It is so easy to get caught in negativity and focusing on what an athlete can’t do as opposed to what they can do. Look where someone can be rather than where they are. Look for what someone can do rather than what they can’t do. Limits are artificial but sometimes as coaches we make them real by constantly verbalizing them. Project into he future and see what can be done. If you are working with developing athletes as I have for much of my career you must focus on possibilities. That gangly 14-year boy who can’t walk and chew gum at the same time could be the next ________ you fill in the blank. We must teach, direct, motivate and guide them. Make them aware of their possibilities and help them realize those possibilities, get them to share the vision.
