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Renowned sports psychologist Bob Rotella shared this thought in the book Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect: “The more I coached, the more convinced I became that the Xs and Os that obsessed many coaches were rather less important than the attitudes and confidence they instilled in their players.”ssss1

I’ve observed many great coaches with limited understanding of the game they were coaching turn their teams into winners and get more out of their teams than the person who played for 15 years, because they understood how to motivate their players. The players already knew how to play the game or would discover how to do it better than the coach could teach them, but the coach provided the environment for the players to play, compete, and discover their ability to win. The coach saw the embers glowing, gave them some oxygen, and then stoked the flame—and then the players threw gasoline on it. So we start with motivation.

I share this quote of mine with you in a few different chapters throughout the book because I believe it speaks so loudly. It also is relevant to every property of the GET MOR3EE formula: