Attitude - Old Post but A Good One

07-25-07, 12:06 PM
countryboy17
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bjbball05
bjbball05

I am just getting out of middle school i played football,basketball,and baseball.I am very athletic but sometimes i can get a attitude.Baseball is my favorite sport and I started my seventh and eigth grade year.I really do want to get recruited because I think i am good enough.Now after I read that story this person told about I think i can have a better attitude towards everything I do.My eigth grade year we won confrence and my coach told my dad that i did not have a attitude the whole time durin baseball and that meant alot to my dad and me.My coach told my dad that i helped out alot for this team and i hustled alot.My dad is very specail and pushes me to the limit until i am doin my best.Trust me Coach 27 this is a wonderful story and i hope i will remember this when i am tryin out for the highschool team next year.



ps god bless


Son,
I am living proof that you can change your attitude if you really have a desire. In Little League, I was the worst team mate you have ever seen. My coach was at his wits end. I would throw my bat, stomp my feet and not run out grounders. This did not come from home as my parents had very little to no involvement with my sports. I had a desire to win, but couldn't control that desire. Anyway my Little League coach tried everything to teach me and nothing worked. My last season on the team (12 years old), he came up with the idea to give out an MVP trophy for the team. He knew how competative I was and he knew this may have an effect on how I played. You didn't get trophies back then unless you WON something. He said the MVP would not only be the best athlete (which I knew I was) but would be the best sportsman and team mate. WHOA!!!!!
That threw the whole plan off, I didn't know if I could do the last, sportsman, ME...the rest of my team mates were jerks, how could I get along with them. They didn't want to win, like I did!
I wanted that trophy real bad, so everytime I would get in a situation that would cause me to explode, I would think about that trophy. The first few times were extremely tough to handle. I had to reach way down inside to get control. After that, it just got easier and easier to get control of my temper. Pretty soon, my team mates quit being jerks and started pulling for me.
Well now, now that my team mates wanted to win as bad as I did, then they must not be jerks after all, so I started pulling for them and guess what? We started winning and we were having a good time playing baseball. I now understood that my team mates were not the jerks that I thought, they just were afraid of ME!
They didn't like the way I threw bats and helmets and screamed everytime I struck out or even made an out.
I still think of my Little League Coach and appreciate the fact that he never gave up on me! I learned to control my temper and went on to play high school, Legion and College baseball. Thanks to my Little League Coach, Richard Church!
So here's a real life story to help you understand that yes, it can be done!
I can tell you have the desire to get better, so I KNOW
you will be sucessful. Good luck and keep us informed on your progress. Us old timers like to hear sucess stories!