Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Their Back!!!
I hate it when I stress over things one day and the next day it changes into a situation where it is "all good"!
Nikki Wontor is out for 8th grade hoops and she had a fun time last night. I stopped in for the last half of practice to help out and she definitely will fit in well with the other four players who were there on Monday. We also had five of the other 8th graders at practice so it looks like we will be good-to-go as far as numbers.
One of the things that was explained to the girls who missed Monday's practice is the importance of being at all practices. "Commitment" and "dedication" are two big themes that we stress in this program. We also ask our players to work harder in hoops than they do in any other activity. These expectations might come to be substituted with the words "too much pressure" by some but I don't see how you can achieve success with out asking for these things.
I believe that there are athletes out there that want to be pushed. . . ones that are willing to risk failure in an attempt to achieve great success. I know that if I keep asking for only the best that one day soon there will be athletes who really buy into this philosophy and it will be at this point that the program will once again become highly successful.
No program can be successful with players who don't make the commitment to the sport.
Nikki Wontor is out for 8th grade hoops and she had a fun time last night. I stopped in for the last half of practice to help out and she definitely will fit in well with the other four players who were there on Monday. We also had five of the other 8th graders at practice so it looks like we will be good-to-go as far as numbers.
One of the things that was explained to the girls who missed Monday's practice is the importance of being at all practices. "Commitment" and "dedication" are two big themes that we stress in this program. We also ask our players to work harder in hoops than they do in any other activity. These expectations might come to be substituted with the words "too much pressure" by some but I don't see how you can achieve success with out asking for these things.
I believe that there are athletes out there that want to be pushed. . . ones that are willing to risk failure in an attempt to achieve great success. I know that if I keep asking for only the best that one day soon there will be athletes who really buy into this philosophy and it will be at this point that the program will once again become highly successful.
No program can be successful with players who don't make the commitment to the sport.
# posted by Viking Warrior @ 1:53 PM 
