Excellence
I am happy to report that I normally don’t get to watch a great deal of television. However, this weekend Leanna was home sick with the flu and in between catching up on paperwork I watched some of the sports. It was a good weekend to watch a couple of the best athletes in the world competing on the world stage. Roger Federer broke Pete Sampras’ record and won an epic battle with Andy Roddick at Wimbledon. Tiger Woods won the AT&T National and Lance Armstrong stayed in the hunt at the Tour de France.
As I sat and watched these “greats” perform, I could not help but think about the hours of hard work that they have put in to reach the top. As I watched each of these athletes you could almost see and feel excellence ooze from their persona. It was inspiring to say the least.
This week we begin our final week of training at home in preparation for the World Championships in Rome. Our first game is now less than 2 weeks away. At practice tonight, I will remind our team about the habits of a champion that together help each of us to become more “Excellence Oriented”. This is when your usual way of doing things is to wake up and focus on being your best - everyday. I truly believe that there is a champion within each of us. In order to become that champion, we need to develop strong habits that become a way a life and help us to become the very best that we can become.
Our goal now is to become a World Champion. We will need each of our guys to be 100% in this mode of being the best – excellence oriented. Each and every day, Robert, Ryan and I try to get the best out of our team. We try to challenge them to become better. We ask them to push themselves day after day. Over the past two weeks at home we have focused on a balancing conditioning and tactics. Many of our guys have felt kind of beat up and broken down as we have pushed them to the edge. This is what we want – to help them find the best within themselves. We will need each and every one of our guys to be at their best when we get to Rome. We have never medaled at the World Championships so this is a great opportunity for us rewrite the history books of USA Water Polo.
We can all learn from the best and this weekend was a great inspiration for me. I want this for our guys. I want them to be champions and I know that this is what they want too. Some of our veterans have stayed around for another crack at being the best. We came close last year in Beijing and now that they have tasted success they want more. I am excited for them and look forward to seeing them perform on their world stage.
Excellence is all around us!
See you at the pool.
Coach
As I sat and watched these “greats” perform, I could not help but think about the hours of hard work that they have put in to reach the top. As I watched each of these athletes you could almost see and feel excellence ooze from their persona. It was inspiring to say the least.
This week we begin our final week of training at home in preparation for the World Championships in Rome. Our first game is now less than 2 weeks away. At practice tonight, I will remind our team about the habits of a champion that together help each of us to become more “Excellence Oriented”. This is when your usual way of doing things is to wake up and focus on being your best - everyday. I truly believe that there is a champion within each of us. In order to become that champion, we need to develop strong habits that become a way a life and help us to become the very best that we can become.
Our goal now is to become a World Champion. We will need each of our guys to be 100% in this mode of being the best – excellence oriented. Each and every day, Robert, Ryan and I try to get the best out of our team. We try to challenge them to become better. We ask them to push themselves day after day. Over the past two weeks at home we have focused on a balancing conditioning and tactics. Many of our guys have felt kind of beat up and broken down as we have pushed them to the edge. This is what we want – to help them find the best within themselves. We will need each and every one of our guys to be at their best when we get to Rome. We have never medaled at the World Championships so this is a great opportunity for us rewrite the history books of USA Water Polo.
We can all learn from the best and this weekend was a great inspiration for me. I want this for our guys. I want them to be champions and I know that this is what they want too. Some of our veterans have stayed around for another crack at being the best. We came close last year in Beijing and now that they have tasted success they want more. I am excited for them and look forward to seeing them perform on their world stage.
Excellence is all around us!
See you at the pool.
Coach
posted by Dr. Terry Schroeder at
9:23 AM
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