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Upcoming HBCA Events

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.

Drill of the Week from Dr. Dish

Creating Space off the Pin Down

This week Reid Ouse shows us how to use the Dish out on the court and how to create space coming off a pin down in the #DishLab. CLICK HERE.

A Word from DistinXion

Weekly Devotional

​“​​Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for man.”    - Colossians 3:23

It is easy as athletes and coaches to get caught up in receiving glory, because it comes from so many sources. Are you playing for yourself and all of the glory that comes with “being the best?” When we focus on Jesus, the glory will go to Him, not us. Bottom line—we are either a sponge or mirror. We either soak up the glory that God deserves or we reflect it. As athletes, we should compete like we have a mirror over our heads so that when Jesus looks down, He sees Himself.

Question 1

​How can you give up all of the personal glory that comes with sports? How can you be more of a
mirror instead of a sponge?

Question 2

​What are some practical ways that we can reflect the glory?

Message from Coach Thompson

Exhaustion as a Parent

The following came from a recent article in All-Pro Dad, a publication backed by Tony Dungy.  The article also got me to thinking about a recent blurb that I heard on Thy Word Network about having too many tabs open, like a web browser.  Having too many tabs open or irons in the fire can wear us down and cause us to be exhausted.  When we get exhausted we lose energy to focus on the things that mean the most to us.  I hope this helps you to maintain your focus in the coming weeks as you prepare for the season.

From All-Pro Dad…”Being a dad is often exhausting. It leaves us always feeling tired. A friend once recalled to me that most of his childhood memories of his blue-collar dad, whom he saw only on the weekends, included really long naps. It often irritated the little boy who wanted to play with his dad. He says “I didn’t understand until I became a dad myself.”

But exhaustion is not always a sign of great parenting. We can get exhausted with all the wrong things, for all the wrong reasons. If we fall into bed completely spent only from our jobs, our hobbies, and our 'toys,' that could be a sign that we’re wearing ourselves out with things that won’t matter in our families years from now.

The great Teddy Roosevelt once said:

"It is not the critic who counts…the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs …; but who does actually strive to do the deeds…; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

I think that’s a great description of how we should be exhausted as dads, too—in the arena, striving valiantly, for a worthy cause. So, here are five ways we as dads can earn that “credit” Roosevelt described, by spending ourselves “in a worthy cause,” unlike any other: fatherhood.

Message from Jason Brand & Billy Holder, SW Indiana FCA

This is from Billy Graham's The Reason For My Hope Devotional on the YouVersion Bible App. 

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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