Failure and success: Two sides of the same coin!
"I have missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. 26 times I have been trusted to take the game winning shot and lost. I have failed over and over again in my life and that is why I have succeeded!" ...Michael Jordan
I remember my early years in kindergarten and first grade and I am sure you do too. I did not know how to add, subtract, multiply and divide but that did not stop me from going to school, I don't think. In fact I carried on with total oblivion as to what I did not know. I was just happy to be there to have fun and make friends. Surprisingly, while I was at it I must have learnt something because before long I advanced to the next class and the next and on and on until one day I stood up to shake the hand of the President of the University of Florida on graduation day. Wow, who would have thought when I was in second grade that I was simply on a journey that would take me from Nairobi to Gainesville.
You are still young in the development of your game. Live in the moment. Attend every practice. Put frustration aside. Absorb all the coaches are teaching you. Open your minds to receive instruction. Learn the ABCs of the game and then build your game on a strong foundation. Allow yourself the freedom to make mistakes and take to heart any suggestions for improvement. A third grader is not consumed by doubts as to her abilities, no, she just learns and keeps doing all she is told to do. She trusts her teacher when she is told that 5 multiplied by 5 is 25. She practices it until she has it committed to memory. Likewise with the positions coach teaches you in order to get your shots in, practice, don't tire. Just like you did not learn the mulitplication tables in a couple of weeks getting the perfect plays in basketball is going to take time and dedication. Practice to perfection.
After every game, Michael Jordan watches a video recording of the game to see what else he could have done to take the game to the next level. Michael did this not to beat himself up but to see what was missing in his game. He did this so he could raise the bar. I suggest that this is a very powerful way to help you grow.
As we go to this weekend's tournament my desire for you is that you will put into play all you have learnt. Give it everything you've got because everything you've got is enough. Do not have any doubts about yourselves because you are fearfully and wonderfully made. You are created in His image so go forth in the knowledge that you are the best there possibly could be.
Hey, Fear the Lions!!! Grrr...rrr~
"I have missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. 26 times I have been trusted to take the game winning shot and lost. I have failed over and over again in my life and that is why I have succeeded!" ...Michael Jordan
I remember my early years in kindergarten and first grade and I am sure you do too. I did not know how to add, subtract, multiply and divide but that did not stop me from going to school, I don't think. In fact I carried on with total oblivion as to what I did not know. I was just happy to be there to have fun and make friends. Surprisingly, while I was at it I must have learnt something because before long I advanced to the next class and the next and on and on until one day I stood up to shake the hand of the President of the University of Florida on graduation day. Wow, who would have thought when I was in second grade that I was simply on a journey that would take me from Nairobi to Gainesville.
You are still young in the development of your game. Live in the moment. Attend every practice. Put frustration aside. Absorb all the coaches are teaching you. Open your minds to receive instruction. Learn the ABCs of the game and then build your game on a strong foundation. Allow yourself the freedom to make mistakes and take to heart any suggestions for improvement. A third grader is not consumed by doubts as to her abilities, no, she just learns and keeps doing all she is told to do. She trusts her teacher when she is told that 5 multiplied by 5 is 25. She practices it until she has it committed to memory. Likewise with the positions coach teaches you in order to get your shots in, practice, don't tire. Just like you did not learn the mulitplication tables in a couple of weeks getting the perfect plays in basketball is going to take time and dedication. Practice to perfection.
After every game, Michael Jordan watches a video recording of the game to see what else he could have done to take the game to the next level. Michael did this not to beat himself up but to see what was missing in his game. He did this so he could raise the bar. I suggest that this is a very powerful way to help you grow.
As we go to this weekend's tournament my desire for you is that you will put into play all you have learnt. Give it everything you've got because everything you've got is enough. Do not have any doubts about yourselves because you are fearfully and wonderfully made. You are created in His image so go forth in the knowledge that you are the best there possibly could be.
Hey, Fear the Lions!!! Grrr...rrr~
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