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Afterwards, the coach Jonathan Frias, whom I’ve come to know and respect and who was also coaching his first season with American Heritage, came over to congratulate me and say that his boys were shocked by our performance. They said we looked different. It was pretty much the same team, but we were now getting more out of every single player, and it took that to win.

American Heritage went on to beat us in the district final, and the next season they went on to win the state championship with that same team. Our ability to have a victory against such a strong team was predicated on the ability of our role players to contribute in ways they didn’t even know they could. We established that we were willing to give players the opportunity to contribute even in the big games and were willing to invest in them to get more. This was the start of our journey of eventually winning the district championship in our third try against American Heritage.

We live in a world that is now constantly competing for the attention of our youth. Coaches are going through the motions and have become unengaged and lack passion. Are you willing to be inspirational? Your players need visionary leadership and a compelling mission. Can you give that to them, Coach? Are you willing to?