The guy who head coaches my youngest’s travel baseball team cracks me up.
As coaches, we all get to the field about 15-20 minutes before practice starts. We always hammer home the idea of being on time, ready to play, shirts tucked in, and on the field.
The kids all just started arriving earlier and earlier to practice. It became the team part of the team culture.
One practice, we had 11 out of 12 kids practicing on the field 10 minutes before we were supposed to start.
The last dad with his kid pulls into the parking lot at 5:55. The kid jumps out of the car, runs over, hangs up his stuff and races out to the field.
The dad said, “I thought practice started at six?”
“Only if you want to be average,” was our coach’s response. He was kidding, and he said it with a good-natured laugh, but he really wasn’t.
Average kids show up on time. Average kids play baseball at practice.
Great kids show up early. Great kids practice between practices.
How can you be above average? Just look at what average students do. Look at what average test-takers do. Look at what average clinicians do. It isn’t hard to tell them apart from Great students.
I’ll tell you what, in the August issue of Physician Assistant Exam Scholars I’m going to show you the most important thing that separates the good students/athletes/whatevers from the great ones.
It’s the thing that allows my younger son, who’s in 3rd grade, to play on a very good 5th grade travel baseball team; isn’t inborn talent, I promise you.
I’ll tell you all about it in the August issue of PAES. You’ll move from good to great by the time you finish reading it.
Physician Assistant Exam Scholars
Brian Wallace