Close the Accountability Gap

"Mom and Dad, I'm overwhelmed by the demands on my time." Imagine how your parents must feel.

Each of us chooses an "accountability" standard to pursue.

1) What is accountability? 

There's no universal definition. A useful one for athletes might be, "to hold myself and my team to a high standard of performance." That incorporates personal and team leadership.

From David Kline, "Accountability Coach"

2) How can I adopt an accountability standard? Use some ABCs to "Call Your Shot" every day. Simplify. 

• Attention. Be locked in to practice and games. Be coachable.
• Best. Be the best version of yourself. 
• Check. After the event, ask whether you met one and two. 

Michael Jordan told his assistant coach at UNC, Roy Williams, that he would work as hard as any player ever had at Carolina. Williams replied, "You have to work harder than that."

3) What hinders me? Is it will, my intentionality, or skill, my inventory of abilities? 

To excel, want to excel. Setting the bar on making the team is lower than setting it to contributing to team success. Because volleyball is important to you, raise you goals. Raising personal and team goals, match your work to your dreams. Your coaches provide the training and support to help you raise your skill (footwork, platform skills, attack technique and portfolio of attack choices). Your discipline and work impacts your teammates and team. 

Summary: 

• Commit to accountability to personal and team improvement. 
• Use your ABCs daily - attention, be your best, check 'A' and 'B'
• Your intentional and leadership impacts everyone around you.