3.9.20

“I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:14

 

Quote/Thought of the Week

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HBCA All-Stars

GIRLS All-Regional Players

If one of your girls players made the All-Regional team, please make sure that they confirm whether or not they will be able to attend the All-Star Classic on April 19!

BOYS All-Regional Players

If one of your boys players made the All-Regional team, please make sure that they confirm whether or not they will be able to attend the All-Star Classic on April 19!

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Watch as Coach explains, and players demonstrate the 'Around the World' big man shooting and footwork drill. Each player must sprint around the cone and receive a pass and finish with a layup. The second time through, the player sprints around the cone, receives the pass, and must make a move to avoid a charge and then make a shot.

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UW-Milwaukee Post Relocation

We’re thrilled to release our 1st Dr. Dish CT video from Coach Kyle Rechlicz of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that focuses on feeding the post and moving the ball.

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Message from Coach Thompson

Pursuing the Prize as a Christian Coach

In this week’s message from Jason and Billy (below), talking about God’s Game Plan, scripture from Philippians 3:12 - 14 is listed as part of the workout for coaches this week.  Philippians 3:14 is my favorite verse and always listed at the top of our newsletter.

What does it mean though when we pursue the prize?  Are we chasing a conference or Sectional title? I think that we are, but those are worldly goals.  I don’t think those worldly goals are in conflict with God’s goals for us as Christian coaches unless we lose complete focus on Him.  Once we begin to put a greater emphasis on training and building our team mentally in the first two dimensions of coaching (physical and mental in Jeff Duke’s 3D Coaching) then we start to slip away from the prize of the third dimension - coaching the spirit of our players.

As you plan your Spring workouts and develop your summer plans for your program.  Make sure that you are focusing on the third dimension and you are pursuing the prize of a Christian coach and keeping your focus on developing players spiritually for something well beyond conference and Sectional titles.

FCA Message from Jason Brand & Billy Holder

God’s Game Plan

Ready

“For I know the plans I have for you”—this is the LORD’s declaration—“plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” — Jeremiah 29:11

Set

All coaches know that to give their athletes or their team the best chance at success or reaching their goals, three things are needed: discipline, training, and a game plan. The game plan simply means to use one’s strengths to exploit the opponent’s weakness. A good game plan is a must. Often, we fail because of the wrong game plan or simply a faulty one.

Life is a competition. We meet challenges every day that present opportunities to help us be successful. We also construct game plans for daily life. We must know our strengths and weaknesses, our opponent (Satan), listen to our coach (Jesus Christ), train hard, and have discipline to reach our goal of knowing Christ.

When I was a teenager, I had a plan to achieve what I thought was important—a college education and a great job earning a big income. My game plan was to achieve it all by age twenty-five. I ended up being a teacher and a coach. After thirty years of teaching and coaching, and twenty-eight years as an FCA Huddle Leader, I retired. As I walked out the door, I asked myself, What have I accomplished? My original game plan seemed to have failed.

Then as clear as it could be, I heard a voice say, FCA. I stopped and noticed that I was by myself. In an instant I realized that this had been God’s game plan for my life. I realized that I had been successful under His plan.

If we love and follow Christ, we can achieve victory! We need to be in tune with God and listen for His “game plan” for our lives.

Go

1. How do you define success?

2. What is your game plan to achieve that success?

3. How do you think you are doing with the plan?

Workout

Extra Reading: Psalm 139:6; 1 Corinthians 9:24–27; 5:7–9; Philippians 3:12–14

Overtime

Father, thank You for all the blessings you have bestowed upon us. Give us strength and courage to seek Your plans and to be obedient to Your call. Amen.

This devotional comes from FCA Resources.

 
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