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In the coming weeks we will be sharing more information about the upcoming HBCA Fall Clinic at Bloomington South HS on Friday/Saturday, October 5th and 6th at Bloomington South High School. Make sure you follow us on the website and social media concerning updates on the clinic which will include high school and college boys/girls coaches as well as coordinating with IU practice on Saturday.
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Former College player, Evan Mattson rejoins Coach Mason in the #DishLab to bring you advanced partner shooting workouts that you can run with a Dr. Dish shooting machine. CLICK HERE.
A Word from DistinXion
Weekly Devotional
Our motives answer the question: why do I do what I do? They also help us to assess what is really important. It is not just important in life to do the right things, but we should do them for the right reasons.“Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for God’s
glory.” - 1 Corinthians 10:31
Question 1
What is your attitude toward basketball, and what is your motivation behind your play?
Question 2
Why do you do what you do?
Message from Coach Thompson
Accountability & Assertiveness (Pat Summitt)
This past week, in Wooden’s Wisdom, a weekly newsletter that I receive. The following breakdown on the foundations of Pat Summitt’s program at Tennessee was included. I thought it was way better than anything I could give you this week and some great points to think about as you begin planning practices and developing your plans for the 2018-19 season. The best part of her principles is that they are not only geared toward creating a better player and team, but more importantly that players would leave the program as assertive women prepared for their futures.
Click here to watch Coach John Wooden video clip.
Pat Summitt served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team from 1974 to 2012. Her teams won eight national championships and an all-time record of 1,098 games.
In thirty-eight years, her players had a 100 percent graduation rate, which Coach Summitt said "was the real point of all that winning."
Her program was built on effort, discipline, intensity and love. In her book Sum It Up, Pat described her rules for school which reflected those values: A.) Lady Vols were required to sit in the first three rows of every lecture. B.) If you cut a class, you didn't play in the next game. Period. C) If somebody didn't get her study hall hours in, I made the whole team get up and run at six the next morning.
In her book Reach for the Summit, Coach described her principles she called The Definite Dozen:
1. Respect yourself and others: There is no such thing as self-respect without respect for others.
When we left a hotel room we turned the lights off. We did not leave a place with the lights on and the TV on. We always had to go back and double-check. It was a little thing about respecting others.
2. Take Full Responsibility: Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you're never wrong? In facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find a blueprint for real strength. Don't look away from the difficult things.
3. Develop and Demonstrate Loyalty: Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.
4. Learn to Be a Great Communicator: Listening is crucial to good communication.
5. Discipline Yourself So No One Else Has To: Self-discipline helps you believe in yourself. Lack of effort is tantamount to a lack of respect for our teammates.
6. Make Hard Work Your Passion: Do the things that aren't fun first, and do them well. "You'll be finished when it's done. And it's not done till it's done right."
7. Don't Just Work Hard, Work Smart
8. Put the Team Before Yourself: A willingness to do whatever it is that needs to be done regardless of self-interest is the hallmark of a mature leader.
9. Make Winning an Attitude: Great teams explain their failure; they don't excuse it. Then they pay a visit to Charles Atlas and get stronger.
10. Be a Competitor: "You're stronger than you think! You don't ever let other people tell you who you are!"
11. Change Is a Must: Change equals self-improvement. Take risks. You can't steal second base with your foot on first.
12. Handle Success Like You Handle Failure: Continue to seek new goals. "Winning doesn't make you better than anyone else. Losing doesn't make you a bad person either. Be humble."
Coach Summitt was clear about her objective as a Coach. She was the ultimate people builder:
"I wanted to help other women be strong. Nora Ephron said, "Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim," That, right there, was the heart of my conviction.
Feel bullied? Do something about it. Suffer a setback? Handle it. I never wanted our players to act weak, or hurt, or intimidated. "Don't wilt!" I shouted. "Be assertive!"
I'm proud that so many shy, nonaggressive girls left our program assertive women, with an air of confidence and self-respect."
What will you be proud of?
Message from Jason Brand & Billy Holder, SW Indiana FCA
Play the Next Play, God's Way?
READY
"Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—and I am the worst of them. But I received mercy because of this, so that in me, the worst of them, Christ Jesus might demonstrate the utmost patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life." — 1 Timothy 1:15-16SET
Much like Paul, I also felt at times that I was the worst of sinners. I wondered how God could forgive me, how He could use me. I didn’t measure up. As a young football coach, I modeled myself after several older, rough and rugged, salty coaches who were known to be profane to the extreme and who had a “take no prisoners” attitude. It had worked for them; maybe it would work for me. Using these questionable techniques, I, too, became successful—as in wins and losses. I gained the respect of my peers and won trophies and accolades, but for what? There was still a major hole that needed to be filled—a Jesus hole.I rededicated my life to Christ after drifting away for years. I seemed to be getting back on track. But something still wasn’t right. I had not invited Christ into one of the most important parts of my life—my career, my purpose. I was afraid of the unknown, afraid of being labeled a hypocrite. I had sinned way too often and in front of too many people for me to proclaim my faith now. I thought I would work on this Christian thing for a while, and then Christ would be able to use me. Not today—maybe tomorrow.
GO
1. Have you found yourself asking some of the same questions as a player or coach?2. What old habits or skeletons still haunt you in your walk with Christ?
3. What is holding you back from bringing Christ into your locker room?
WORKOUT
Extra Reading: Matthew 5:16; Luke 9:26; Romans 3:23; Colossians 3:23OVERTIME
Lord, I pray that we as coaches will understand that Christ can use us now, right where we are. We do not have to be perfect; we never will be. We are a work in progress. I pray for courage and conviction to take a stand for Christ. Amen.
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Coach Thompson - coachthompson44@gmail.com - @coachthompson44Luke Zeller - lukezeller@distinxion.org - @lukezeller40 and @distinxion
Nick Bartlett - nick@drdishbasketball.com
Dave Hudson - dhudson@fca.org
Jason Brand - jbrand@fca.org
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