You Never Know Who Is Watching Your Impact
A track student-athlete shared with me how she saw the value I provided. I was BLOWN away!
2018, I was sitting in a common area in the athletic building and had just finished speaking to a few of my football student-athletes.
As they were leaving their friend from the track team came over. I knew of her because I always spoke to athletes as I saw them in the athletic building. Side story: At a N4A Convention I heard the story of an AD who asked a staff member why they didn’t speak to a student-athlete. The staff member said they didn’t know the athlete. The AD then said, well you better get used to speaking to athletes because everyone had jobs because of them. I loved this story as I am a believer in speaking to every person in the building and a big believer in the impact a single interaction can have on someone.
But, back to the story. She sat down at the table and said this:
I was blown away by this.
I share this as this was question three of ten essential questions to answer before you start in player development.
What would you want your athletes to say about your player development program?
You have the power to impact so many lives in the role, even the ones not under your direct influence.
Check out the 10 Questions to Answer Before You Start in Player Development here:
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