11.25.19
Quote/Thought of the Week
HBCA/FCA Tournament Scheduled
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
Motion Offense Spacing
Here is a great video from Coaches Insider with Coach Bob Huggins as he discusses the importance of spacing and why 15’-17’ spacing is so important.
Dr. Dish Drills of the Week
DHO Drift Kick Back
Here is a video from Jordan Peterson, head coach at Ellsworth HS and founder of Positionless Basketball.
A Message from Coach Thompson
So Much to be Thankful For
This past week we were all shocked to hear of the events leading up to the passing of West Washington’s head football coach and athletic director, Phillip Bowsman. Bowsman was the coach at West Washington for 19 years and served the past 7 years as the athletic director.
Beyond being an amazing husband, father, and mentor to his players, Phillip was instrumental in pushing for the coaches association members to promote FCA in their schools. His absence will leave a void not in the coaching fraternity, his community, and his family.
As we enter into the Thanksgiving weekend we should all be inspired by Phillip and the legacy that he has left for us all. We should use this as motivation to appreciate all that we have to be thankful for, and remember to appreciate all the little moments that we have with our family and friends.
Remember to keep the Bowsman family in your thoughts and prayers and never forget that there are no promises for tomorrow. Live each day as if it could be your last.
FCA Message from Jason Brand & Billy Holder
Thanksgiving Power
Ready
"But one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned and, with a loud voice, gave glory to God. He fell facedown at His feet, thanking Him. And he was a Samaritan." - Luke 17:15-16
Set
The power of Thanksgiving is in the action. After every practice and every game, Jessie would approach me before leaving the field and utter one small but powerful sentence: "Thank you, coach!" During the entire two years she played on our high school girl's lacrosse team, she never missed a single day of saying those three powerful words. Jessie understood the value of gratitude, and she wanted to make sure I knew that she did not take a single practice or game for granted. Jessie not only had an attitude of thanksgiving, but she also put it into action.
Be the one. In Luke 17, out of the ten lepers healed by Jesus, only one man scrambled back to say thanks. I am sure that the other nine had an attitude of thanksgiving but never applied their gratitude. The power of saying thanks is a simple thing, but hard to do. A friend of mine says that unexpressed gratitude can often be interpreted as being unthankful. Sometimes it can even be viewed as arrogance or ignorance!
Every day is Thanksgiving for the Christian. Thanksgiving should be the theme song for the follower of Christ. We should have thanksgiving flowing from our lips daily. The people we connect with should be soaked with thanks, because we are overflowing with gratitude. "And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness."- Colossians 2:6-7 (NLT)
A giant IF-THEN statement. Thankfulness overflows if we have deep roots in Jesus Christ and if our lives our built on Him. Is it any wonder thankfulness is in short supply? As Christian competitors, if we are over-full with God, then we overflow with thanksgiving. Otherwise, we are just selfish and stingy like many athletes and coaches. Unfortunately, there isn't a culture of thanksgiving in the world of sports. I have to admit, I am great at thanking God for the people in my life during prayer time, but I'm not very good at putting that attitude of gratitude into action. I often fail to overflow with words of thanksgiving to others. My attitude is good, but my action is lacking. When we overflow with thankfulness, it shows in everything: speech, attitude and actions. We are first thankful to God and then thankful for our family, teammates, job, church, friends, coaches, neighbors, and even our boss. We are even thankful for the tough times, because as Romans 5:3 states, "we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know afflictions produce endurance." "Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act."- Proverbs 3:27
Pray it, then say it! Pray it, but make sure you say it! No more withholding blessing and thanksgiving from those that deserve it. What are you waiting for? This Thanksgiving make sure you tell others how grateful you are for them. The power of thanksgiving is in the action.
Go
Are you thankful? Would teammates, coaches and friends say you have a heart of thankfulness? Why or why not?
List three teammates or coaches you are thankful for and why.
What are the things that prevent you from expressing your thanks?
Time to act this Thanksgiving; go tell the three people that you are thankful for them.
Workout
Psalm 100, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, 1 Chronicles 16:34 , Ephesians 5:3-4, 1 Corinthians 1:4
Overtime
"Lord God, I desire to be someone who not only prays for those I am thankful for, but also someone who takes action and tells them. Help me to pray it, and then say it. There is so much I am thankful for: the Cross of Jesus, my family, friends, teammates and coaches. Fill me up, Father, so that I can overflow with thanksgiving. In the name of Jesus I pray, amen."?
This devotional comes from FCA Resources.
Contact Us
Coach Thompson - coachthompson44@gmail.com - @coachthompson44
Luke Zeller - lukezeller@distinxion.org - @lukezeller40 and @distinxion
Patrick Kohan - patrick@coachesinsider.com
Nick Bartlett - nick@drdishbasketball.com
Jason Brand - jbrand@fca.org