Journal #8, Week 3

What daily activities do I perform with the greatest of care?

I would say that, as it relates to coaching high school tennis, I take pride in:

1) Organization
2) Planning
3) Efficiency

I keep tons of statisitcs on my kids on the tennis team at Northwestern. I have players on the sidelines tracking each point and how it is won or lost by our team. This data tells me where we are currently strong and weak as a team and through the individual players.

I also take pride in planning all details of the program. Every practice I know what I want to get accomplished and I meet with the team briefly before practice to set my goals of the practice. I take pride in starting and ending on time so I want them to know exactly what is expected of them.

This rolls directly into efficiency which I am very demanding in. I want practice to run on time because the kids have other interests that are important to them as well as their top priority of school work. The more effective we use our time and reduce time wasted, the better chance we have of getting out on schedule and getting the kids to their schoolwork or other activities.