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Quote/Thought of the Week

HBCA All-Stars

Nominations Open for Submission

It’s that time of year again, coaches! Nominate your best SENIOR players to be recognized as one of the best in Southern Indiana. Nominating is easy—just have your stats sheets from games played this season ready!

Southern Indiana Championships

February 22–23 in Washington County

Many more details will be forthcoming in the next couple of weeks about the upcoming HBCA/FCA basketball tournament for boys and girls in grades 2-8. The tournament will be called the Southern Indiana Championships and will be hosted by Salem, West Washington, and Eastern Pekin High Schools in Washington County, smack dab in the middle of the HBCA. The event will raise money for the HBCA scholarship foundation and FCA ministries in southern Indiana. Mark the dates and share information with all coaches in your feeder programs.

One of the best things about the tournament is that we will have a Sunday morning devotional at Salem HS prior to games getting started. Because teams, coaches and families will be away from home we are going to give them this time to come in and have some prayer, devotional, and message time with members of the FCA staff.

Coaches Insider Drills and Videos

Box 4 Set Plays

This week at Coach’s Insider Coach Joe Golding from Abelienne State talks about his Box 4 set plays.

Dr. Dish Drills of the Week

X-Out Layups

This is a great series for working on fast-paced attacks.

This week from All-Pro Dad

Humble yourself, or you will be humbled

Do you enjoy taking risks? We tend to be a play-it-safe culture. This isn’t all bad, of course. We’re wired to weigh our options and determine which ones will most likely ensure we’ll survive and to choose them. You should probably keep doing that. At the same time, there’s something in us that longs for adventure. That’s part of our wiring, too. This is why we’re drawn to watching epic movies, traveling to exotic places, and attending sporting events.

We want to face challenges and come out victorious on the other side. We also know that learning happens best when we stretch ourselves, try new things, and fail. In that way, taking risks is integral to learning and growth. And there are 3 risks every man should take at some point in his life. Have you taken them yet?

7 enemies of Man

The surest way to fail is to develop bad habits. Wherever we find trouble in our lives, a detrimental root cause stems from the common enemies we face. No man is immune to this ongoing battle but the wisest seek to identify their enemies and find out how to conquer them. Our marriages, families, careers, and friendships depend on this.

Perhaps you are addicted to porn. Maybe your marriage is falling apart and you don’t know how to save it. For some, finances are spinning out of control. Whatever is afflicting you, the cause is your enemy. Knowing who your enemy is provides a path to freedom from it. Which of these seven enemies do you face?

Message from Coach Thompson

Humble yourself, or you will be humbled

Something that we talk about quite often in our team Bible study is the fact that you must remain humble, or you will be humbled. There are many scriptures that point to this topic and countless quotes from successful athletes and coaches that remind us of this.  It is important to remember that we will all have success and failure; we will all have wins and losses. The important thing is how do we handle those situations. Are we humble and remember that we are playing for an “audience of one”? Or, are we boastful and celebrating in our opponent’s faces?

A lot can be said about someone’s character by the way he/she handles winning and losing and the way they handle their preparation and commentary leading into competition.  The longer I have coached, the more the words of Proverbs 11:2 ring true, “When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.”

As Christian coaches it is important to remember that we are called to lead our teams with Christ-like examples and if we are not humble, we can’t do that.  After all, Christ was/is the Son of God and had every opportunity to boast and brag. He allowed Himself to be beaten and ridiculed, and then died a most horrific death.  In short, this can be summed up by the words of my six year-old, “When you win you don’t need to tell everybody you are awesome and when you get beat you don’t need to act like a sore loser.”

FCA Message from Jason Brand & Billy Holder

Attitude

Ready

“Rejoice always! Pray constantly. Give thanks in everything, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18

Set

As coaches, we’re subject to having good days and bad days. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. I always like winning better than losing. Enough losses in a row, and any of us can get a little blue. So how do we maintain a joyful life? The Bible gives us some good answers, as in the text above.

In these verses, there are three directives and one reason that combine to show us the way to a joyful life: First, rejoice always. More than a command, this is a reassuring encouragement that we can find something to be joyful about in every circumstance. Lead with your will and let your emotions follow along. Second, pray without ceasing. If you took this seriously, you’d never sleep, eat, or study. That’s probably not what Paul meant. Surely he meant that there is never a situation for us in which prayer is not proper and powerful. Third, in everything give thanks; not for everything, but in everything. In all situations give thanks to the Lord, and you’ll cultivate a joyful, thankful attitude that rises above any circumstances.

This is the will of God in Christ for you. The Lord joins you in your rejoicing, He communes with you when you pray, and He blesses you when you thank Him. He is most desirous of an intimate, personal relationship with you, and He knows that these things serve to deepen that relationship.

As you prepare for today’s competition, rejoice, pray, and be thankful. In doing so, you are fulfilling God’s will for your life today. 

Go

1. When does your supply of joy in coaching run a little short?
2. What restores you in those times? Make time to do that.
3. What would you like to tell the Lord about your team? Express that in prayer.

Workout

Extra Reading: Psalm 31:1–8; Philippians 2:14–18; 1 Thessalonians 5:15–22

Overtime

Father, help me find real joy in coaching those in my charge. Help me to pray effectively for their success and development. Thank You for the immense privilege that is mine to serve You as I coach in this sport. Amen.

This devotional comes from FCA Resources.

 
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