Coaches Backpack - What are some of the essentials required? I'll start - Definitely a calculator and a scorebook (as a backup to your scoring apps).

Have Faith & Watch Him Work! 🙏🏾

As we approach a New Year, I had some time to reflect. Here it is: 11 “C’s” from Coach C These are my Core Coaching & Program Success Absolutes 💎 Connection 💎 Community 💎 Confidence 💎 Charity 💎 Commitment 💎 Compete 💎 Christ 💎 Creative 💎 Courage 💎 Calm 💎 Character

Make a difference - One Day & One Practice at a time 👊🏾

Merry Christmas Friends & Fam!! 👊🏾

Just finished listening to this episode by @BluebookBeede & Ark PC Matt Hobbs - Really a great discussion! 👊

The big leagues are LOADED with late bloomers. Long-term athletic development takes time and patience.

**Giveaway** Giving away a copy of my book, "10 Lessons in Coaching". To enter, just be following and RT/like this post. Draw 1 winner on Tuesday. Click the link to see more or order the book https://t.co/bRDsMa69af

Happy Thanksgiving to you & yours! Take time to reflect, enjoy, & give glory to God! 🙏🏾

Tis’ the Season 🙏🏾 The MSC Foundation is doing some great things! Service, Giving, Goodwill, & Community #SGGC

Here's Our Lineup! 🥳 (info to follow) 10:00am: Alan (Welcome/Meditation) 11:00am: Jay Johnson (Culture) 11:40am: Steve Janssen (Motor Learning) 12:20pm: Nunzio Signore (S/C) 1:00pm: Randy Sullivan/Alan (Rehab) 1:40pm: Mental Skills Panel (TBA) 2:30pm: Jeremy Sheetinger (Truths)

Assistant coach practice expectations: -Be on time -Lead break down drills -Be enjoyable to be around -Keep practice flowing on time -Help advance overall program philosophy -Keep consistent with program verbiage & teaching philosophy

🤔 Why does the Lord allow doors to stay shut when it comes to OUR things of importance? 🚪 Protection 🚪 Redirection 🚪 Testing 🚪 Perseverance 🚪 Timing 🚪 Disobedience - God’s loving discipline Don’t sweat it! 😥 God wants the best for us! 🙏🏾 His Time Is Perfect! ⏱️

🏀 I’m officially a basketball coach! After making cuts, we offered 4 of them a Student Asst. Coach job. All declined but had 1 kid reach out to the AD & asked he could be a SAC. Said he was trying to move away from the wrong crowd. 🙏🏾 Going to present him w/ a Coaches Bag 😁

https://t.co/OWhT88hoai Great 7 minute clip from @BluebookBeede discussing 5 Travel Ball Mistakes. I continue to see more & more burnout at early ages every year. Development is no longer a priority nor is it the "sexy" focus of programs. Highly recommend you check this out!

“God allows storms so you can see how He uses your problems as a staircase for His presence!” - Dr. Tony Evans ⛈️ So if you are in the midst of a “storm”, remember God wants you to call out to Him! No storm is TOO big or TOO small! He is with you! Have a GREAT Tuesday! 🙏🏾

☑️ As Coaches; we should not only create cultures but build communities. ☑️ By creating a community, you will establish a sense of personal belonging that extends way to past the field, court, or diamond. ☑️ If established in the right way, a community can become a 2nd home.

⭕️Components of your Inner Circle⭕️ 🧠 Intercessor 🧠 Defender 🧠 Listener 🧠 Implementer 🧠 Encourager 🧠 Celebrator 🧠 Creator 🧠 Resourcer 🧠 Discerner 🧠 Giver 🧠 Sponsor 🧠 Thinker 🧠 Networker 🧠 Mentor 🧠 Protege

"The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team." - John Wooden "Teammates complete one another - not compete with one another." - John C. Maxwell ⚒️ TEAM = BROTHERHOOD. This indicator is not shown on the scoreboard or media guides yet is probably the most important.

🧐 ….. that we are the maker of our own character, the molder of our own life, and the builder of our own destiny…. - James Allen from As A Man Thinketh 🔑 The key to Mental Mastery is knowing that YOU hold the Power to the application of your thoughts.

How do you teach your players how to dive? Simple do it in practice and practice it often!!! All this and more coming this offseason to a training camp near you. 🫵🏽 @GraveyardOF1 https://t.co/htmkLjvBrr