Pregame Routine To Reach Our Potential
JERRY Kids crave what I'm going to tell you now. They love this exercise. If I get my 10 year old group of soccer athletes in a circle and you ask them to think of three things that they're really grateful for, things they've been given. And you give them a couple of examples, like you're grateful for being able to play on this team and you're grateful for your uniform. You're grateful whatever it is. Because gratefulness, no matter what it's for, is still gratefulness. You ask them, "OK, so you know how you feel right now, your eyes are closed."
Feel grateful. Now just take one breath and on that breath, have that feeling go right to your heart and just hold it there and then say to them, OK, open your eyes. Now, let's go out on the soccer field and let's compete. As a reflection of everything you've been given, let's give to each other on this day our very best and go out there and have fun.
SKYE I think you just you just hit the nail on the head for the car ride to the game. If that's how we can frame that often stressful time that we have as we're going to the gates of the game and trying not to give them a pregame talk. If instead we can just have a moment of gratitude, I think that could be really powerful.
JERRY Absolutely. Absolutely. No question about it.