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Friday, June 6Pursue Victory with Honor
Click this link for a handout from the Josephson Institute of Ethics "Pursuing Victory with Honor" program. It details ways to think about ethical decision making in sports and provides language for coaches, parents and athletes to discuss the choices they make.
Handout: PURSUE VICTORY WITH HONOR
Friday, March 7
Winners and Losers
Click on the link below and check out this poem contributed by Coach David -- download and print and post in your room!
Handout: Winners and Losers Poem
Friday, April 21
We talk a lot about attitude -- it's the most important tool we can have.
How To Make The Team
1. Persistence is more important than talent
2. Love the game
3. Don't let anyone make an excuse for you
4. Practice hard because you play the way you practice
5. Agree to let your coaches train you
6. Respect the game as much as you want to be respected
7. Tuck in your shirt
8. Don't wear your hat backwards
9. It doesn't take any talent to hustle
10. Show off your talent to your current coach and your future coach by doing the following: (ALL THE TIME)
When you jog to warm up finish first.
When you stretch do it best.
When you play catch, throw to a target and hit it every time.
When you play catch, catch the ball or block the bad throw and keep it in front of you every time.
When you are doing a drill, do it perfect, every time.
Go hard all the time. Never walk on a baseball practice field.
As a batter/runner run to first as though it matters that you are safe.
Know the situation on defense and do the right thing.
11. Be a student in baseball. Learn the game - Study the history of baseball
12. Help your team win whether you play or not
13. Keep a daily diary of what you do at practice and keep notes of your observations. This will help you see the progress you have made
14. Never argue with an umpire
15. Set high standards along with knowing the steps to attain them
16. Don't tell people what you are worth, prove it to them
17. Your girlfriend is not more important than your career
18. Your parents love you, but they don't know more than your coach about baseball
19. Maintain eye contact with all adults when they talk to you. Practice on your friends
20. It is your coach's opinion of you that counts. He makes out the lineup. Fail to understand this point and you will soon be out of the game
21. Life is not fair. Regardless of what some people want you to think
22. Be passionate about your teammates
23. Players are not the only people in the game. There are coaches, trainers, announcers, umpires, broadcasters and writers. All those jobs are honorable professions as well as keeping you young
24. The only thing that coaches owe you is HONESTY
25. Body language screams. It never whispers
26. Balance makes champions. If you focus on hitting and ignore the defensive part of your game you will never be a complete player
27. Be as diligent on defense as you are on offense
28. Defense wins more games than offense
29. Pitching sets the tone
30. Games are lost not won. Mistakes lead to losses
31. You can win a league with a few good pitchers. Well developed pitching staffs win the tournaments
32. Work on your game every day of the year. The guy who beat you out for the starting job did and the team that always beats you did.
33. There is a reason that the word STUDENT comes first in student/athletes. Do your homework and manage your time. If you want to play baseball in the future, know that the grades will keep you eligible – set good study habits now.
34. Who you are today is a result of who you were in the past. Fill your past with smart work and good deeds and you will maximize your potential
35. You don't have to be a great athlete to be a good baseball player
36. Baseball reveals character it doesn't build it.
37. Character means doing the right thing when nobody's watching
Adapted from a list by:
Darrin McComas
Head Baseball Coach
Burroughs High School
Ridgecrest, California
Coach John Wooden's Pyramid of Success
This is a visualization of the values and attitudes that famed basketball coach John Wooden sought to instill in his players for sports and for life. The lower blocks must be nurtured first, in order for the others to rest on a firm foundation.
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