5 Things To Think About This Summer

Four Areas To Address & Think About This Summer As You Prepare For Fall Workouts:
1. Defensive Rebounding
2. Contesting Shots
3. Foul Trouble
4. Ability to Finish Plays
5. Getting Things To Your Favor--intangibles of your team

4 QUESTIONS TO PONDER

1. WHY?
a. When “why” gets powerful, the “how” gets easy.
b. Why=Reasons

2. WHY NOT?
a. What else do you have to do?
b. Why not see all you can see, do all you can do?
c. Why not engage in as many things as you can?

3. WHY NOT ME?
a. If ____ can do it, anyone can.
b. Change. Set up some simple daily disciplines.
c. Take full responsibility.
d. Don’t settle for less.

4. ASK FOR GOD’S HELP

Thoughts On Thinking

THINKING
1. Ideas—concept thinking
2. Suggestion
3. Organization—how do you think
4. Does it make sense in my: environment, circumstances, situations
5. Vision 20/20
6. Information
a. Gather
b. Acquisition
7. Attach your feet to your thinking

The Best of the Best--Perception & Reality Views

Perception & Reality

To often our players, students and even ourselves see ourselves as victims, a victim of cirmstance in which we had no control over, it's someone else's fault, etc. But as Jon Gordon discusses in his book that the Best of the Best, see things differently. Coach Meyer challenged us to be the Victor, not the Victim.

From Jon Gordon’s book, “Training Camp”

It is said that we don’t live our lives based on reality but rather based on our perception of reality….The Best of the Best realize this and tell themselves a different story than the rest. The Best also have a different belief system. Rather than seeing themselves as victims of circumstance, the Best believe that they have a tremendous amount of influence on their story and the way it turns out.

Think On These Things

THINK ON THESE THINGS
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” (Phil 4:8, KJV)

What occupies your mind and what you think means more than anything else in your life. Your thought today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today.

Proverbs 23:7—“As he thinks in his heart, so is he”
What enters our mind and occupies our thought process will somewhere, sometime come out of our mouth.

It has been said, “Be careful what you set your heart on, for you’ll surely get it.” Be careful what occupies your mind, because it will greatly determine what you’ll become tomorrow.

Check the following areas:
1. In what type of environment do you live?
2. What are you doing in your free time?
3. Who are your closest friends?

Thinking Precedes Achievement

Thinking precedes achievement. People don't repeatedly stumble into achievement and then figure it out afterward.

The greater your thinking, the greater your potential. The people with the greatest value in an organization are the people with ideas. Ideas are the foundation of everything we build.

People who do not develop and practice good thinking often find themselves at the mercy of their circumstances. Good thinkers always overcome difficulties.

James Allen said, "All that a man achieves or fails to achieve is the direct result of his thoughts."
Therefore, we should think on things that add value to ourselves and others.

We are making an effort to work with our team to become not just quicker physically, but quicker mentally. We want them to think and understand they why and how we are doing things.