Coach Brooks

It's not quality over quantity. It's quality in the quantity you can sustain.

The #1 factor determining whether a training program will work or not is belief. If you don not have buy-in, even if the training is perfect, it is not going to work.

Rule for any performance: You can celebrate or be upset after, but when you wake up the next morning, it's time to move on. Basking in the glory or wallowing in the pain for too long can lead to negative outcomes. Win or lose, get back to work soon after.

A few years ago, I tracked improvement rates of my college runners and compared it to a whole slew of factors to see if anything correlated. The most important factor? Did they show up to practice. Those who missed the fewest days tended to improve the most.

Coaching is about making your own job obsolete. Good coaches foster independence. We should be working towards having our athlete be self-sufficient, with our role as simply course correcting the ship as it goes

Show up Work hard Strive for consistency over perfection Find joy in the activity itself Go on the journey with friends Play the long game, instead of chasing short term results Do that and you'll end up pretty dang good at whatever it is you are doing.