HOLDING THE ROPE

Thought someone could use this.

HOLDING THE ROPE

Every year a professional baseball team wins the World Series, Every year a college team wins a National Championship, Every year a high school program wins the State Crown, and yes every year an amateur youth traveling team crowns a National Champion. All of these have one thing in common. No matter how tough it became throughout their season, they did one thing THEY HELD THE ROPE!!!!!



What is holding the rope? Imagine you are hanging from the edge of a cliff with a drop of ten thousand feet. The only thing between you and DEATH is a rope, with the person of your choice on the other end. Who do you know that has the guts to pull you to safety? Who will hold the rope? Who do you know that is going to let the rope burn his hands and not let go? How many people do you know that are going to withstand the burning pain and watch the blood drip from their hands for you?



If you name two people, that’s not good enough, because those two people might not be around. The next time your team is together, look around and ask yourself, who could I trust to hold the rope? Who is going to suffer and let their hands bleed for me? When we can look at every member of our team and say without hesitation that any member would hold the rope then we are destined to win a lot of ballgames. You see the team that holds the rope when the going gets tough are WINNERS.



WHEN YOU ARE DOWN BY THREE RUNS, TWO OUTS NOBODY ON BASE IN THE LAST INNING, DON’T GIVE UP, YELL AT YOUR TEAMMATES TO HOLD THE ROPE, LET IT BURN, BUT DON’T LET GO!!!!



Every year there are winners and losers in all sports. Every year the winners hold the rope. You don’t have to the best team on the field to win the game. If you play with poise and do what your coaches ask of you, and most of all HOLD THE ROPE, you will be successful. No matter what sport you play, in order to win you have to have a commitment to your team. If you are supposed to run a mile 3 times per week, DO IT, if you are asked to be at practice three times per week and workout on your own once. DON’T MISS IT. Once you start letting up at practice or start missing you workouts, you’ve killed the team because you didn’t HOLD THE ROPE.



DON’T LET YOUR TEAM DOWN - YOU’VE GOT TO HOLD THE ROPE !!!!!!!!!

 

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Great stuff Storm.

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OMG THAT WAS GREAT!!!!!! I AM ALREADY THINKING OF WHEN TO TELL OUR TEAM!!!!!! THANKS FOR THE POST
!!C F BALL, DID YOU MAKE IT TO SOUTHPOINT TODAY??? I WAS HOPING TO MEET YOU. OUR JVS HIT ALOT OF SOILD SHOTS!!!!

 

Yuppers!

Ole motivational ploy used by coaches as I have myself! Sometimes your tema responds other times they do not! In any case I learned it at a clinic in VA. Probably about five six years ago. Have the team stand in a circle after a tough long practice grip one another's hands and pull outward to try and see if the team will hold the "rope"?!?! Interesting huh?

 

#9 PRINTED A COPY TO HANG IN THE LOCKER ROOM. THIS IS GREAT!!!!