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coaching champions for life

7/6/2022

If you want to teach your athletes how to be Champions for Life you must teach them that Champions:

Raise the bar and seek to get better every day.

Are not afraid to compete with anyone at any time.

Know that strong bodies are built through proper nutrition, recovery, and perfectly-performed athletic and sport-specific exercises.

Strive to be extraordinary not ordinary in their preparation and their execution.

Practice fundamentals before flash.

Believe that teams must become families and teammates must become brothers and sisters.

Take accountability for the growth and development of their teammates because teams are only as strong as their weakest link.

Are aware of the needs of others in their home, community, and around the world regardless of what is going on in their own lives.

Know that integrity and empathy are worth far more than any trophy. Feed their faith by daily prayer and service to others.

Give thanks to Him every day no matter what cross they are asked to carry.

Know that God’s plan involves me, but is not about me.

Persevere through positive thinking because adversity is an opportunity for growth and to be an inspiration to others.

Know that there is only one score that counts…His.

Go and teach them well, in His name....

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An athlete's code of competition

7/6/2022

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Athletes must always respect themselves, their teammates, their competitors, the officials, and honor the game.
Athletes must believe that confidence comes from within and not from others or external factors; that’s why it’s called self-confidence!
Athletes must understand that under pressure they will perform to the level of their training not their talent.
Athletes should maintain a “growth mindset” – always striving to improve and to consider mistakes as a normal and a necessary part of development.
Athletes can build confidence with repetition and drills, but they must believe they can carry these skills to competition.
Athletes need to take charge of their confidence before competition and must trust their skills when they go from practice to competition.
Athletes must interpret pregame jitters as normal signs of adrenaline which will help not harm their performance.
Athletes must focus on the process of playing the game not the outcomes.
Athletes must trust their training and do what the situation requires in competition so they do not tighten up and play safe when they feel pressure to succeed.
Athletes must have a “mistake ritual” so they do not hold on to mistakes during competition.
Athletes must understand that just because they lose does not make them losers. Effort, improvement, and the journey matter much more than the outcome; it’s how they react to winning or losing that determines whether they are a Champion for Life.

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a coach's prayer

7/5/2022

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O Lord, thank you for entrusting these athletes to my care and please help me to remember:

As a Coach, I am a teacher and a role model in both what I say and what I do.

As a teacher, my players may remember very little of what I say or do, but they will definitely remember how I made them feel.

As a role model, the most impactful thing I will do is show my players how to handle adversity.

As a team, it is not important what I know, it is only important what my players have learned.

As players, what they have learned only becomes significant when they can teach what they have learned to others in their life because life is not about the individual; life is about service to others in service to you.

If my players are to teach others well in service to you, I must coach the athlete not just the player and the whole person not just the athlete.

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Adam Sarancik is the owner of Elevate Sports Academy which mentors student-athletes in physical conditioning, nutrition, career and college counseling, and sport skills. He has spent most of his adult life coaching youth ages 8-22 in baseball, soccer, and basketball. He is a favorite speaker at and director of coaches' and players' clinics. He has also developed several youth baseball leagues. Adam is a frequently published contributor to the ABCA publication Inside Pitch, Collegiate Baseball News, and the Coaches Insider, Coach Deck and Sports Engine websites. He was also a Certified Impact Trainer for The Positive Coaching Alliance.

Adam is known for his comprehensive and innovative practice plans and for consistently developing championship teams and players who excel at the next level.
He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from San Diego State University, his J.D. degree from the University of San Diego School of Law and his Masters of Arts in Teaching from Western Oregon University.

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