Yes, you want to make your coaches happy. Think about these things:
*An athlete who is on time for practice. (Parents, help!)
*An athlete who comes to practice with a good, positive attitude.
*An athlete who walks up to the coach at the beginning of practice and says “I am going to work hard today.”
*An athlete who walks up to the coach at the beginning of practice and says, “push me today.”
(This isn’t a good one because every coach would faint if that ever happened.)
*An athlete blows a competition and the next practice walks into practice “mad” at her performance. Mad as in Motivated and Driven to improve and make the bad day not happen in the future.
*An athlete, after messing up a routine at a meet, walks over to the coach and says “I blew that, didn’t I.” Not looking for sympathy just accepting that for THAT moment she did not make it happen. (Parents - This is not time for medicine. This is not the time for therapy. This is not the time to worry.) This is the time to celebrate a young person taking responsibility for her/his actions. Fantastic! Incredible! Progress! Growing a better young adult!)
*An athlete, at the end of a hard practice, walks up to the coach and says “thanks, I improved today with your help.”
*An athlete, as she/he leaves the gym, looks over her/his shoulder and says “I am really glad you are my coach and in my life.”
Tom Burgdorf – Author
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