The Big 3 (ways to win at sports) 🏆👑

Published: Fri, 12/08/17

"Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all time thing.

You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time.

Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”

- Vince Lombardi

I am not a 'winning' apologist. It's in the name of my podcast.

I spend a lot of energy talking about building strong children and developing awesome team cultures.

That is why winning is important. One of the fundamental cornerstones in building strong children is teaching them to not be satisfied with 'good enough.'

That's what's so powerful about competition. It is a measuring stick that provides tangible results on how we are progressing.

The key is defining the end goal. John Wooden defines it like this:

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

A win, in and of itself, should not define whether you were successful. If you let it, you will become complacent after a win. You shouldn't. You should continue the striving 'to become the best you are capable of becoming.'

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We discussed this at length in this week's podcast. Strategies on how to lead your team to perform it's best.

Lynden Gwartney has studied winning coaches in sports and compared the results with military leaders who have been successful on the battlefield.

Looking at 45 components of successful teams, he narrowed it down to his 'Big 3.'

Find your opponents weakness and attack it
Stick with what’s working
Find your opponents strength and neutralize it

These are great in-game tactics for a coach to use to give their teams the best chance to perform at a high level and have success in the game. (And dare I say, give their teams the best chance to win?)

Make winning your habit starting today!

WYC 136 – How to Win at Sports – Lynden Gwartney talks the Science of Winning

Lynden Gwartney is the founder of Mind Of A Champion Sports, and trains athletes and coaches in the principles of winning in sports. He is the author of How to Win at Sports, where through examples from Marine Corps history and analysis of the world’s top athletes and coaches – as well as thirty years of exprience as an athlete and coach – Lynden reveals the concepts that all champions use to gain an advantage over their opponents.

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Make winning the right way your habit starting today,
Craig

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Craig Haworth is the founder of Winning Youth Coaching, a site dedicated to helping coaches and parents make youth sports an awesome experience for the youth and the parents. He interviews coaches from around the world and posts them on his podcast, which currently has over 135 interviews and has been downloaded over 225,000 times. He writes a weekly note to coaches and parents. He is married to his high-school sweetheart and they share the blessing of 3 children and live in Franklin, TN. You can sign-up for his weekly note here, find him on twitter at @craighaworth1, or visit his website winningyouthcoaching.com.

"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men"

- Frederick Douglass