TEACHABILITY
The next character quality in complete player is teachability.
This is being willing and able to learn.
I got my first taste of this when I was in college playing
baseball. I would have family and
friends contact me and want me to work with their son’s on hitting or
pitching. I would get there and the
kid’s mind would be somewhere else and have zero focus. Obviously the kid didn’t want to be there but
they were there because mom or dad wanted them to be. Those early encounters coaching helped me
realize 2 things.
First, I figured out that when I have the opportunity to
impact kids I need their full attention and focus so that what I say has a
chance to soak in and they can learn.
Second, is that I learned to be up front with people and let them know
that I am more than willing to help any kid out there but if they don’t want to
be I don’t want to be! It might be the
most frustrating thing as a coach to have a kid who doesn’t listen or follow directions.
Here are some opposites that may help you realize if you are
being teachable or not!
Learner or Dull
Student or Distracted
Knowledge or Ignorant
Competent or Incompetent
Flexible or Stubborn
My question of the week is:
Are you a Learner?
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