THREE ESSENTIAL TALENTS OF ALL CHAMPIONS

 

Here is the Fourth new normal concept from my book WIN THE DAY.

4) THREE TALENTS: If you are creating a win the day culture, you and your athletes must agree that there are three talents in our system. The first one is obvious and most teams you play will have this. It’s called PHYSICAL TALENT. You can work with athletes on improving this talent yet for the most part, maturation and time helps to develop this if you’re a good teacher. The second talent is MENTAL TALENT or mentality. Not every team is mentally talented but more and more, to train this aspect of performance, we see sports psychologists being hired on all levels of performance up to and including the pros. You even see this with kids as young as five or six in sports like gymnastics, tennis and golf. There’s so much room for development with this talent and it’s growing rapidly. The third talent is one I call SPIRITUAL TALENT. Very few teams are working on this aspect of performance and perhaps it is one of the most important pieces in championship cultures that I help to develop. Few people know how to strengthen this talent. My brand, WAY OF CHAMPIONS, specializes in this crucial aspect of championship performance. By Spiritual Talent, I’m not talking about religion. It relates to the specific “heart” directed character traits such as courage, commitment, patience, perseverance, tenacity, fearlessness, accountability, integrity, vulnerability and resilience, to name a few. The good news is these can be learned and therefore, taught. And this is what this book WIN THE DAY is all about. You’ll find all of these and more in Parts III and IV. As you peruse this book (WIN THE DAY), you will discover many more ways that I create outside the box, unconventional, new normal sports cultures.