Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Under Control

Most of us spend a lot of our lives worrying about all the things we can't control. And for athletes, every second you spend worrying about those uncontrollables is one less second you spend helping your team. I wrote an article on the subject a couple years ago and decided to repost it for you here...


Under Control
Let’s face it; there are some things in life that you just cannot control.  One of the biggest categories of uncontrollables is other people.  And when you play a sport, particularly a team sport, there are a lot of other people involved.  You have teammates, coaches, parents, opponents, referees and spectators.  When you throw that many people together into any situation it is inevitable that someone, at some time, will do something that you don’t like.  It will happen.  Probably daily.  But lucky for us, there is one thing in the world that is entirely under your control.  You control yourself.  You control your reactions towards imperfect situations.  You control your attitude towards all of those other people and towards life in general.  And because of all of that, regardless of what anyone else does, you control the kind of player you are and the impact that you have on your team.