"Your joy is my joy." Share academic success with the community through academic honors. Student-athlete excellence in the classroom informs MVB tradition. Because you learned volleyball, you can excel in the classroom.
Academic tips come easily not cheaply.
Exceptional play demands exceptional practice.
Exceptional play demands exceptional focus.
Exceptional teamwork demands no distractions.
Write better with examples from Imperfect Birds
1) Paint a picture - "trashed garden of the rickety and voracious house," the odd juxtaposition of voracious and house.
2) Active verbs - "clouds crashed and stumbled forward"
3) Use of semicolon as linkage - "The sky was soft pink; the night was cool."
The sentence carries structure...the "attack" of the hitter.
"Pass, set, hit."
Lamott's husband, Neal Allen shares: "A new dawn" becomes "Dawn." "Tax haven of the rich becomes "tax haven." "Bedridden in a hospital" becomes "hospitalized."
Soccer or rugby enthusiasts say, "Into touch." Volleyball says, "Out."
Let's explore Rule No. 1, "It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning."
Love your losses
"Losses are lessons." Postmortem analysis informs us of where we need to be better. This confirms General Hal Moore's rule, "There is always something more you can do." Some wins reflect triumphs of the spirit. Appreciate even the more pedestrian ones.
Whether home, school, or the court, more effort crafts better results.
Lagniappe. Long-range advice -
- Read "Good Writing" by Allen and Lamott (easy and short)
- Read "On Writing" by Stephen King (dynamic and fun)
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