I am beating the drum that Youth Volleyball Nationals needs to be played significantly earlier. The kids go full force from Jan-April, just to pause most tourneys for about 6-7 weeks before Nationals. (A 🧵)

Great players are successful because they’re:

Energized, Unselfish, Accountable, Humble, Respectful, Appreciative, Coachable, Productive, Hard working, Improvement-loving, Team oriented

As a player, you may not be all of these things, but if you want success, be the majority!

Sectional Assignments approved by Executive Committee!
Groups set for 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years

Earlier today, the IHSAA Executive Committee approved the sectional assignments in six team sports for the next two school years.

#IHSAA News Release: ihsaa.org/sites/default/…

The 2024/25 & 2025/26 IHSAA Girls Volleyball Sectional 7⃣ has been announced!

🏐 Harrison Raiders
🏐 Kokomo Wildkats
🏐 Jefferson Bronchos
🏐 Sara Sutter

Kids have to learn to dig deep, struggle & fight their way out of adversity. You can pay to put them on every kind of competitive team, get them a trainer/equipment/extra practice, but if they can’t claw their way past troubles that WILL come, they’ll never develop as athletes!

Here are some of my highlights from my teams runner up finish at MEQ’s!

'We're such an instant gratification era ... We're trying to skip the step of adversity and growth ... but we're gonna have to face it.

Sometimes the grass isn't greener on the other side. Sometimes you're just trading one set of problems for another.'

~ Eli Drinkwitz 🏈

PLAYERS: Making excuses in the off-season about why you aren't in the gym or at training sessions will lead to making excuses during your season as to why you are on the bench.

“You have an obligation to Compete.”

This is what it is all about.

Competition to challenge yourself, to be better, and to strive to win.

And the great challenge in life is to learn to compete with yourself.

Every day.

🎥 The Winning Difference

The weight room does more than just build your body. It builds character & mental toughness. It strengthens weaknesses & reveals assertiveness. It shows who has drive & who fakes it. Through grit, it reveals who’ll quit & who won’t. Ultimately, doing hard things create leaders!

🙌 to everyone who came out to last night's FR Orientation for McCutcheon Athletics! Below is a link for all of the information that the coaches of our 26 Athletic programs distributed to the families of the Class of 2028 #MavPRIDE

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In Tippecanoe County, boys’ volleyball is heating up. wlfi.com/news/top-stori…

This is the message. The point is not to put the blame at the parent’s feet; because I believe their intentions are good. However, the idea of removing resistance from your child’s experience is robbery.

So for those of you that understand and practice this, we appreciate you.

During VB lessons sometimes when we are listening to 80’s music I will offer $100 to any player who could name the artist. Nobody has ever won until yesterday. The song Linger was playing and Sara Sutter DS Kenzie Taylor guessed Cranberries and the rest is history.

Congrats to Isabella Humphrey Reanna Lee and Allie Shondell on making big school all area team and shout out to Kenna Ford Alleigh Dutton and Lexi Shondell for honorable mention! We are so proud of each of you!! #mavPRIDE McCutcheon Athletics

Allie Shondell heads to Purdue Volleyball | Sports | wlfi.com…
So proud of Allie, what I love about her most is the incredible person and teammate she is. Good luck Allie. wlfi.com/sports/allie-s…

Allie Shondell won't have to go very far to pursue her dream of playing volleyball at the Division I level. wlfi.com/sports/allie-s…

I had so much fun with my team at the Central Zone Invitational, we tied for 5th! Here are some of my highlights from the weekend!

We know her!! Congrats Allie Shondell enjoy this first semester with your new volleyball family and continue to be a big impact on those you meet #mavPRIDE