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Quote of the Week

Just heard that on average one person will influence 80,000 people in the course of their life. Enough to fill a stadium. But remember, even if you influence just one person you are a Leader! Choose to be a Positive Leader and make a positive impact. - Jon Gordon

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A Word from DistinXion

Weekly Devotional

​“​​​​Count it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” - James 1:2-4

Don't quit when your faith is being tested. Instead persevere through that time and you will mature into a stronger person of higher character. It will make you complete and lack nothing. The more trials that you face, the more that you will be molded into the person that God created you to be. These trials will help test you. In this context, “testing” refers to the ways that silver used to be tested. To be tested, silver was put through all of these tough conditions so that when the person testing it looked down, they could see their reflection in it. The same way, we go through tough situations so that when God looks down, he can see Himself in us.

Question 1

​​Sometimes it is difficult to see how we can make it out of our trials. How can we focus on the big
picture instead of our present difficulties?

Question 2

​​​​If you are in a valley right now, what are you going to do to get out of it?

Drill of the Week from Dr. Dish

Bre Sally - Go-to Move

CLICK HERE to view this week’s Drill of the Week from Dr. Dish.

Most players have a go-to move, and if they don't, it's a good thing to start working on. Whether it's basic like Maya Moore's quick pull up jumper or unique like Dirk Nowitzkis's one-legged fade away - every player should develop one as they continue to work on their game.

Message from Coach Thompson

What is Your Focus?

As the new season begins and you have your team meetings to discuss rules and goals I think it is truly important to develop a focus.  That very word is our focus for the upcoming season.  Jon Gordon is one of the most inspiring authors and speakers.  In his book “One Word that Will Change Your Life”, he challenges readers to focus all of their goals and endeavors around one word for the next year.  We have done that with our team and our coaching staff.

This year we will choose to FOCUS on our team and individual goals to be better every single day.  When adversity hits we will continue to FOCUS.  When we have big victories that could cause us to waiver from our vision for who we are and what we want to become, we will continue to FOCUS.  We will understand that we cannot accomplish great things without great FOCUS in the classroom and off the court.  We will make sure that our FOCUS remains on our faith and family by placing God in the center of all we do.

From Jon Gordon’s website:

“One Word that Will Change Your Life will inspire you to simplify your life and work by focusing on just one word for this year. That’s right! One Word creates clarity, power, passion and life-change. The simple power of One Word is that it impacts all six dimensions of your life – mental, physical, emotional, relational, spiritual, and financial. Simply put, One Word sticks. There is a word meant for you and when you find it, live it, and share it, your life will become more rewarding and exciting than ever.”

I challenge you as Christian coaches to develop a one word philosophy with your teams that you can point back to in everything that you do with your teams.

Father, I ask that You would continue to reveal to my heart the good part of your word.  I hope to impact Your kingdom with eternal purpose rather than the ways of the world.  May I keep my FOCUS on you always.  Amen.

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Message from Jason Brand & Billy Holder, SW Indiana FCA

Not a Doormat

READY 

"From Him the whole body, fitted and knit together by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth of the body for building up itself in love by the proper working of each individual part." - Ephesians 4:16

SET

Characteristics of the world's best athletes are: self-control, discipline, teamwork, an ability to focus and perform under pressure, intensity, teachability, and knowing how to win with grace. So why is it that when someone has a temper tantrum, gives a cheap shot, cheats, disregards a victorious opponent, and screams at a referee-it is rationalized as being competitive?

I recently met a man in his late 30s who was bragging about being kicked off the church sports teams. He assumed we would be impressed at his machismo. He faintly conceded that he was too competitive. I disagreed with him and suggested he was not competitive enough. Rather, he was indulging in selfish ambition, disrespect, envy, and lack of self-control. He needed to grow up.

The Latin word for competition means strive together-to push and test an opponent to make them the best they can be because they are challenged. No one is implying that the stronger we are in our Christian faith, the weaker we are in sports. The idea of "because I am a Christian, I should be a doormat and lose," generally comes from those who have a poor understanding of competition. Non-athletes often do not understand that the better the opponent, the better the competition. We cannot strive together if we are doormats. We cannot compete well unless we give the best of our talents-a maximum effort. We would ask no less of a Christian surgeon. Let's be competitive, make the best use of our God-given abilities for His glory.

GO

1. How do you compete?
2. Are you a doormat, or do you bring your best everytime?

WORKOUT

Proverbs 27:17; James 1:19-20

OVERTIME

Lord, in all I do, let it glorify 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