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Coaches Insider Drill of the Week

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Dr. Dish Drill of the Week

Creating Space on the Catch

CLICK HERE to check out this week’s drill that you could incorporate with any drill on the Dish.  The keys to creating space are to jab step to initiate contact and create space.  Be strong.  Then, you must read the defender and attack.  Jab; Create Space; and Knock Down.

Message from Coach Thompson

Walk the Walk

You’ve heard the adage, do as I say and not as I do.  I don’t think that works in coaching.  It’s easy to say something or to tell someone to do something.  What is harder to do is to model the behavior and do it yourself.  Jesus was the greatest example that we could have ever asked for in how to be a servant-leader in the way he lived and taught all the way to ultimately lay His own life for His team.



Your team is going to pick up on how you treat them, but more importantly, how you treat others.  They are going to be watching for your interaction with your assistants, other players, the media, and staff members at school.  For them to truly want to follow you and give you their absolute best, they have to respect you in every single way.  There is no better way for you to gain the respect of your players than to “walk the walk” and practice the things that you preach.

Your players are going to look up to you.  When they see you doing things or hear about you doing things that compromise your integrity or are against the principles of what you are promoting within the culture of your team, problems will arise.  Make it a focus to be authentic.

What is an area where maybe I’m not walking the walk?

Have you ever asked one of your players, “What can I do better?”  If not, what do you think they would say?

What is one thing you could do today to make a better effort to walk the walk?

Message from Jason Brand & Billy Holder, SW Indiana FCA

God's Word is Perfect for Coaches

Ready

All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. — 2 Timothy 3:16–17

Set

Coaches have it tough. Let’s be honest. There’s a stigma that we are all ex-jocks and not very good classroom teachers. There are many stereotypes about coaches: “They are teachers who get all the breaks without really working hard in the classroom…They get to miss faculty meetings…They eat meals with their teams that are paid for by the school…They sit down all day and hand out worksheets to their students…They think winning ballgames is the most important thing in the world.” For some coaches, these stereotypes may be true, but I know many where that is not the case.

I believe a Christian coach has an awesome responsibility. We get to form and shape and mold the minds and bodies of our nation’s future—mentally, physically, and—most importantly—spiritually. The most incredible thing about that responsibility is that we have “God’s Game Plan,” the Bible, to lead us. If we truly try to understand it, study it, claim it, memorize it, meditate upon it, pray through it, and apply it to our lives and the lives of our athletes, God will be glorified. Lives will be changed and the negative stereotypes mentioned above will not be said about us.

Go

1. Do you make an effort each day to hear, read, and study “God’s Game Plan”?
2. Do you believe that God’s Word is correct and true? If your answer is not a resounding yes, then Satan has a foothold on you and God cannot truly bless you or your ministry, as He wants to.

Workout

Extra Reading: Proverbs 30:5; Matthew 22:29; Acts 17:11; 2 Timothy 2:15; Hebrews 4:12

Overtime

God, please give me the desire and time each day to read Your Word. Help me to acquire Your wisdom. I pray that I will be excellent in all that I do because I am living by Your standards from Your holy Scriptures. Thank You, Father, for the “game plan” You have given us. Amen.

2019 Coaches Summit

I want to invite you to join us at our upcoming event The 2nd Annual FCA Coaches Summit on July 28th to hear from the Jeff Duke, Author of 3D Coach! Click the image for more details!  Feel free to share this information.  Registration is required.

2019 Southern Indiana FCA Leadership Camp

We have announced the 2019 Southern Indiana FCA Leadership Camp!  It will be July 1st - 3rd, 2019 at Camp Illiana in Washington, IN.  It will be for any student that will be entering into grades 6 -12 in the 2019-2020 school year.  We are really excited about camp this year! Leadership Camp is a great place to send your potential student leaders to help train them in spiritual leadership, even if they don't plan on being in leadership it is still a great place for them to come and fellowship with other students from Southern Indiana.  Please let me know if you have any questions!

Below, you can see a flyer for camp, feel free to share it and there is also a PDF available on our website.

2019 FCA Coaches Marriage Retreat

Contact Us

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

Dave Hudson - dhudson@fca.org

Jason Brand - jbrand@fca.org