Powerful reflection. If you were guaranteed to win, how would you coach? If you were guaranteed to lose, how would you coach? Full video: bit.ly/3ZjlBsb

STANDARDS ↔️ COMFORT: ➡️ Standards say, "Work harder." ⬅️ Comfort says, "Work later." ➡️ Standards build you up. ⬅️ Comfort drags you down. ➡️ Standards appeal to the best you. ⬅️Comfort appeals to the average you. ➡️ Standards make you stronger. ⬅️Comfort makes you weaker.

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Your competition is ALSO playing an emotional game of random events. Whoever handles that better gives their team a competitive advantage.   Watch FULL Video: bit.ly/AA-Part1

"THAT'S NOT HOW WE DO THINGS AROUND HERE." Nothing clarifies exactly what is unacceptable in your culture than this statement. It's one thing when it's said by a coach. It's a whole different level of leadership and accountability when it's said by the athletes. #CultureWins

Event + Response = Outcome ❌ You are not the master of Events ❌ You are not the master of Outcomes ✅ You are only the master of your Response No matter what Outcome you want, No matter what Event you experience, Your Response is what matters most.

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Resilience is the secret weapon of champions. As Matt LaFleur says, "You have to be resilient. Not everything is always going to go your way. You have to keep battling, keep battling, keep battling." When life knocks you down, the only answer is to get back up.

Teams are fragile because they are personal, social, and emotional. But that can also make a team stronger. What strong teams do that weak teams don't:

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Great Culture = High Behaviors Standards "It's not culture's job to make us feel good. It's culture's job to drive the behaviors that win. Winning feels good. Competing feels good. The second we stop competing and the second we stop winning, everything starts to atrophy,

And an individual’s character drives their behaviors…

Imagine walking into the locker room and seeing a mirror mounted on the wall. But instead of your reflection, you see the unfiltered truth—how your players experience your leadership, how your staff perceives your communication, and how your presence actually impacts the team.

Knowledge without application is the same as ignorance. The person who knows something but doesn’t apply it is no different than the person who doesn’t know anything about it. “I know I should, but I don’t” is functionally the same as, “I didn’t know”. There’s no practical

We wonder why so many young soccer players feel pressure of the labels when you choose to highlight only the Power 4 conferences with your graphics. Thanks to the phenomenal data compilation by our friends at ECNL/GA/Recruiting/College Soccer, the numbers show a mere 64 out of approximately 2400

Recruits - have a listen. If a coach tells you some majors are off limits to soccer players…..RUN!!!! Unless your goal is to be 42, living in a van down by the river and “coaching” soccer 8 hours a week. Dream big with your life not a logo.

We often talk about finding purpose like it’s buried treasure, like one day you’ll wake up, have an epiphany, and suddenly know exactly why you do what you do. But in most cases, it doesn’t work like that. Often, purpose isn’t something you find. It’s something you build

Better to aim at a high standard and come up short than aim at a low standard and hit the mark.