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Quote of the Week

“It’s not just a part-time job.”

- Davide Hinkel

This quote came to me this week in reference to faith, but really applies to our job as coaches and spiritual leaders in our programs and communities.

Drill of the Week

High Post Relocate Drill

We once again thank our partners at Dr. Dish for sending us this phenomenal drill that we can utilize with our post players. Click on the image below to see this week’s Drill of the Week.

Article of the Week

4 Ways to Stay Mentally Tough at the End of the Year

This is a great article from our friends and partners at Dr. Dish. Click on the image below to learn how to keep your team mentally fresh down the stretch.

Message from Coach Thompson

Be There

Just like many other coaches in the state, our season ended with a tough loss on Saturday night. The loss was one of the toughest losses of my coaching career. A double OT loss in the Sectional final. The loss will linger with me for a long time, but my faith in what I do and what I do for young men will carry me. Having a loving and supporting family doesn’t hurt at all. 

This week I’ve had to reflect several times on one of my favorite films, The Alamo, where Billy Bob Thorton plays Davy Crockett. There is a scene about 2/3 through the movie where the Mexicans have surrounded the Alamo and Col. Travis has been informed that reinforcements most likely won’t arrive in time to save anyone at the Alamo. Davy looks at him and says to him that if it were just him, he’d hop up over the wall and slip through the Texas desert to safety. Davy says he realizes that his men and all of the men in the Alamo are looking to him for guidance and leadership. He simply cannot leave them behind and has to show bravery. He has to stay. Even though it will most likely result in his death.

Monday was a day I really wanted to take off. I wanted to collect myself, especially after having to make the long trip to Indy to work on IBCA items the day after we lost a heartbreaker. But, my guys needed to see me at school. Their teammates needed to see them at school. You have to be there for your guys and people need to see that you are picking up the pieces and moving on. You have to “Be There” for the people that need you most, even if it is just seeing your presence and that you are not going to run and hide.

As coaches we don’t get to only be there in the good times. We have to be there for our players in difficult times. Sometimes it’s not easy to be there to console players, managers, other assistants, etc. when all we want to do is have some time to yourself. We have to remember that our profession does not afford us that opportunity. We never stop having to lead our kids. They need us to constantly “Be There” for them in the good times and the bad times.

Romans 12:12 - “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”

Galatians 6:9 - “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

Colossians 1:11-12 - “11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, 12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.

Message from Jason Brand & Billy Holder, Southwest Indiana FCA

We are the Champions

READY

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father!” The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children, and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—seeing that we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.–Romans 8:15-17

SET

We’ve heard the saying, “If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, acts and thinks like a duck, it must be a duck.” What are we? What do we walk and talk like? What do we act and think like? Let’s face it, the reason we play sports is to win—to be champions. In order to be champions, we have to walk, talk, act, and think like champions.

As Christians, we are already champions because of Jesus’ dying on the cross for our sin. By accepting Christ, God receives us as His adopted children. Since He is the King of kings, we become co-heirs—receiving all the benefits of being His child. To learn about those benefits, we must study God’s Word. The Bible is full of promises we inherit as children of God.

One inherited benefit is eternal life in heaven where we will be crowned champions. When we fully understand and believe that we are God’s children, we begin walking, talking, acting, and thinking like champions in Christ. To learn more, read the Competitor’s Creed. Read it as a part of your daily routine. Internalize it, and live it out in sports and in life.

GO

1. Have you been walking, talking, and acting like a child of God?
2. How can you begin to act like a champion in competition and in everyday life?

WORKOUT

Romans 8:31-39; 1 Corinthians 15:50-57

OVERTIME

Father God, thank You for accepting me as Your child. Help me to be the champion You made me by becoming more like You. Amen.

Contact Us

Coach Thompson - coachthompson44@gmail.com - @coachthompson44
Luke Zeller - lukezeller@distinxion.org - @lukezeller40 and @distinxion
Nick Bartlett - nick@drdishbasketball.com

Dave Hudson - dhudson@fca.org

Jason Brand - jbrand@fca.org