Coach Scheuer

Culture. You can’t fake it. You can’t buy it. You can’t hope for it. You must develop it. And to keep it you must nourish it with the people you have surrounding it and feeding into it. One man can’t make a team, but one man can break one. No one piece is more important than another, but the right leader can bring together what’s divided and keep together what’s challenged. We are our best selves when we are given the space to be ourself. A culture built on trust between an athlete and coach creates a connection that can open opportunities of growth like nothing else. That trust is something built from sharing life together. It’s the individuals, the after practice chats, the team meals, and it’s showing up for the life that goes on outside the practice room and competition floor. It is developing relationships that aren’t transactional, that ask nothing in return, but upholding a standard that so many worked so hard to set before you. When we build a culture that makes one feel supported versus isolated in those moments of defeat we can compete free from the fear of making a mistake. That in itself is half the battle we have in our mind- not living up to our own expectations or better yet those someone has for us. These guys love one another. It’s shown in how they hold one another accountable, how they challenge one another, and how they encourage one another. Worthy adversaries. On their worst days they pick each other up, on their best days they celebrate, but it’s in all the other days they continue to shape one another and define a culture. 📷 : a sweet friend took this from above and sent to me- thx Abby