you are

When things get rough during a match are you going to jump ship or do you stay true to what got you to where you are?

November 19, 2019

Dealing with Cheaters

How are you going to respond when someone else is cheating?

December 03, 2019

visualization before and during the match

Visualization is used to help a player or a team strategize or plan how they will counter during a match it can also be used to help a play refocus during a match.

December 10, 2019

Closing out a Match

How do you close out a match? why do players choke? How do you prevent choking?

December 17, 2019

What are the effects of negative habits?

You play the way you practice. The effort you put in and the habits you learn at practice become the way you play during a match.

December 24, 2019

New Year, New You

What is your goal for the New Year and how do you intend to make it a reality?

December 31, 2019

Heart versus Skill

Skill will get you noticed, but heart will take you places

January 07,2020

Favored vs Underdogs

The more relaxed and focused you can be during a match, the more favorable the outcome.

January 14,2020

Self-Talk

The way we communicate with ourselves determines what we will inevitably end up doing.

January 21, 2020

You are what you do

What you do today will determine what you do tomorrow. What you do tomorrow will determine what you will be able to do moving forward.

January 28, 2020

Your Words and Your Actions must Align

In order to be successful and accompish your goals your what you say and what you do must align.

February 04,2020

Week Two Quarentine Checkin

How have you kept yourself busy?

February 11,2020

What is a team?

A team is a group of individuals comming together to accomlish a single goal.

February 18 ,2020

Listen with Intent to Learn

It is not enough to just listen, you must listen with intent to learn and understand.

February 25,2020

Just Because it Works

Just because you are getting the results you want does not mean there is not something that you can not work on.

March 03, 2020

I can accept failure, I can not accept quitting.

Failure means you tried and learned, quitting means you gave up.

March 10, 2020

What can you do During Down Times?

Your actions today determine what you will be able to do tomorrow.

March 17, 2020

Week Two Quarentine Check in

How are things going? What have you been up to? How are you holding up?

March 24,2020

Week Three Check in

How have you been? What have you been up to? How have you been holding up?

March 31 ,2020

Week four Quarentine Check in

It is ok to not be ok, take time for you, take time to heal.

April 07,2020

Is it worth it to have more than one plan?

Is it beneficial or detrimental to have more than one plan?

April 14, 2020

Michael Jordan The Last Dance

If you want to be the best you are going to have to work harder than you have ever worked before and harder than everyone else. So, how badly do you want it?

April 21, 2020

Luck or skill?

I hear people say all the time that they just got lucky. But what does that really mean? what is luck?

April 28, 2020

Alex Smith, Resiliency and Teamwork

Anything can happen in the world of sports, what kind of teammate will you be when someone is about to take your role as a starter?

May 05,2020

What you say you Want Must Match What you do

Remember, actions speak louder than words, so what you do must match up with what you say you want.

May 12, 2020

Self-Growth Occurs When you are Challenged

Self-growth and change do not come from maintaining the status quo, they come from being challenged

May 19,2020

What does Success Mean to You?

What does it mean to be successful? How do you know when you have become successful? These are the questions we will be looking at.

May 26,2020

What is mindfulness?

What does it mean to be mindful? Are there different forms of mindfulness? How can mindfulness help you compete?

June 03, 2020

Fear has two meanings

When things get tough are going to step up or shy away?

June 09, 2020

Communication is a two way road

Both players and coaches need to be equal in terms of speaking, listening and responding to each other during practices and games for things to go as planned

June 16,2020

You are Your own Limit

Do not let anyone tell you what you are and are not capable of.

June 23, 2020

Confidance and Arrogance are two Different Things

Confidance gets you where you want to be, Arrogance gets you passed by those around you.

June 30, 2020

The Better Team Does Not Always Win

Winning and losing are not always decided by which team is better. It is more often decided by which team is willing to work harder and go the extra mile.

July 07,2020

You Do Not Always Get Out What You Put In

The energy and reward you receive are not always the same as the energy and time you put in.

July 14, 2020

The Super Sub

No one wants to be a sub, but the importance of being a sub is undeniable.

July 21, 2020

Do Not Underestimate Your Opponent

Never assume you are going to win just because you have the better team. The game is not decided until the final whistel, anything can happen.

July 28,2020

Effective Communication Can Make or Break A Team

Effective communication can help build trust and respect between teammates.

August 04, 2020

You Are One Decision Away From A Different Life

Every decision you make will alter the course of your life.

August 11,2020

Return to Play?

With sports starting to come back, are you ready mentally and physically to return to play?

August 25, 2020

Practice The Way You Play

The energy you put into practice will be the same energy you show up to your games with. The harder you work at practice, the easier your games will be.

September 01,2020

Be Prepared for Challenges'

The road to the top is paved with twists and turns. It takes 10,000 hours of work to master something, are you ready to put the work in?

September 08, 2020

Never Think Small, Think Big

When you think big the world is full of possibility, when you think small you will hold yourself back.

September 15, 2020

Your Success is Your Success

Your definition of success and someone elses definition of success are going to be completely different. As such focus on your success.

September 22, 2020

Three Questions

When things are not going your way and the road starts to get tough ask yourself these three questions and try to realign yourself.

September 29, 2020

What Are the Qualities of a Leader?

When you think of a leader what qualitities come to mind?

October 06, 2020

The Return of Alex Smith

When no one else thought it was possible for him to return to the sport he loved, Alex Smith continued to believe and for the first time in two years since his horrific injury managed to find himself back on the field.

October 13,2020

Saying Versus Doing

It is not enough to say you know something, you have to put action behind your words to be taken seriously and to show initiative.

October 20, 2020

Change Your Thought, Change Your Outcome

When you change the way you think about a situation from a negative to a positive anything becomes possible.

October 27, 2020

What Does It Mean To Be A Leader?

Is it enough for a leader to tell others what to do and walk away? Or should they be more engaged and do everything? I believe the truth lies someplace between these two extremes.

November 03, 2020

Be Decisive

When you make a decision stick with it till the end. That is the only way to evaluate if it was the correct decision and what could have been done better and or differently.

November 10, 2020

Normalize Mental Health Discussion

Those seeking psychological help have been demonized for decades as being weak leading many to not want to seek help. But, the more we can normalize seeking psychological help the healthier we will be as indiviuals and as a society.

November 17, 2020

Think, Accept, Refocus

You can not control your thoughts and feelings, but you can be aware of them, realize them and find a way to refocus them.

November 24,2020

30 Day Journal

By keeping a journal of how you are feeling when you wake up and prior to going to sleep it will help us better understand your mind set, what is going on and how to improve your productivity, attitude and mindset.

December 01, 2020

Keep Your Ego in Check

Everyone has an ego, the question is do you have humility to go along with your ego to keep yourself in check?

December 08, 2020

Motivate Others by Putting More Work In

When others on your team are not putting in the amount of effort you believe they should, rather than arguing with them and putting them down, try motivating them by working harder and showing how much you care.

December 15, 2020

Trust yourself

As we learn and grow there will always be those around us that will look to either build us up or tear you down. Listen to those that want to help and let go of those that want to tear you down. Trust yourself and your goals.

December 22, 2020

2020 Review

Well, the year has come to a close. We have spent a lot of time discussing shifting our mindset, so let us shift our mindset towards 2020.

December 29, 2020

New Year, New You

With everything that happened last year, it is easy to decide not to move forward with New Year resolutions. But, I would say with everything that happened last year, now is an even better time to look towards the future.

January 05, 2021

Change Your Inner Monologue

Everyone has an inner monologue, a voice in the back of their head that tells them what they can and can not accomplish. the difference between those that are good and those that are great though is that the monologue of those that are great is typically more positive than those that are just good.

January 12, 2021

Why are we going to win?

What is it that we do better than anyone else? What reasons are there that we are going to win today? Asking these questions can help get the team working on the same page and help motivate players prior to game time.

January 19, 2021

Change Drives Success

Change can be terrifying for the average person, but to become truly successful we must learn to grow and evolve.

January 26, 2021

Defense Is A Mindset

Defense is a mindset. It is more than schemes. Youhave to Want to lock up. You have to lock in defensively and tkae on the challenge. It is a mental thing. It is all about effort. You have to be committed.

February 02, 2021

Eric Weihenmayer

Eric Weihenmayer has been blind since he was 13, but rather than letting it hold him back, among other accomplishments he was the first blind man to summit Mount Everest.

February 09, 2021

Greatness Comes From Within

A coach can help you gain passion, knowledge and skills in a given topic, but the desire to become great in that area must come from within.

February 23, 2021

Respect is Earned not given

You must work to gain the respect and trust of those around you, or else you will not receive it.

March 02, 2021

Success is Directly Related to Action

The difference between those that are successful and those that are not is that those that choose to be successful continually move forward regardless of the obstacles infront of them.

February 09, 2021

You Can Choose to Set Goals

Whether or not you choose to set goals, achieve them, and reach your full potential is completely up to you.

March 16, 2021