Bailey Grimes

🏆 Culture WINS. What is Culture? Culture is... 1. What do you Allow? 2. What do you Emphasize? 3. Do you do this Every Day? COACHES: Apply these three questions to the 8 Elements of a Championship Culture below: 1: MINDSET & ATTITUDE - Winning Cultures have Positive Attitudes and Growth Mindsets. Do I teach through a growth mindset with my players? Do I model a growth mindset? Do I emphasize the power of a positive attitude? Do I allow negative attitudes/actions in our team? 2: TIMELINESS - Being on time is about respect. Do I allow players to be late? Do I follow through? What are the consequences of not being on time? Do I model timeliness myself? Is this a point of emphasis with me each day? 3: COMMUNICATION - Winning cultures communicate well. They are Clear, Concise, and Positive. How does your team talk to one another? Do they show respect to everyone? Are the interactions positive Do you model positive communication? 4: EFFORT & WORK ETHIC - Winning Cultures are Committed and Work Hard. What are your expectations for work ethic? How do you encourage and emphasize a culture of commitment? Are you fully committed as a coach? Do you model commitment? 5: INCLUSIVITY & TEAMWORK - In Winning Cultures, ALL team members feel included. There is a true sense of TEAM. Do you preach and emphasize the importance of TEAM? Do you meet with Team Leaders about including everyone? Do you show respect and honor to all team members? 6: SPORTSMANSHIP - One good ACT of sportsmanship is way more powerful than 10 people talking about it. Do you model good sportsmanship as a coach? Do you allow poor sportsmanlike behaviors from your players? Do you reward positive sportsmanship? Are you consistent? 7: PLAYER LEADERSHIP - Player Led Teams WIN. What do you do to develop your team leaders? Do you have a plan, or do you wait and wish for team leaders? Do you emphasize Collective Leadership on your team? Do you acknowledge the different types of leaders on your team? 8: ACCOUNTABILITY - All Championship Cultures have Accountability. Do you consistently hold your players accountable? Do you have an "everyday" mindset with culture? Do you inadvertently encourage entitlement? Do you model leadership and accountability as the team leader? ----- Follow me @gregberge for Actionable Ideas on Coaching, Leadership, Culture, and Teams.

Three things you control every day are your ATTITUDE, your EFFORT and your ACTIONS. It doesn’t matter what others are doing or who you think is being unfair. Every day you can focus on being positive, working hard and making others around you better.

Be in the game even when you're not in the game.

All athletes make mistakes, but what separates great athletes from average athletes is the ability to learn from mistakes and stay resilient.

Players: How you practice sets the table for how your season will go. In a healthy athletic environment coaches don't decide playing time, players do. Roles and minutes are earned by performance in practice. When fall workouts get going in a few weeks be in great shape and take what’s yours. There is nothing selfish about being the best version of yourself every day. In fact, you’ll increase the competitiveness of practice and will make everyone else better. Don’t be satisfied with one great day, one great week, or even one great month. Be relentless in your practice effort and performance and you’ll be very happy with what you earn individually and you’ll elevate your entire team along the way.

Nick Saban once said... “If you want to make everyone happy, don’t be a leader; sell ice cream.” Leadership is hard. It is earned. It is an inside-out process. What are the Traits of the Best Team Leaders? Here are 9 of them. 1: Commitment Level Everything in team success begins with Commitment. Your leaders HAVE to be committed. They are bought in. They have put in the time. They are invested, and because of that, TEAM success means something to them. 2: Work Ethic The best leaders are your hardest workers. They lead by example with how hard they work. They bring out this work ethic in others. 3: Trusted and Respected Great team leaders have the trust and respect of their teammates. They have EARNED this trust. They make good choices. They treat their teammates well. They are inclusive. 4: We > Me The best team leaders are about TEAM success. They have a broad-based perspective. They want what is best for the Team. They are willing to do what it takes to help the Team win. It is not about them. 5: Competitive Spirit Great leaders are highly competitive. They want to Win. They know HOW to win. This spirit is contagious with others on the team. This spirit creates a culture of winning and success. 6: Bought into the Culture The best leaders are bought into the team culture. They are the "Gatekeepers" of the team culture. The "True" Culture of the team is the standard that team leaders allow. This is incredibly important in successful teams. 7: Relationship Builders The best team leaders connect and build relationships with ALL of their teammates. They understand the power of positive interaction and energy and the impact this has on a team. 8: Willing to Hold Others Accountable The best team leaders are willing to confront and challenge teammates when needed. They become "junior firefighters" and put out the small fires behind the scenes that can happen in a team. They hold others Accountable. 9: They Inspire The best leaders have the ability to inspire their teammates and those around them. It is hard to do. This is the pinnacle of leadership. _____ Follow me @gregberge for Actionable Ideas on Coaching, Leadership, Culture, and Teams. Subscribe to my free weekly newsletter: gregberge.beehiiv.com

Being a Sports Parent is Hard. Be an MVP = MOST VALUABLE PARENT! Here are 8 ways! [THREAD]🧵

Beyond blessed 🐻💚 @BUFootball

Kobe Bryant worked like he had no talent, then he played like he believed he was the best player in the world. Prepare with humility; perform with confidence. - via @BallisPsych

When I am asked my number one piece of advice for a new administrator, it is simply to take care of your staff. If you take care of them, they will take care of the students. A culture of care, support, appreciation and encouragement is a culture when everyone can thrive.

Championships are not won in comfort zones.

10 ways to succeed with zero talent: 1. Be On Time 2. Show Up & Do the Work 3. Give Your Best 4. Be Positively Contagious 5. Have an Attitude of Gratitude 6. Seek Solutions 7. Have Passion 8. Be Coachable 9. Do More Than What’s Required 10. Believe in Yourself

PLAYERS: Before you question your playing time, honestly evaluate how you're using your practice time. Make sure that you're bringing energy, enthusiasm, and a team-first mentality to practice. Build good habits in practice. Find ways to be valuable. Make your teammates better.

Be sure all the athletes you coach know that you give them everything you have. That you care about them, respect them as people, believe in them, want only the best for them & above all, you want them to be the best version of themselves that they can ever be. Kids need that!

I’m such a fan of athletes that just KEEP SHOWING UP. Amidst all the challenges life, sport and this world can throw at you, when you can continue to put yourself IN the ring and CHOOSE to enter the fight, it’s INSPIRING. Keep choosing to show up. People notice. 👏🏼🙌🏼💪🏼

90% of a championship culture comes down to: 1. Setting unmistakably clear standards of behavior. 2. Coaches modeling those same standards. 3. Directly challenging anyone and everyone within the program who resists or falls below the standards. It's uncomfortable work. That’s why 90% of coaches don’t have a culture capable of winning a championship even when they have the talent.

16-2s finish 2nd in Gold at Score OKC Roundabout! #riseontherise

My 20 year-old daughter Bailey recently posted this...what an amazing young lady! I could not have said it any better. So proud of both of my girls!

Jeff Grimes > Tom Selleck