It’s In The Details

It’s In The Details

Soon your next competition will be upon you.  And when you step out onto that stage there will be dozens of factors out of your control.  The surface might not be right.  You may not agree with the pace or the officiating or your opponent may be playing better than you expected.  None of these factors can be helped and fretting over them is worthless.  More importantly, it’s unnecessary if you took the steps beforehand to prepare.  What you can control day in and day out is your effort and attention to detail!  At each practice, each training session and throughout the day how focused you are on completing each repetition and each drill with the utmost diligence and urgency will pay dividends in competition.

We should move often and we strive to move well.  Doing this means not just going through the motions.  It means attacking the ball as hard as you would if your opponent was on the other side.  It means hitting every line you need to hit in conditioning and executing each rep and each movement precisely and with vigor.  Focus on what coach is asking of you and focus on how you are moving through your space.

Aim to do more than what is expected of you.  Reach the line ahead of time and when you do, turn around to help your teammates do the same.  Together as we train we can be stronger and faster than our opponents or we can stay stagnant and leave it up to the factors that are out of our control.  Be detailed in your execution on and off the field.  Know that the precision we have in our nutrition and on rest days will help us reach further in training.  Don’t let anyone decide who will win but you and your teammates.