Failure teaches what comfort can't.

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🔨 FAILURE TEACHES WHAT COMFORT CAN’T

In life, the path to success is rarely a straight line.

While victories and achievements are celebrated, it's often the setbacks and failures that shape an athlete's character and drive their future success.

One of the biggest lessons that sports can teach athletes is that failure can lead to growth and resilience that comfort zones simply can’t provide.

Many young athletes find themselves stuck in a comfort zone, relying on natural talent or past successes. However, complacency can hinder growth and limit potential.

Comfort breeds contentment, while failure breeds determination and innovation.

Excellence can not live in an environment of complacent contentment. It can only survive and thrive in a place where determination and grit are at the center.

Failure teaches athletes how to bounce back from setbacks.

Each stumble builds mental toughness and the ability to persevere through challenges. If you see a young athlete that struggles to face a big moment, they likely haven’t faced many challenges.

Losing or underperforming forces athletes to analyze their weaknesses and identify areas for improvement. You’re stuck with a choice - “Am I going to continue to do the things that led to underperformance or am I going to adapt and strive to improve?”

This inner voice is crucial for long-term development. It’s a skill that athletes can use even after their done playing their sport.

The biggest thing we should be teaching our athletes though is that failure is not the opposite of success. It's a stepping stone towards it.

Athletes who adopt a growth mindset see failures as opportunities to learn and improve, rather than as defining moments.

Experiencing failure can help build humility, perseverance, and determination.

It teaches athletes that success requires hard work and that setbacks are a normal part of the journey.

While failure may be uncomfortable in the moment, it provides invaluable learning experiences that comfort alone cannot teach.

By framing failure as an opportunity for growth rather than something to be avoided, coaches and parents can help young athletes use their sport to develop both during and when they’re done playing their sport.

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💬 VERSE OF THE DAY

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- TAPPS Physical 

- Medical History

- Student Profile (on TAPPS Management System)

- Acknowledgement of Rules (on TAPPS Management System)

- Signed CHS Handbook (located in Google Drive)

- Team Registration on Google Form (located in Google Drive)

- Student Transfer Form (if transfer student)

- Previous Athletic Participation Form (if transfer student)

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To get started, please download the app from either Google Play or the App Store by clicking the Google Play or App Store button below. 

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1. Click “Forgot Password”

2. Enter your Email ([email protected])

3. You will receive an email with an OTP (One-Time Password)

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Shoot Coach T an email if you have any questions: [email protected]

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I pray that your day is full of reminders of God’s love and faithfulness. May you faithfully build your life on Christ.

“But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in my weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” - 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

To God be the glory,

Coach T