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Dear Fans - From A Player's Perspective

11/13/2015

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Dear Fans,
I'd like to thank you for taking the time to come to my game last night. It sure was nice to see such a big crowd. I just wish you could have been a little more positive towards me and my teammates. I know you were disappointed that we didn't win. We were too, but we really did try our best.
It's true that we made a bunch of mistakes, but we're still learning and we're getting better. I know sometimes it might not seem that way to you, but we really are improving. Remember, we're only teenagers. Quite a few of us aren't even old enough to drive a car and most of us don't even shave yet. Please be patient with us because in a few years, if we all stick with it, we have a chance to be pretty good!
The sad part is that we probably won't all stick with it. I've already heard some of the kids talking about quitting this season or not coming out next year. Most of them say it's too much pressure. One kid said he heard people yelling from the stands that he shouldn't be allowed on the court because he isn't good enough. Another kid was told the only reason he was playing is because of his last name - even though I know for a fact that he worked harder in the off-season than anyone else on the team. Heck, I don't think anyone should be made to feel bad because he went out for a high school team, tried his best, and wasn't as good as someone else.
This is where you come in. I'm asking you for your help as someone I look up to; someone I respect. Please continue to come to my games, but be positive. Cheer for me, but not at the expense of my teammates. If you hear someone tearing me, my teammates, or my team down, step in and ask them to stop - even if it is uncomfortable for you. If you are uncomfortable with what you are hearing, just think of how it makes my teammates and I feel.
Remember, you had your chance to play. Now it's our turn. Thank you for reading my letter.
Respectfully,
A kid playing a game
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Life Lessons from the Master Mentor

11/8/2015

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John Wooden exemplifies the master teacher who always put the student or athlete first. In fact, he believed that students don't care what you know until they know that you care. One of the most important coaching lessons he gave us was the use of life lesson slogans. Coach Wooden's most telling slogans serve as important relationship building tools. Some of these follow:
  1. A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
  2. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
  3. Be prepared and be honest.
  4. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
  5. Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
  6. Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
  7. Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
  8. If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
  9. It isn't what you do, but how you do it.
  10. It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
  11. It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
  12. Never mistake activity for achievement.
  13. Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
  14. Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
  15. What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.
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The Importance of Coaching & Teaching

11/8/2015

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We should always remind ourselves that coaching and teaching is primarily about relationship building. In order to build relationships that last, the focus needs to be on the student/athlete. I have always used this reminder to reinforce the concept that coaching is not about us, but is and should always focused on the student/athlete.
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What is a Student/Athlete?
  • A student/athlete is the most important person ever in this building - in person, or by mail or by telephone.
  • A student/athlete is not dependent on us - we are dependent on him/her.
  • A student/athlete is not an interruption of our work - he/she is the purpose of it. We are not doing a student/athlete a favor by serving him/her - he/she is doing us a favor by giving us the opportunity to do so.
  • A student/athlete is not someone to embarrass or deceive - but someone who we focus on to earn their respect.
  • A student/athlete brings us his/her needs and goals. Our job is to help them develop and grow - their contact with us should touch their lives with excellence.
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    Dave Edinger has been coaching basketball for 37 years at the high school, middle school. and international levels. As a head coach, his teams have won 572 games.

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