Are you working hard enough?
- At December 10, 2012
- By Bill Churchwell
- In Wrestling
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“If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.”
I have always loved this quote but don’t know exactly where I heard it first. As we enter into the conference schedule I often think of the season we have had up to this point. Have we, as coaches, prepared our kids well enough to be successful? Not only on the mat but in the classroom as well? I know sometimes in sports the aspect of the student-athlete gets turned around. As a coaching staff, we frequently have meetings to discuss ways to make sure we can prepare the wrestlers and how we can improve our program both academically and athletically.
I also want to challenge my wrestlers at this point to similar questions. Are you working hard enough on a daily basis to be the best in the mat room? Are you doing what is necessary outside of the mat room to remain successful in the class room? I do not like when students do only what is necessary to get a passing grade. I want you wrestlers to work harder on your school work than you do on your wrestling technique. For our seniors, are you ready to start a run that will end with a conference championship? I hope you understand that it take a WHOLE team effort to win! You need to take care of your team and yourselves, this means helping to keep things on track during practice as well as leading by example.
I could go on all day with tips and questions about what to be thinking about as the first conference match approaches, but of course no wants to read a book. So I will keep this post short and sweet. But I leave everyone who reads this with the challenge to apply to every aspect of their lives…
“Are you working hard enough?”