Week 6 of Prep Steps ™

Week 6 of Prep Steps ™
Days 27-BONUS

Day 27—As coaches, we definitely know that effective relaxation and breathing are valuable skills for everyone, especially high level athletes. Has anyone incorporated breathing exercises or yoga in your teams’ routines? If so, what results have you seen/experienced?

Day 28—In the “boiling waters” of stressful schedules, high expectations and pressure toward positive results, how are you changing those around you for the better? Are you coffee-like... exuding a rich aroma that makes others smile? (Maybe this one is a little more rhetorical, but hopefully is challenges us all to examine ourselves!)

Day 29-30—Will you make it a point to convey these Intangible extremes to your teams and to help them understand the character of a true TEAM player? Speaking for myself, many times I was selfish as player and did not even realize it! Maybe some of your athletes fight the same battles?

Day 31—None of us are born automatic winners, and none of us are born automatic losers. We are all born CHOOSERS! We all have choices, and our choices matter. Are your small, penny-sized choices moving you closer to where you would like to be, or further from your goals, dreams and aspirations? We are always moving in one direction or the other :)

BONUS—One of the biggest distractions for college athletes? Relationships… love! Love is more than feeling or emotion, but a choice. Our feelings and emotions are very strong and quite real, but they are not reliable… REAL but not RELIABLE. Can we find ways to validate our students’ feelings while challenging them to make choices based on something more reliable than emotion?

Thank you for following along on this Prep Steps™ journey. Hopefully many of you have benefitted, even if you have not had the time to post on this blog. Thank you for everything you do each day to instill positive work ethic and character in the athletes you train. There is no more honorable title than that of a “Coach”. From one coach to another, thank you for all you do!
--CB
@CharityButler (Twitter)
www.exceed-sports.com