DId You Push Yourself?

Urban Meyer said, "It's so easy to be average."

"Did you push yourself to be great today? If you didn't do it, you lost today. We don't have many days to lose."

Excellence isn't the goal, it's the standard.

It's the daily standard you set.

You achieve excellence when your… pic.twitter.com/2L4hECFhbF

— Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness (@coachajkings) September 18, 2024

You're at volleyball practice, so only you can answer the question. "Did you push yourself to be great today?"

Some get unique athletic gifts - athleticism, size, strength. Skill is not gifted. Conditioning is not gifted. Resilience, mental toughness, is not gifted. 

If you're an outside hitter playing defense, you need platform skills in addition to your approach footwork, hitting judgment, and arm swing. If the ball is a "get me over" free ball, then get it over. 

In basketball, I've called it, "fall in love with easy." When the situation has only one choice, make that choice. Chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov says to know these. "Know what to do when there is nothing to do" and "know what to do when there is something to do." Avoid mistakes when that is the situation and as Bob Woodward says, "FAA - focus and act aggressively" when running down the story.