TGCA NEWS NOVEMBER 2016

2016-2017 TGCA OFFICERS

President of TGCA 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President Past President Executive Director Assistant to the Loyd Morgan Kriss Ethridge Jason Roemer Liana Gombert Sam Tipton Executive Director Rogers HS Lubbock Coronado HS Kerrville Tivy HS Smithson Valley HS TGCA Office Lee Grisham TGCA Office TEXAS GIRLS COACHES ASSOCIATION 11.16

FEATURE ARTICLES

The Importance of Athletes Buying into a Middle School Program By Jennifer Beagle, TGCA Sub-Varsity Chair with contributions by Bailey Brown PAGES 1-2

Training Perception “Purposeful or Simply Painful” By DX3 Athlete PAGES 8

2017 Play4Kay is Here! By Kay Yow Cancer Fund PAGES 9

10 Essential Leadership Attributes for Fitness Professionals By James A. Peterson, Ph.D., FACSM PAGES 10 ALSO INSIDE

TGCA Basketball Committee...... 1 2016-17 TGCA Board of Directors...... 3 Board of Directors Meeting Dates...... 3 TGCA Career Victories...... 4 Sub-Varsity Years of Service...... 4 UIL Spirit State Championships...... 5 TGCA Spirit Advisory Board...... 5 Cross Country State Champ Coaches...... 6 Cross Country Athletes of the Year...... 6 Cross Country Coaches of the Year...... 6 TSWA Volleyball Nominations...... 6 2017 Summer Clinic...... 7 TGCA Profile Update...... 7 Nomination Deadlines...... 7 TGCA Resource Center...... 7 AD&D Benefit...... 9 Important Dates...... 11 Hotel Direct Links...... 11 2017 Summer Clinic: Athletic & Spirit...... 11 Sponsors...... 12

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left photo courtesy Ashlee Lingo

NOVEMBER 2016 TGCA NEWS | CONTENTS The Importance of Athletes Buying into a Middle School Program

Jennifer Beagle Pioneer Heritage MS | TGCA Sub-Varsity Chair with contributions by Bailey Brown

When I was asked to gram and confidence in the they come at various levels. want to run. The athletes write an article about vol- coach to teach student-ath- Some girls have been play- with the lower skill set need leyball, I kept thinking about letes what they need to suc- ing since they were in ele- the focus on the basics, so the different things I do as a ceed in high school. The sec- mentary school while others they can play the game suc- middle school coach. Many ond is to buy-in to the feeder have never touched a ball in cessfully. They will feel confi- times, we as middle school system program. Though their lives. We, as coaches, dent in themselves to make coaches think that we have different levels, they build on need to focus on fine tuning the plays for the team when nothing to share that will help each other and create a cul- the basics at all levels to help they are needed. Once they people with their programs, ture of confidence not only these girls have confidence feel success at the basics, but I kept coming back to in the girls but in the entire in their own playing abilities. they will want to try the more one idea and it is having the program top to bottom. Tak- Chances are that the athlete difficult skills while having a girls buy-in to the program at ing that and building the con- with the higher skill level strong foundation to build the middle school level. The fidence at the middle school doesn’t spend as much time on. importance of having young level is where we, as middle on the basics such as pass- 2. Build a team culture of athletes commit to not only school coaches, play the big- ing form, setting form, the confidence – It is incredibly the sport but the entire pro- gest role in the development importance of the toss on hard to keep middle school gram can be the difference of these young athletes. the serve, etc. as an athlete girls together and to be a between a successful pro- So, how do we as middle who is just beginning. Bring- family that lifts each other gram and one that struggles. school coaches instill this ing them back down to the up. I am not saying that it is The way I see it, there are confidence in our athletes? basics and perfecting these rare or impossible, but they two levels of buy-in that we 1. Focus on the basics and skills will help give them the are middle school girls and need to have at the middle make the student-athletes ability to get the hard balls, life happens to them… a lot. school level. The first is buy- confident in their skills – work on jump serving and in to the middle school pro- When these girls come to us, run the quick offense they Continued on Page 2 Basketball Committee NAME SCHOOL CONF-REG Brooke Walthall RANDALL HS 5A-1 Mackenzi Kinard** WHITEFACE HS 1A-1 Terri Aston ABILENE HS 6A-2 T’Leah Eicke SNYDER HS 4A-2 Steven Schmidt GRANBURY HS 5A-3 Chance Westmoreland BROCK HS 3A-3 Brad Blalock* HALLSVILLE HS 5A-4 Frederic Griffin BROWNSBORO HS 4A-4 Michelle Trotter CROSBY HS 5A-5 Rodney Ross PALESTINE HS 4A-5 Jeffery Chatman STEELE HS 6A-6 Anthony Branch SEALY HS 4A-6 Rachel Carmona UNITED HS 6A-7 Valerie Akpan GONZALES HS 4A-7 Bric Turner CENTRAL HS 6A-8 Quint Anthony GREENWOOD HS 4A-8

*Chair **Vice-Chair

NOVEMBER 2016 TGCA NEWS | PAGE 1 The Importance of Athletes Buying into a Middle School Program Continued from Page 1 phrases, or how to apply the that even though the school they may not be playing with quote. They become a family across town may be their now. The girls could have As a coach, we can do team who believes in each other biggest rival, someday they been defeated. We were building activities that helps and wants their teammates will be playing together. As the reigning District Cham- them see the importance of to believe in themselves. coaches, we teach the im- pions who just split and had the individual to the team. When they become a family, portance of sportsmanship to build new teams. But, the This realization of their place they can rally during the hard before, during, and after the culture we built did not allow in the bigger picture helps times on and off the court. games that will help the girls our athletes to doubt them- them buy into the idea that 3. Believe in your feeder come together once they are selves, their teams or their they are wanted and needed system – This seems obvi- playing for the same school. future, ever. I vividly remem- in the program. We start ev- ous, but I believe if you show I say these things because ber the eighth week of our ery week with a quote to rally that you believe in your feed- I have seen them work. Two season. We had to win in or- behind and keep us focused. er system (this includes the years ago, there was a group der to make our District Tour- I choose the quotes for each other middle schools and of girls who were incredibly nament, plain and simple. week based on something the high schools you feed hard working and skilled. Our quote that week was, “I that previously happened into) the athletes will trust They won district that year. am building a fire, and every the week before, so they the next step in their athletic The next year, the middle day I train, I add more fuel. At can see the application. careers. They want to know school split with the volley- just the right moment, I light Then, each athlete chooses that they are going to be ball team essentially splitting the match.” We were playing a word or phrase that they playing for a program that 50/50. In addition to this, a the second place team in our use as their focus phrase believes in them as much new high school opened and district that week and need- for the week. We go around as they believe in it. High split the feeder system with ed the win. The odds were a circle and each girl shares school coaches, the middle some of our athletes going against us, and we won. what they chose and why school athletes love seeing to the old high school and How? Our girls believed in they chose it. After every- you at their practices. At my the others going to the new the team and each other to one has shared, we discuss school, they love when the high school. This could have get the job done. the quote of the week and high school coaches come divided our girls against How will you impact your its application. As simple as down. The positivity and abil- each other, but it didn’t. As program? How will you sup- this may sound, the athletes ity to see that coaches care coaches, we worked hard port your feeder system? To come together as a team at the top level makes them to remind the girls the im- ensure buy-in build a team and use it to lift them up that want to work harder, not only portance of what they were culture of confidence – it week. They help each other for the middle school, but for working through and that makes all the difference. when they are down remind- the high school. Also, there eventually they would be ing their teammates of their has to be an understanding back together with girls that

photo courtesy Lisa Brown photo courtesy Taylor HS

NOVEMBER 2016 TGCA NEWS | PAGE 2 2016-17 TGCA BOARD & 2016-17 tgca board of directors COMMITTEE MEETINGS MARCH 2 Basketball All-State Commit- tee Meeting, 5:00 p.m., San Antonio

MARCH 3 Basketball Committee Meeting, 12:00 Noon, San Antonio

MARCH 5 Board of Directors Meeting, 11:00 a.m., San Antonio

MAY 11 Track Committee Meeting, 7:00 p.m., Austin

MAY 12 Sub-Varsity Committee Meeting, 1:00 p.m., Austin

MAY 13 Track All-State Committee NAME POSITION SCHOOL Meeting, 8:00 a.m., Austin Loyd Morgan, Jr. President Rogers Kriss Ethridge 1st Vice President Lubbock Coronado JUNE 1 Jason Roemer 2nd Vice President Kerrville Tivy Softball 1A, 2A , 3A and 4A Liana Gombert Past President Smithson Valley All-State Committee Meet- Trent Hilliard Region I - Sr Director Frenship ing, 8:00 a.m., Austin Jason Trook Region I - Jr Director Lubbock Bob Campbell Region II - Sr Director Snyder JUNE 2 Sunni Strickland Region II - Jr Director Big Spring Softball 5A and 6A All-State Katherine Schoettle Region III - Sr Director Nelson Committee Meeting, 8:00 Colby Pastusek Region III - Jr Director The Colony a.m., Austin Heather Damron Region IV - Sr Direcor Wylie Softball Committee Meeting, Alicia Crawford Region IV - Jr Director McKinney 8:00 a.m., Austin Astin Haggerty Region V - Sr Director Clear Springs Jennifer Knight Region V - Jr Director Clear Springs JUNE 4 Susan Brewer Region VI - Sr Director Bellville Board of Directors Meeting, Brandace Boren Region VI - Jr Direcor Lake Travis 11:00 a.m., Austin Patti Zenner Region VII - Sr Director Poth Bernice Voigt Region VII - Jr Director Gonzales JUNE 13 Gillian Herrera Region VIII - Sr Direcor Odessa Permian Legislative Council Meeting Flo Valdez Region VIII - Jr Director Franklin (TGCA Officers Only) Round Courtney Pesterfield VB Committee Chair Lubbock-Cooper Rock Brad Blalock BB Committee Chair Hallsville Brandi Bode TR Committee Chair Warren JULY 11 Jeffrey Roberts SB Committee Chair Lovejoy Board of Directors Meeting, Jenny Beagle Sub-Varsity Chair Pioneer Heritage MS 10:00 a.m., Austin Renae Whitaker VB Comm Vice Chair Caddo Mills Kenzi Kinard BB Comm Vice Chair Whiteface JULY 12 Danny Mitchell TR Comm Vice Chair Tatum Spirit Committee Meeting, Lee Anne Curry SB Comm Vice Chair Greenwood 8:00 a.m., Austin

NOVEMBER 2016 TGCA NEWS | PAGE 3 Texas Girls Coaches Association Career Victories Members of the Texas Girls VOLLEYBALL TRACK & FIELD Coaches Association will be honored for career victories Coaches will receive cer- AND CROSS COUNTRY in cross country, volleyball, tificates when they reach Coaches will receive certificates when they reach the 300 th th basketball, soccer, golf, track their 300 and 400 career or 400 point level. Plaques will be awarded at the 500, 600, & field, and softball. victory, and plaques at the and more point level. Note: Cross Country and Track & Field 500, 600, and more victory points must be totaled separately. Cross Country and Track & • Coaches must be mem- level. A victory will consist of Field points are determined by the following system: bers of the Texas Girls winning a scheduled match. 10 points for each year a varsity head coach Coaches Association in Scrimmages do not count. 10 points for each district championship order to be honored. 1 point for each area qualifier (relays: 2 points) BASKETBALL 2 points for each regional qualifier (relays: 4 points) • Only victories compiled in Coaches will receive cer- 3 points for each state qualifier (relays: 6 points) varsity girls' sports will be tificates when they reach 15 points for team area championship counted. their 300th and 400th career 20 points for team regional championship victory, and plaques at the 30 points for team state championship • Coaches are responsible 500, 600, and more victory for sending their record level. A victory will consist of GOLF to the TGCA office as winning a scheduled game. Coaches will receive certificates when they reach the 300 or soon as the career vic- Scrimmages do not count. 400 point level. Plaques will be awarded at the 500, 600, and tory mark is passed. This more point level. Golf points are determined by the following record should include a SOCCER system: chronological list of each Coaches will receive cer- 10 points for each year a varsity head coach school where you have tificates when they reach 10 points for each district championship coached varsity and the their 300th and 400th career 3 points for each regional qualifier corresponding annual victory, and plaques at the 5 points for each individual regional champion win/loss record, or point 500, 600, and more victory 4 points for each state qualifier accumulation. It may be level. A victory will consist of 10 points for each individual state champion sent in Word, Excel or flat winning a scheduled game. 20 points for team regional championship on an email and should be Scrimmages do not count. 30 points for team state championship emailed, faxed or mailed by regular mail. SOFTBALL Coaches will receive cer- tificates when they reach their 300th and 400th career victory, and plaques at the 500, 600, and more victory level. A victory will consist of winning a scheduled game. photo courtesy TGCA Coaches Scrimmages do not count. photo courtesy John Turner Deadline for submitting accomplishments is May 30 Revised by vote of the Board of Directors March 2, 2014

SUB-VARSITY YEARS OF SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARD (Adopted by the TGCA Board of Directors at the July 7, 2008 Meeting) Sub-Varsity coaches with 5 with a plaque at the Honor as Girls Coaches Association sity coaches meeting this and 10 years of service will Awards Banquet at Summer as of November 1 of the cur- criteria should submit their be presented with a certifi- Clinic, as a Years of Service rent school year to receive a documentation to the TGCA cate at the General Business Recognition Award. Awards Years of Service Award. The office before June 1st of the Meeting at Summer Clinic, will be presented in five year individual may coach multi- qualifying year in a Word, and Sub-Varsity coaches increments. All Sub-Varsity ple sports, but cannot be the Excel or email document. with 15 and above years of coaches must be a member head coach in volleyball, bas- Schools and years coached service will be presented in good standing of the Tex- ketball, or softball. Sub-Var- there must be listed.

NOVEMBER 2016 TGCA NEWS | PAGE 4 spirit state championships Fort Worth Convention Center Fort Worth, TX | January 10-12, 2017 Schedule Safety Rules Tuesday, January 10 UIL rules require cheer and spirit 6A Prelim...... 9:00 AM performances be in accordance 5A Prelim...... 9:15 AM with safety standards prescribed by the National Federation on High Wednesday, January 11 School Spirit Rules. NFHS rules 2A Prelim...... 9:00 AM may be purchased in electronic or Small Coed Prelim...... 9:00 AM print form at www.nfhs.org. Larege Coed Prelim...... 9:00 AM 5A Final...... 12:25 PM School Conference Divisions 6A Final...... 12:25 PM 1A & 2A – Max of 12 participants 4A Prelim...... 12:45 PM (2 or fewer males) 5A Awards...... 3:00 PM 3A & 4A – Max of 20 participants 6A Awards...... 3:00 PM (2 or fewer males) Small Coed Final...... 3:40 PM 5A & 6A – Max of 30 participants Large Coed Final...... 3:40 PM (3 or fewer males) 2A Final...... 4:45 PM 2A Awards...... 6:45 PM Coed Divisions Small Coed Awards...... 6:45 PM Small Coed (teams 1A-4A) – Max of Large Coed Awards...... 6:45 PM 20 participants (3 or more males) Large Coed (teams 5A-6A) – Max Thursday, January 12 of 30 participants (4 or more 3A Prelim...... 8:30 AM males) 1A Prelim...... 9:30 AM 4A Final...... 12:10 PM *Mascots and flag runners are 1A Final...... 1:50 PM welcomed but cannot be involved 1A Awards...... 3:00 PM in the execution of cheer skills. 4A Awards...... 3:00 PM All participants on the floor count 3A Final...... 4:10 PM toward total. 3A Awards...... 6:15 PM

Game Day Championship Info

Will be released and updated on photos courtesy Shannon Lindsey UIL website: uiltexas.org/spirit & Christine Elias spirit advisory board NAME SCHOOL CONF-REG Carrie Powers BLACKWELL HS 1A-2 Heather Jones THE COLONY HS 5A-3 Nicole Duggan CANYON LAKE HS 4A-6 Kari Ring LA VERNIA HS 4A-7 Shannon McKinley* JOHNSON HS 6A-7 Pete Ramirez MEMORIAL HS 6A-7 Matthew Escue* CENTRAL HS 6A-8

*Co-Chairs

photo courtesy Melissa McPherson

NOVEMBER 2016 TGCA NEWS | PAGE 5 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING TGCA MEMBER COACHES AND THEIR TEAMS WHO CAPTURED 2016-17 UIL CROSS COUNTRY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS!

COACH SCHOOL CONFERENCE CROSS COUNTRY Dedra Hill Hartley HS 1A ATHLETES OF THE YEAR Paul Darden Sundown HS 2A Susan Walters East Bernard HS 3A Conferences 1A-2A-3A-4A Steve Golemon Bandera HS 4A Madelaine Johnston, Rebekah James Randall HS 5A Burkburnett High School Brian Zaring Keller HS 6A Coach Loy Triana Academic All-State, All-State, All-Star and Legacy All-Star team listings can (photo unavailable) be found on the TGCA website under the Cross Country tab

photo courtesy Rose Mary Martin Conferences 5A-6A Ashton Endsley Abilene High School Coach Rose Mary Martin

CROSS COUNTRY COACHES OF THE YEAR

Conferences 1A-2A-3A-4A Stephanie Vogel Dalhart High School

Conferences 5A-6A Jason Grennier Prosper High School (photo unavailable)

TSWA ALL-STATE VOLLEYBALL NOMINATIONS DUE

Coaches are asked to send nominations for the Texas Sports Writers Association All-State Volleyball Team (this team is dif- ferent than the TGCA team) to Longview News-Journal sports editor Jack Stallard ASAP when their seasons have concluded.

Deadline for nominations is Friday, Dec. 2.

Players do not have to be seniors. There is no limit on nom- inations, but please send only players your feel are among the best players in the state in your classification.

Nominations must include: Player(s) School Grade Classification of school Position (setter, libero, outside hitter, middle blocker) Any available stats or honors

Please send nominations to [email protected] photo courtesy Brittany Castledine

NOVEMBER 2016 TGCA NEWS | PAGE 6 2017 TGCA SUMMER CLINIC 2016-17 TGCA The 2017 TGCA Summer them. Make your plans early ing dates, times and places SPORTS Clinic will be held in Austin at to attend. We look forward to for the satellite sports clinics, the Austin Convention Center seeing you there. Hotel Res- and we will have those post- HONORS July 10 – 13. The agenda has ervation Services will open in ed on the website as soon as ONLINE now been posted to the web- March. Membership renewal we get all information final- site under the “Summer Clin- and Summer Clinic registra- ized. We hope you will make NOMINATION ic” category. Speaker names tion will open February 1st. plans to attend one or all of will be filled in as we secure We are working on finaliz- the 2017 TGCA Clinics. DEADLINES The online nomination dead- line for all sports and spirit is the TO ALL COACHES: Monday before the state meet PLEASE UPDATE YOUR ONLINE PROFILE or tournament of that sport at 12:00 noon. If that on-line dead- Please go online and except your school. Please you to new developments line is missed, the coach is re- check that your profile is up- check your coaching experi- regarding your sport. sponsible for submitting paper to-date, including addresses, ence and add information as Our files are only as accu- copies of nominations to their telephone numbers (school, needed. rate as the information you regional representative to the cell, home), and all other per- We would also appreciate put in them. We appreciate respective committee for that sonal information. an update on your e-mail ad- your help in this endeavor. sport to be hand-delivered at You can change all in- dress, as this is our easiest the committee meeting. Aca- formation on your profile and quickest way to alert demic All-State nominations, if the deadline is missed, should be faxed to the TGCA office. The 2016-17 on-line sport hon- ors nomination deadlines are as follows:

Cheerleading Jan 9, 2017

Swim/Dive Feb 13, 2017

Wrestling Feb 20, 2017

Basketball Feb 27, 2017

Soccer Apr 10, 2017

Track & Field May 8, 2017

Golf May 15, 2017

Tennis May 15, 2017

photo courtesy Carol Moore Softball May 29, 2017

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NOVEMBER 2016 TGCA NEWS | PAGE 7 Training Perception “Purposeful or Simply Painful”

DX3 Athlete In this day and age with ing, and running thousands athletes learn anything? Did do for our athletes is teach so many in the athletic, fit- of programs while listening it help them to understand them and properly condition ness, and training world to the perception of coach- a repeatable process, to be them for their demands. Lack there is a continued chal- es, parents and athletes we better prepared for what is of understanding creates lenge of “which workout or have learned a tremendous coming next, or to grasp the doubt, out of shape breaks a training modality is best?” amount about what each of importance and relevance spirit, but overtraining breaks The real problem lies in what them feel is best. Feel is the of the training? The point a body! do coaches, athletes, and key word and success is not is we only have so much Here in lies another issue, parents PERCEIVE is the always the best measure of a bandwidth when it comes “overtrained” looks like out best. program. to stress, time with athletes, of shape so the remedy is and preparation for competi- unfortunately usually more tion and it is crucial that we training. All too often coach- are maximizing every minute es mistake overtraining for working towards our goal. out of shape or when they This is not to say work- finally get their athletes in outs should be easy, rather shape, they feel compelled they should be appropriate. to pour 55 gallons of gaso- There are millions of great line on the fire blowing them workouts, methods, modal- up rather than allowing it to ities and strategies with a continue to burn steady and specific purpose and role in hot. training, yet it’s a matter of In closing, perception is performance and desired re- reality however, perception sults that determine how we without understanding is photo courtesy Lori McLaughlin appropriately assign these simply a lack of knowledge. The most important thing When coaches, athletes workouts. Athletes improve, grow, de- we can do is educate all par- or parents state that a par- We are all for training velop, and advance during ties to better understand vol- ticular workout was not hard hard, when hard is appro- periods of rest and recovery. umes, load, and intensity in compared to Crossfit, P90X, priate. Yet we are equally Thus it is important to place conjunction to all other fac- Insanity or some crazy death comfortable training low in- recovery at a high level of tors of physical activity the matrix our coach put us tensity with lots of teaching importance in any training athlete is doing and where through years ago, the ques- time for advancing cognitive program. This includes ac- the athlete is seasonally. tion remains: What was the understanding and de-load- tive and inactive recovery. purpose of the workout and ing the body. Not only do we Active recovery can look Hard Does Not Necessarily was it appropriate for your maximize our time in a single like stretching, yoga, relaxed = Good athlete at that time to reach session but we additionally runs, walk throughs, etc. your goal? Did the workout provide a different learning while inactive means just All too often workouts are destroy your kids just to de- environment, training experi- that, rest. assessed, compared, and stroy them or was there pur- ence, and focus from a single Fresh athletes at game designed using known, but pose behind it? session. time are best mentally and not always appropriate, fac- These types of diversi- physically. Understanding tors such as: The most important part of ty allow us as coaches to the necessary modalities of 1. Someone else does designing or implementing not feel guilty for a “less training, putting perception it and they are really a training program is un- than crazy” training session. aside, is paramount to the good derstanding the purpose, These bouts are absolutely success of your program. 2. Amount of sweat closely followed by strate- necessary for the wave-load- For more information vis- 3. Soreness caused gizing timing, volume, in- ing and de-loading process it us at www.GetDX3.com 4. Level of exhaustion tensity, and load. while our athletes continuing or Contact Ronnie Natali at 5. Misery during the pro- to develop and avoid over- [email protected] cess Another question you training and/or monotony. After evaluating, design- have to ask yourself: Did the The best thing we can

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NOVEMBER 2016 TGCA NEWS | PAGE 9 essential leadership attributes for FITness professionals James A. Peterson, Ph.D., FACSM

James Peterson is a freelance writer and consultant in sports medicine and the owner of Coaches Choice, the foremost publisher in the world of instructional material for coaches. From 1990 until 1995, Dr. Peterson was director of sports 10 medicine with StairMaster. Until that time, he was professor of physical education at the United States Military Academy. Having values. While no ty for a leader. Your level of memory, electronic messag- spot opportunities and the 1 two fitness professionals knowledge as a fitness pro- ing, and nonverbal commu- resolve to make full use of are exactly the same, one fessional has a direct impact nication). any that do transpire. similarity that is almost uni- on your ability to handle the Ability to motivate. To Self-assurance. Effec- versally part of the personal diverse demands of leader- be a skillful leader, you tive leaders have con- fabric of individuals who are ship and to motivate others 7 9 must be able to inspire oth- fidence in their ability to “leaders” is the presence to follow your call for ac- ers to accomplish meaning- handle the demands and of ethically grounded prin- tion. All factors being equal, ful goals. In this regard, you challenges of leadership. ciples. Values provide the the more knowledgeable must understand people and They have a steadfast sense moral authority for skillful you are, the better able you human behavior. Such an of self-assurance in them- leadership. In other words, a will be to engage in rational understanding is the founda- selves and their convictions. major reason some leaders decision-making and prob- tion of knowing what ener- They like and are good at are more effective than oth- lem-solving and conduct gizes individuals to perform what they are doing. They ers is who they are as peo- yourself in a suitable, princi- in a certain way, what factors have high expectations of ple. pled way. shape their behaviors, and themselves and set high Preparation. All factors Problem-solving ability. how this behavior can be standards of performance for 2 considered, success is 5 A large measure of the maintained. themselves. not a matter of desire but duties and responsibilities of rather the by-product of a leader is devoted, by ne- preparation and hard work. cessity, to dealing with and In almost every human en- solving problems. Accord- deavor, the more you pre- ingly, it is absolutely essen- pare and the greater effort tial that a leader is able to you expend, the more likely it solve problems in a timely, is that you will be successful. competent manner. Effective Proper planning is the most leaders anticipate problems, effective way for a fitness acknowledge the existence professional to approach the of problems, and attempt future. to make things better. They focus clearly on relevant is- Self-discipline. Individ- sues, tackle problems in a uals who are self-disci- 3 systematic fashion, and exer- plined use their time wisely, cise sound judgment. are able to maintain their focus, avoid procrastination, Communication skills. photo courtesy Diane Davis and persevere regardless of 6 The ability to commu- Opportunistic. Oppor- Courage. Courage is the circumstances. Regard- nicate effectively is the cor- 8 tunities don’t occur in 10 the personal strength less of whatever skills you nerstone of leadership. As life just because you want that enables you to handle possess, you will never be a point of fact, it could rea- them to. More often than not, fear, make difficult decisions, able to reach your poten- sonably be argued that many they take place because of take risks, confront change, tial as a leader without the of the world’s most talented planning and effort on some- accept responsibility, and self-control to exercise re- and ambitious people fail to one’s part. They arise be- be self-reliant. You can’t be straint over your impulses, achieve their potential simply cause circumstances were an effective leader without emotions, and desires. because they don’t master created that enabled them courage. Courage allows the art and practice of skill- to occur. Effective leaders you to bring out the best in Knowledge. Knowledge ful communication (includ- search out and take advan- yourself and inspire the best is a potent source of 4 ing verbal communication, tage of their opportunities. in others. competence and credibili- listening, writing, feedback, They have both the ability to

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