Article reprinted from the Positive Coaching Alliance Newsletter – 22 July 2010 More information at www.positivecoach.org Teaching Players to Respect Officials An important life lesson that can come from sports is the need to respect people. Youth athletes who learn to respect officials, even when disagreeing with them, can apply that learning throughout their lives…
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Education
An Olympian’s View of Gymnastics
Samantha Peszek’s Top Ten Reasons to Get Involved in Gymnastics
You on You
The principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self improvement, about being better than you were the day before. Steve Young
Achieve Greatly
Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly. Robert F. Kennedy
Athlete Behavior in Practice
Following is “Ask PCA” question and PCA’s response from the July 27, 2010 Positive Coaching Alliance Connector Newsletter: How Can I Better Manage Player Behavior in Practices? “I coach an unruly but likeable group of 4th-grade girls in soccer. We’ve had problems with behavior in practice, including fistfights and players disappearing for 15 minutes with no adult…
Natural
Nobody’s a natural. You work hard to get good and then work hard to get better. Paul Coffey
Pressure
No pressure, no diamonds. Mary Case
Self Discipline
Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility and commitment. H. Ross Perot
Are You Satisfied?
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. Oscar Wilde
Keep Going
I don’t fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me which is saying, “Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?” George S. Patton
Ups and Downs
I didn’t just jump back on the bike and win. There were a lot of ups and downs, good results and bad results, but this time I didn’t let the lows get to me. Lance Armstrong
Phil Jackson on Group Therapy
Phil Jackson talks about his love for “Group Therapy”. Jackson coaches the (come from behind in Game 7) 2010 NBA Champion Lakers.
It’s Really not than Hard
Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was. Dag Hammarskjold
Remember When
Never give up, never give in, and when the upper hand is ours, may we have the ability to handle the win with the dignity that we absorbed the loss. Doug Williams
In Honor of Coach John Wooden
John Wooden on True Success was recorded in 2001 and is imbedded here from TED (www.ted.com). With profound simplicity, Coach John Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves. In this inspiring talk he shares the advice he gave his players at UCLA, quotes poetry and remembers his father’s wisdom….
Judges (Umpires) Make Human Calls
Article from Positive Coaching Alliance Connector (Newsletter) June 3, 2010 A Perfect Ending to an Almost-Perfect Game Despite last night’s (6/2/2010) obvious and admitted blown umpire’s call that cost Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galaragga the last out of what would have been a perfect game, the aftermath exemplified PCA’s principle of Honoring the Game. Instead…
Be an Amateur
Never be afraid to do something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the titanic. Anonymous
Where Do You Stand?
The strongest oak tree of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun. Napoleon Hill