Robin Dankovich, Ed.D. @rdank

Luke was EVERYWHERE 😱 The reverse slam is tonight's @newbalancehoops Play of the Game

"That team has great potential." For coaches, "potential" is a dangerous word. - Why do some teams never seem to reach it? - What holds them back? Here are 8 Things that Hold Teams Back from Reaching their Potential. 1. TRUST 2. THE BLAME GAME 3. EXCUSE MAKING 4. SELFISHNESS 5. POOR TEAM LEADERSHIP 6. ENERGY VAMPIRES 7. TARDINESS 8. CLIQUES Maximize your potential this season. Always remember: Culture WINS and Leadership MATTERS.

Tom Brady GOLD 🥇 Adversity creates opportunity. "The adversities we face in our life are the best opportunities to learn." How do you respond to adversity? x.com/TomBrady/statu…

FINALS GAME DAY

Kirby Smart uses ONE statistic from Gallup to help him manage his team's culture. He knows that everyone affects the culture. He shares this number with his leadership team and it helps him categorize the team into 3 groups. The 3 groups are: • Engaged - They are loyal and productive. • Not Engaged - They are just putting in the time. • Actively Disengaged - They are unhappy and spreading their discontent. So why does Kirby care? He said, "In essence, then, the CEO’s job is to improve the ratio of engaged to actively disengaged workers." His job is to figure out to level people up from: • Not Engaged → Engaged or • Actively Disengaged → Not Engaged According to the latest Gallup study, the average for most organizations are: • Engaged = 30% • Not Engaged = 52% • Actively Disengaged = 17% He is constantly looking at his team to see what group they fall into. He said, "I think that the organization starts at the top. And if you hold people accountable, and you hold people to a standard that you can make them understand they can move from actively disengaged, to not engaged and then hopefully to engaged." Takeaway: Everyone affects the culture. Your culture is everything. It's your behaviors and what you are willing to accept. What you reinforce is what the culture will sustain. When people are negative and actively disengaged then this will spread when you allow it. This affects the confidence and attitudes of everyone. "You're either coaching it or allowing it to happen." - Kirby Smart - - - Follow @coachajkings for more posts like this!

There’s a common phrase in coaching: “𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞.” Over the past few months, I’ve been asking coaches of various professional sports teams how they show the elite athletes they work with that they care. Here are some of their answers: - Call them by their name. - Ask their opinion. - Make sure your preparation is easy to detect. - Learn what their interests are. - Ask what their goals are. - Communicate often. - Tell the truth. - Don’t run from hard conversations; talk immediately. - When giving feedback, tell them it’s because you know they can do it. - Own up to your own mistakes. - Be humble. - Give strong, direct feedback without belittling or getting emotional. - Listen closely when they tell you what they are excited about. - Tell them when you notice they are making progress. - Be consistent through the ups and downs—be the same person. - Talk about things outside of sports. - Tell them about your family and interests outside of sports. - Acknowledge them every time you walk by them in the halls. - Laugh with them. Laugh at yourself. - Be willing to change your mind. - Ask questions. You don’t have to have all the answers.

COACHES: You might have bad parents, bad players, or bad administrators but it is still your responsibility to continually improve as a coach, be a positive leader, and find ways to make everyone in your program better. Set the standard. Be the standard. Model the standard.

Leaders: you can’t develop your people into something they don’t see in you. If you want a positive team, be positive. If you want a connected team, connect. If you want a humble, hard working team, be humble and work hard. Leaders go first. Leaders set the standard.

"Coaches need to not only set the standard but BE THE STANDARD for their players. Coaches should be as mentally tough, poised, coachable, and encouraging as they want their players to be." (Jamy Bechler)

"'I believe in you. These four words can mean the difference between a fear of failure and the courage to try." ~ Mike Krzyzewski

Coronado graduate Sarah Dankovich leads Smith College Pioneers volleyball in kills (72), digs (72) and aces (14).

It's time to stand up for Megan Rapinoe. outsports.com/2023/8/7/23823…

"Most people in life quit before the turn. They are not ready to endure the length of a struggle or the length of losing. They stop before it was just about to turn. You don't sit back and wait for something to turn. You have to go make it happen."

"To be an overachiever, you have to be an over-believer." (Dabo Swinney)

Don’t just be motivated. Be driven. Set your mind on a goal and stop at nothing until you achieve it!

Texas: 9th largest economy in the world, 39th in the country for public school funding. Until that changes, no one in the #TxLege has fulfilled their campaign promises to educators & parents. Thank you, Rep. @ginaforaustin, for speaking truth. 👏

Orange skies over the Charles 🧡 🌇 (📸 : instagram.com/donnys.photogr…)

Got a 2.4 GPA my first semester in college. Thought maybe I wasn’t cut out for engineering. Today I’ve landed two spacecraft on Mars, and am now designing one for the Moon. STEM is hard for everyone. Grades ultimately aren’t what matter. Curiosity and perseverance matter.

Volleyball Blanks Lasell, 3-0 bit.ly/3AU0zlb

915 United Club Volleyball team celebrated several college signings Sunday including Genesis Hernandez, Lauren Montes, Madeleine Benally, Abigail Burns, Maya Green, Sarah Dankovich and Hannah Payan