Stuff for Sports Fans

Every coach says the same things to their team: make sure you’re eating right, be sure to get sufficient sleep at night, don’t procrastinate on doing your work, etc. But us coaches are the worst in terms of following our own advice! We stay at work making calls or watching video a little bit later than we’d planned and end up going to the vending machine and having Doritos for dinner. We focus so much on our seasons that the project that our athletic conductor asked us to do a couple of weeks ago still hasn’t been touched. And on and on it goes…you know the drill.

If we want to stay in this thing for the long haul, we’ve got to take care of ourselves.

Here are 5 things that I think are necessary to avoiding coach burnout.

1. Workout: figure out a way to get a good deal of cardio and strength training in for the duration of your season. It’ll keep you concentered and energized.

2. Personal time: for me, that normally is my workout time. During the season, we’re so available to our athletes and fans and parents that it may be mentally draining. Take time to recharge your batteries…whether it’s meditation or prayer or a morning walk. Make time for yourself.

3. Have work buddies: we spend the majority of our time at work, so you need somebody in the office that you may talk with when you’ve hit the wall, are frustrated, or just have a amusive story to tell. For as much time as we spend at the office (whether it’s your actual office or your gym or court or field), we need to be competent to have quality down time at work.

4. Involve your fam: my husband comes to all of our home games and we’ll have the team over for dinner sometimes. It’s good for the team to see that their coach has numerous sort of remainder in their lives and it’s good for your fam to see you in your element.

5. Enjoy it: I love everything when it comes to being in season. The hard work, being in the gym, the ups, the downs, being tired from the non-stop pace, sweating through my t-shirt in our hot and sticky gym…all of it. Because I get to do the thing that I love to do. I love coaching and I love volleyball and this school is more than willing to compensate me to do it. I think that makes me gorgeous lucky.

These are galore of my ideas to help us all stay motivated for the duration of the season…is there anything that you would add to the list? What things keep you sane for the duration of the season?

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