Thursday, August 31, 2023

Volleyball Book Club

This year you're reading Beyond Basketball by Coach Mike Krzyzewski. As you read ask 'how can I apply these lessons to my life'? I like the saying from Matt Haig, "every book is about someone searching for something." Coach K helps players seek excellence. 

Your coaches teach you more than volleyball fundamentals and strategy. They teach life lessons...leadership, being a good teammate, becoming more resilient. You absorb these lessons and grow or you tell yourself, "nah, I'm good." 

Up your game of self-reflection, self-correction, and self-determination. 

I'm especially proud of Melrose players that I've coached - many of the girls on the 2012 championship team, Victoria Crovo who is in her third year of veterinary school, Lauren Joyce who graduated from the Naval Academy, and your own Sadie Jaggers. 

I also believe in studying book summaries and here's an excellent one for this year's selection. That doesn't excuse you from reading the text. 

A quote: 

“If your standards are low, it is easy to meet those standards every single day, every single year. But if your standard is to be the best, there will be days when you fall short of that goal. It is okay to not win every game. The only problem would be if you allow a loss or a failure to change your standards. Keep your standards intact, keep the bar set high, and continue to try your very best every day to meet those standards. If you do that, you can always be proud of the work that you do”.

Lagniappe: Turn off the volume and use the translation. 


Lagniappe 2. Footwork. 

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