The Championship Path

We had a great time at our 6th Annual High School Retreat. The theme of the weekend was "The Championship Path." It's the qualities that teams possess to go from good to great.

The H.S. Retreat is sort of like Vegas. What happens there stays there. That is, what individual players say/share is up to them to disclose. But our theme and such is open to all of you and beyond. We keep pressing on.

It works better with the visual of of a mountain, but here are the elements of The Championship Path ... from the foundation up:

1) Mental Toughness ... Responding to adversity and the truth. Nothing is too much for us;

2) An Uncommon Commitment to the Welfare of our Team. We will each embrace our roles -- whatever we are called upon to do -- and make them a key part of our journey together;

3) Ownership mentality – It’s our team. We all have a stake and we do the things -- big and small -- that owners do.

4) Deliberately practicing to minimize weaknesses and turn them into strengths (this requires self awareness). We do whatever we need to do.

5) Resilience/Perseverance. Nothing keeps us down or stops us.

6) Courage. Nothing scares us off of completing our mission.

7) Destiny. Finally … like the great Sir Winston Churchill was kept going in his darkest days by a sense of destiny ... we likewise have a a mission … a explains the foregoing and makes it doable.

See you on the field,

Retreat this Weekend ...

I am excited to get our preparation in full gear as we head into our second week of practice. The second week historically means retreat week.

I will have an update from our time together, including more on the Championship Mindset next week.

In the meantime ...

See you on the field,