I coached for over 17 years on the high school and club level. Though my main sports were boys’ and girls’ soccer and girls’ track and field, I also coached softball and basketball. In all, I coached for 33 seasons. As a coach, especially a young coach, I received a lot of advice that influenced my growth. However, the best advice I ever received still guides me to this day.
I was going into my fifth year as a coach when I started working for Coach S. He was the third head soccer coach I was working for in my short career. I had learned a lot in the previous 4 years, but I still had a long way to go before I was ready to run my own program. We had known each other for a few years, but we had never coached together. When I sat down with him to discuss what I thought were my strengths and weaknesses, he told me to just focus on getting better every day. This had to be my primary focus with everything that I did with regards to the athletes as individuals, the athletes as players, the team as a whole, and myself as the coach. He told me that if I focused on winning, the team would never reach its full potential. However, if I focused on getting better every day, our team had a chance to reach their potential and maybe even more. Best coaching/life/mentorship advice that I ever received.
Focus on getting better every day. Everything else is secondary.
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