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That word, “practice”, can be seen as incongruent with a training mindset toward championship goals.  Yes, you can practice technique for your event but when you are Training, it is NOT practice.  It’s the Making of Champions. It comes back to Being the Best you can Be.  And whatever you do, whether in word or deed,…

All of us have a tendency to enroll in classes at Negative “U”niversity.  The curricula is loaded with courses like, “I Can’t Do This!”; “I’m not happy with who I am.”; “I can’t do anything right.”; “I’m such a failure.”; “I might as well go back to bed.”; “I’ll never follow through.”; “I can’t compete.”;…

David Dahl does the color for WSU Basketball with Mike Kennedy on the radio. David has been a good friend since college. If you engage him in conversation, you will walk away thinking, “What a great talk.” Then, you will soon realize that you did most of the talking while he listened intently and asked…

A warm, reciprocal team atmosphere does not come out of spontaneous combustion. Teams aren’t comprised of teammates after the first workout together. It takes planning, effort and time to build a team that finds synergy toward a mutual goal. If you have built a campfire, you didn’t gather a bunch of logs and throw a…

Promises are easier to make than to keep. Commitment in the world of college sports is particularly transitory today. There is little hesitation in a growing number of athletes to head to the portal and “commit” to another school. What does that say about character? Character is developed positively as we follow through with what…

At some point in your life, you have faced or you will face fear. It could be now. Perhaps there is a cloud looming on the horizon that you know will one day hover over your head and you are fearful of the potential outcome. Fear can stall our objectives, blur our goals and even…

As we revisit Romans 12.2, let’s turn the prism a bit and look at this verse in a different light. Not illuminated by “self help thinking” as some would approach a renewing of the mind but considering how God has equipped us for mental challenges. Top of mind for the athlete should be the development…

We face a myriad of decisions in life as we navigate our way through worldviews surrounding us. A crucial determination in our lives is to commit to a worldview.  The Apostle Paul gives us guidance in that regard,  “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you…

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is…

The WSU band was marching around campus Friday afternoon and it was vivifying to watch and listen. The driving cadence of the percussion was punctuated with the cheers of the band members as they sounded excited and invigorated to be back on campus.You’ve probably had a similar feeling as you have stepped back on the…