Attitude

ATTITUDE

Attitude is one of the 4 foundational character qualities we will be covering.  Personally I feel that it is one of the most important, because your attitude affects your performance and the people around you no matter if we are talking about sports, work or family time.  It is also one of only two things that you can control.  We can’t control bad calls, weather conditions, unexpected bills and the list goes on.  But we can prepare ourselves internally to react to situations the right way and keep our head up and move forward by having a positive attitude.

Paint the Picture: 

You’re at a sports game and a ref/umpire makes a bad call.  How many times do we automatically yell because we disagree?  I will be the first to admit that I have messed up while at work but understand that I’m not perfect.  Neither is the ref/ump. 

As a player, coach, or parent we can’t control a bad call, but what we can control is how we prepare ourselves and understand that bad calls happen.  Now mentally you have to say “I will continue to have a positive attitude and overcome the negative aspect of a bad call”.  If you work on this I can guarantee that you will have more fun and get more out of yourself if you keep a positive attitude through these tough situations.

Positive                      or                   Opposite

Gratitude                                            Selfish

Contagious                                         Cancerous

Effort                                                  Dogging It

Coachable                                          Inattentive

Have a great week,

Coach Todd