Never Give Up; Unless it is Right For You!

Don't Quit Poem

-Anonymous

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest! if you must; but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow;
You might succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup.
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out;
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit;
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.

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Sports Psychology: Four Principles of Flight

Principles of Flight

Just as flight is predictable; your success is predictable too.


There are four forces acting on the airplane all the time during airplane is flying.  The four principles of flight are:  (1) Lift, (2) Gravity force or Weight, (3) Thrust, and (4) Drag.


1. Lift: We all need pressure to lift up our performance. We need to raise our personal standards; people who will pressure us, encourage us and inspire us to reach new heights. The right support group helps creates lift.

2. Weight: There will always be people who will try to weigh you down. We need to get rid of the people  that weigh us down.

3. Thrust: Thrust is defined as the forward direction pushing or pulling force developed by aircraft engine; Your thrust come from the right coach, training and team around you. We need to be in the right training environment to have a chance to fly.

4  Drag:    The drag is the friction of the air as it meets and passes over an airplane and its components. To succeed is sport; you need to overcome drag. There will always forces which opposes your forward motion and drag down. Successful teams and athletes remove all the things that cause friction and interfere with their performance.

Eliminate Negative Self-Talk

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Eliminate Negative Self-Talk Over the course of the day; during games and practice, we talk to ourselves. Our self-talk can become negative after a mistake. Often we put ourselves down; we re-play these mistakes with an internal dialog. Negative self-talk creates future anxiety. Practicing positive self-talk can help you succeed. Awareness to our negative voice is the first step to eliminating negative self-talk. Your positive or negative self-talk is habit. To break these negative patterns of self-talk; we must replace them with positive empowering statement.
Turn Negatives Into Positives:

Most psychologist say, “it takes 30 days to create a new habit." On the ice, I found it takes 10 days to create momentum to break bad habits. It takes a lot of energy to break a habit. Negative self-talk is no different. But once you discipline yourself to turn each negative into a positive - it become easier. It's important to remember; negative thoughts will come; this is natural; we can discipline our thoughts; but not stop negative thoughts from coming.


Teaching Points:

The key is to change negatives into positives. It critical we do not to replay the negative thoughts over and over again. The best athletes choose the information they will replay; they provide positive instructions to themselves. They use self talk to coach and motivate themselves; They use self-talk to immediately correct their performance. Our goal should be to challenge ourselves to turn every negative into a positive.
Pay Attention To Your Self Negative Talk: If you want to improve your game; Start paying attention to your negative self talk. 1. What you say to yourself at practice means everything. 2. What you say to yourself, can interfere with your performance. 3. What you say in-between practice drills and between shifts, determines your focus. Action Steps to Take: 1. Start a log and record your self talk. 2. Recognize negative self talk and replace with positive. 3. Use cue words to direct your focus and performance.

Sports Psychology: Excuses Are A Recipe for Failure

Don't Let Your Hope Be Sabotaged By A Poor Work Ethic.

-Keith McAdams

Do Not Develop a Callous Heart to Players Stories, Lies or Excuses!

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance

or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. 

For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward

appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

Proverbs 31:9

judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.




Many years ago I coached a young man; he gave me hundreds of excuses of why he could not come to practice or could not do good in school. The list totaled over 165 excuses. In his Junior year, I gave that list to every player before the start of the high school season. I said, "you guys will need to come up with better excuses than these." That players went on to play in the USHL, Pro Hockey and win state and national championships as a coach. This player had a hard life during high school; most of his excuses were lies. Most of those lies were to protect others from finding out about his home situation. Sometimes we need to walk in that players shoes to understand the stories behind the lies. We need to go the extra mile to help them. Some times there are hidden reasons behind the excuses. For some player the excuses are a call for help; but they are to proud or embarrassed  to ask.


It easy as a coach to not buy into excuses. We instinctively know when players are lying. It is very easy to give up on players. It hard to know when enough is enough. I try never to give up on any players. There a fine line between success and failure. That line for me begins with commitment and that commitment needs to build over time. Success can only happen when players show up. As long as I could work with a player, I've always chosen to keep trying. But the reality of the situation is, one uncommitted player can lead to two, four and eight players.


I was having a problem with uncommitted players. I called a meeting, to release four players from the organization that were not coming to training.  I had over 100 players in the club, so it is always a balancing act to keep everyone committed. The truth is some times someone needs to burned, to keep everyone in line. This was point I was going to make this day.


This story took place over a two year period.  I was coaching 14 and Under club. This player had good potential, but always had excuses why he could not come to games and practice. I knew he was lying to me. The excuses just were piling up. I knew his excuses were not true. So eventually I released him.  After the meeting the players I released came to see me. He told me the true reasons he has missing practices. His brother got in trouble with law and father is ill. He was embraced to tell me that his brother was in jail. This 14 years old boy was going to school, running a business by himself and trying to play hockey.


I could not have judged this players any more wrong than I did. I was giving up on a kid who was hard worker at home, taken care of his family and going to school. Before giving up on any kid; I want to encourage you to make sure you know the real story about your players. Learn what personal struggles your players have. Find out what battles they are facing daily in their lives. 

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