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Some people will never understand your competitive spirit & that’s okay. Never tone down your drive to make others comfortable. Those who share your fire don’t need an explanation. Those who don’t, never will. Stay true to what fuels you. Keep chasing what sets your soul on fire.
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Culture is built through influence. Influence is built through relationship. Relationship is built through trust. Trust is built through connection.
If you want better culture, start by learning to connect with your people.
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A coach can care deeply about a player and still make decisions the player dislikes.
A player can respect a coach and still disagree with those decision.
Healthy relationships can survive disagreement.
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“Any great player wants to be coached hard.
Coaches take players to levels they can’t take themselves.
What great player doesn’t want to be coached hard?”
Being coachable means caring more about getting better than being right.
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"You don’t get rewarded for doing what is required."@inkyjohnson
Greatness is not given to a chosen few. Greatness is given to the few who choose to do 'more than what's required'.
To be great, you have to give great -great sacrifice, great focus, great discipline, great effort.
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Leadership isn’t avoiding blame. It’s accepting responsibility.
Before you correct the player, correct the process.
What did we miss? What wasn’t clear? What could we have prepared better?
Accountability begins with ownership.
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There’s nothing wrong with hard.
What’s wrong is expecting to get better while avoiding everything that challenges you.
You have to choose the work before you earn the result.
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I love this from Ben McCollum.
Culture starts with people.
Energy-givers.
Team-first players.
Competitors.
People who make everyone around them better.
Get enough first-place people in the room, and you can build something special.
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Titles can identify captains. But they can’t create leaders.
I love this from Marcus Freeman:
“We have a whole bunch of guys who are going to choose to lead. They don’t need a title to lead.”
That’s what great teams need.
Not 2 or 3 captains doing all the leading.
A locker room full of people willing to speak up.
Hold the standard.
Bring energy.
Help a teammate.
Do the right thing when nobody is watching.
Too many players wait for permission to lead.
They think they need a “C” on their jersey, need to be a senior, or need the coach to name them something.
You don’t.
Leadership isn’t a position you’re given.
It’s a choice you make.
Every single day. 👇
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Congratulations to our Vikings of the Week!
#ValleyWillRoll 🟣🟠#TrustTheProcessLoveTheGrind
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And the results are in for Week 4. Here’s how the Heart South Football standings look.🏈
Presented by @muscosportslighting
#TheHeartWayToPlay #TheRightWayToPlay
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TOUCHDOWN!!! Silas Morton goes over the top for a 2yd TD! Vikings take the lead, 28-21! Midway thru 4th quarter! #heartfb #valleywillroll
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For $5 I’ll tell you your kid should go to an NAIA school.
Alright hell, I’ll do it for free.
Rivals is charging high school athletes and parents $499 for an 'evaluation' by a Rivals scout.
The fee includes a scouting report, grade, film evaluation, coach interview, and consideration to be ranked on their site.
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🚨🚨🚨Time Change!!! Viking football will open its season with a 10:30am kickoff at #13 William Penn! Start time was moved up due to expected temperatures in Oskaloosa, Iowa. #valleywillroll
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Coaches and ADs! 1st full night of Football is here! Please keep "US" posted by tweeting out your scores during the game & final results. We'll retweet as we see them but please tag us! Our partner, @BrianSandbothe, is doing PHENOMENAL work w/his website tracking and publishing MOFootball information. Tweeting game scores and updating scores on Scorestream go a long way in assisting the process to run smoothly!
bmofootball.org/
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3 D1 Non-Scholarship teams lose to funded D2 Programs in the first day of CFB.
This age of football is different! Stop logo chasing for materialistic value and check out that D2 school you’ve been avoiding! There are some dogs in those trenches!
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WILD: Louisiana Christian becomes the 2nd NAIA program to beat a scholarship Division 1 program in college football history, as they defeat Northwestern State.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS BACK
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SARK ON CULTURE
"It's not a sign in your building. It's not a t-shirt you wear. It's not breaking the team down & saying Culture on 3 ... Who you are some of the time is who you are all of the time."
Culture is lived out on a daily basis.
📹via @BobBallouSports
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Season passes and tickets are available at valleywillroll.com/ticketing! #valleywillroll
