10 YEAR PLAN-- 2010-2020 "YOUR DECADE FOR CHANGE"

Take time out of your schedule and sit down for about 30 minutes and begin a 10 year plan.
What do you want your life to look like by 2020?

We believe the more clear you are about what you want, the better chance you have of achieving what you want.

Write out your physical goals.
What kind of shape would you like to be in the next ten years? Where would you like to be with your athletic dreams in ten years?
How can you best achieve these goals?
Who can you partner with to help you reach these goals?

Write out your academic goals.
How do you learn best? Do you value education and where do you see education taking you to over this next decade?

Write out your goals for using your talents as a thank you to God for all He has given to you.
What are your top three talents and how can you best use them to serve others and better the world?
What do you really love to do and is this something you want to be great at 10 years from now?

Write out your goals for your family.
What kind of relationship would you like to have in ten years from now? What character changes do you need to make to be the best family member you can be?

Write out your spiritual goals.
What does your relationship with God mean to you now and what would you like it to mean 10 years from now? What is important for you to do everyday to connect to God and have a mindset that is focused on helping others not just self-focused?


After you write these out, pick a few action points you want to remember everyday. Post these where you can review them and ask someone to hold you accountable.

Make this decade a life changing one.

HELP YOUR TEAM THIS SEASON

You help your team this season when you make your defense foul you. Fouls help your team get to the free throw line, frustrate the other team, and keep the other team from playing too physical.
Keys to drawing fouls:
Maintain excellent balance. Strong pivots, and fake.


Fakes are critical in the game of basketball, but you have to practice fakes and execute them often. Watch how many teams work on fakes, practicing them in warm-ups. Hardly any! If we don’t practice it, we won’t do it. Sell your fakes, get in a mirror and make sure the fakes look like the real thing. Fake high, pass low. Fake right, go left. Shot fake then cross step. Fake to get open and cut backdoor. Use your fakes to your advantage!

FIVE WAYS TO MAKE YOUR COACH LIKE THE WAY YOU PLAY

1. Be the first on the court every time and never, ever late. Get busy working on your fundamentals. Go to work on your game the second you step on the court. No conversation with teammates.

2. Have the "eye of the tiger" mindset. No one is going to out hustle you or want it more than you. You are the tiger in the fight, not the kitten.

3. Pressure your opponent. Practice is not a social hour. Practice is your time to make the person you guard miserable. Guard with such great intensity, every dribble is under duress. Make players hate to play against you. On “D” great pressure, on “O” move, move and then move some more.

4. Make your teammates better. Talk with encouragement. Call out screens on defense; set solid screens on offense. Be positive, energetic and happy to be part of the team.

5. Take care of the ball, make good decisions, pass to the open player and know the plays.