Sunday, June 12, 2016
Support the Mission of the Team
Please be Praying for the group going to Zambia this week-Nick, James, Eric and Reid. This picture was taken on the my 2013 trip to Zambia. This was a group of kids we met on our visit to a community a couple of hours away from the city (in the bush). For 3 hours, we just knocked the soccer ball around. The thing that struck me, was the pure joy they had doing it. We take so much for granted. We are given the opportunity to play college soccer while getting our college education. Yet, how much joy do you feel/share when you are playing for this program? You have 4 years to play college soccer with a group of guys that you will consider brothers for the rest of your life. That is a lot to be thankful for.
Co-Captain Regan Billings shares his thoughts on one of our core values-Support the Mission of the Team. Regan has been a true warrior for the last 4 years. He has had 2 major surgeries that cost him his junior and senior year and he could have given up but instead he chose to Support our Mission regardless of his circumstances. That's what real leaders do.-Coach Bell
"As I was looking through which foundational principle I wanted to write about supporting the mission of the team was one that stuck out. Coach has defined it as "You must value being part of something bigger than yourself." This is vitally important when it comes to being a team. I feel as if we have more of a chance to have more connection as a team this season. Things already have a different feel to this season already. First, we have to understand what TEAM means.
T is for trust. We cannot be a team without trusting one another. Trusting on the field to do what we need to do or trusting that things shared within the team do not leave the locker room. This season we are going to be a close knit unit. Trust amongst each member is imperative.
E is two fold. E is for Everyone's Effort. Everyone has to be on board and on the same page. Lots of communication and understanding of each persons role within the team. Not one person on this team can do things on their own. Significant amount of effort and determination separates one in college soccer. Kopion.
A is for achieve. With everyone working together, trusting in coach's plan, buying into the season we will achieve what we want. We can be friends and hangout all we want (which is great) but if we go below .500 and don't achieve our goals, then we are not a team. Great teams have chemistry, trust, effort, but they get results. Great teams achieve.
M is for mission focused- our mission is simple, but hard to do. I say hard because it requires sacrifice and effort. You have to sacrifice your comfort zone and work as hard as you can, giving your all. Our mission is to play our brand of soccer, give back to those we can help, take care of our business academically.
Our brand: hard-nosed defense, tenacious, simple (1 and 2 touch), never giving up and outworking the other team, KOPION.
Our mission off the field: Using our abilities and resources to advance God's kingdom within Grand Rapids and the world. This is done through our work with Night of Nets and other ministries we work with as well as developing ourselves as christ followers.
Academically our goal is for everyone to graduate with a college degree. If you don't have your academics straight, you cannot play. If you want to have maximum impact on the field, you have to be eligible to be on the field. " Regan Billings
Jim Collins Podcast
Aligning Your Organization with Its Vision
Gauntlet Results
Congratulations to Kyle for winning the top spot. Who is going to knock him off the top spot? 2 new players, Habin and Kachi, made it in the top 10-great job guys. Guys who are not in top 10 need to find a way to take someone's spot. You have to be competing for the top spot. You are competing with yourself as well as your teammates. I want to also acknowledge the guys who actually apologized for not doing better. The true test will come with their results for the our next test.
Rank Score Name
1 13 Doornbos, Kyle 2 20 Colp
3 26 Pipe
4 28 Bang
5 29 Anthony
5 29 Moon
7 33 Hamilton
8 44 Silwamba
9 62 Doornbos,Ke
10 63 Mitchell, R
11 67 Overholt
12 69 Uquillas
13 71 Mitchell, J
14 72 Flynn
14 72 Nimmo, K
16 73 Busscher
17 74 Stump
18 76 Waterway
19 81 Kim
20 82 Areche
21 83 Nykamp
22 92 Bayer
23 96 Ramos
24 101 Bergquist
25 107 Nimmo, G
26 124 Bowes
27 125 Hopkins
27 125 DeWalt
27 125 Billings
27 125 Mutembezi
The Ranking System:
After you have completed the Gauntlet, your times are recorded for each part (1 mile, 800 M, 400 M, etc.) and then ranked from fasted to slowest. Whichever place you end up receiving, gets you points. If you get first in the one mile, you receive one point. If you get ranked 17th, you receive seventeen points. If you did not run the Test, you were given the maximum assigned points.
Important Reminders
August 6th is the start of Preseason Camp.
August 6th is the Alumni game at 7pm.
Physicals: You must have your Physical in to me no later than July 22nd. There is a new tab on our Athletics website that will help connect you with SWOL and paperwork. Remember, if you are a returner, you do not have to fill out Health History Form. You must show Proof of Insurance as well!
http://www.cugoldeneagles.com/sports/2016/6/6/athletic-training.aspx
No mattr what, I need to know when you send in your paperwork. Preferably you send everything to Phil Keith (Athletic Trainer) and not me. I will update the list each week so everyone is aware of status.
PLAYNAIA: All Freshmen and any ineligible players from last year, must go through PLAYNAIA and obtain your ELIGIBILITY # before you can participate. This needs to be done before you come in to camp.
Monday Nights at 7pm on Bradford. 7 v 7 or 8 v 8.
Have a great week.
