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CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS: 1. Work at having a good cohesive relationship with one another and see differences as rights and not obstacles. 2. Understand that there are 4 stages of team development: 1) Forming; 2) Storming; 3) Norming; 4) Performing 3. Have a common goal (win a national championship) in which all the other goals (playing time, all-conference, all-American, start) revolve around. They use positive peer pressure and develop norms accordingly. 4. Are committed to the common goal. This is probably the single most important factor that differentiates championship teams, coaches, athletes, businesses, schools, marriages, etc. from mediocre ones. 5. Have complementary roles and realize all are important and willingly accept and value their role (bullpen catcher, pinch runner, #9 hitter, starters). Reserves: "If you can't win the race, help the runner ahead of you break the record." "Be a part of the solution and not the problem." 6. Have clear communication both on and off the field and do so in a tactful and considerate way. On the field communication tends to be more loud and more abrupt. 7. Have conflict, which is made and used as constructive. All teams go through conflict, champions use conflict to help build rather than tear down. Tolerate variances in music, clothes, and sleep, but refuse to tolerate gossiping about teammates, skipping practices, and talking back to coaches. The key question is whether or not the person's actions are interfering with the team's goal in any manner. 8. Have credible leaders who they believe in and have the skills necessary to get the most out of them. They care about each person and will help him or her in any way. They lead by example and are always part of the solution rather that the problem. 9. Believe the way they do things are as important as winning and losing (way to wear a uniform, way you approach the game, practice, people). 10. Never quit whether they are up by 10 or down by 20. They play with and for pride whether a championship is at stake or not. 11. Believe in fundamentals and realize that the parts make the whole. 12. Work hard, because the harder you work the more confident you get, the better you get, the more you feel you deserve the right to be successful and makes it harder to give in. It makes for one ornery pup. 13. Measure success by their: 1) work habits; 2) determination and focus; 3) own performance and not the outcome. 14. Believe in discipline. Discipline leads to positive habits and a more cohesive team (and not a group of individuals). 15. Learn from their downfalls and try not to let it happen again. Too many people pray for a change in circumstance when they should be praying for a change in character. Pointing a finger at someone means you point three back at yourself. 16. Do all of the above consistently and passionately. Excellence is an all-time thing, not a once in a while thing. There is an ever-burning desire to be great and play to dominate rather than to participate. 17. Are mental champions rather than mental midgets. Champions recognize the importance of the mind and work to develop it. 18. Brag about how hard they work rather than complain about how hard they work. Winners train while losers complain. Complainers are like cancer...they spread. To avoid cancer we must cut it off before it spreads. Be a part of the solution and not the problem. 19. Enjoy the fact that their hardest workers are their most talented players. Be the first one to practice and the last one to leave. 20. Expect success and earn the right to be successful.
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