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Honored to be featured in @FanWord's Storytellers of College Sports series alongside @CollSportsComm!
I love what I get to do everyday and am thankful @NWUSports let's me do it!
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬: 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡
Every game recap. Every senior-day tribute. Every long-form feature.
Someone wrote it.
In college athletics, the people who tell everyone else's stories almost never get one of their own. The communicators working at the stat table and long after the final whistle are the ones quietly molding how an entire department is seen by its fans.
Today @FanWord is launching The Storytellers of College Sports, a series in partnership with @CollSportsComm, that puts those people at the front of the storytelling for once.
Each feature profiles a communicator shaping the voice of their program. And tells the story of how they got there, what they've built, and the work that stays long after the year ends.
First up — @BradenSmith2020, Director of Athletic Communications at @NWUSports: the-storytellers-of-college-…
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6 Rules for Sports Parents:
1. It’s not about you
2. Struggle is part of the deal
3. Don’t ruin the car ride home
4. Your kid is watching you
5. Cheer for the team
6. Enjoy every moment
One day, the games will end.
Make sure the memories don’t.
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Shoutout to all the teachers next week who will let their students watch March Madness during class
I don’t remember much of what I learned, but I will always remember the teachers who let me watch the tournament.
We ALL thank you.
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Ways to be a better Catholic man:
— Get up early
— Start the day on your knees before God
— Pray the Liturgy of the Hours Faithfully
— Walk frequently, lift heavy, sprint occasionally
— Eat an animal-based, whole foods diet
— Fast occasionally
— Learn to feast well in a way that gives glory to God
— Attend Sunday Mass and occasional daily mass
— Find an adoration chapel and commit to a weekly Holy Hour
— Go to confession monthly (at least)
— Use Friday as a day to pray and sacrifice for people in your life who need it
— Write down your goals and check in on them often
— Examine your conscience daily, learn from your mistakes, thank God for your blessings,
— Get to know your Blessed Mother and ask her for help and intercession
— Get to know your local priests, have them over for meals, pray together, and engage in edifying conversation.
— Get together with other Catholic men to pray, discuss goals/challenges, and find ways to serve the community together.
— Developing a strong reading discipline
— Learn about the virtues and use the concepts to continually evaluate your life and take steps to grow in holiness
— Fiercely guard your media inputs.
— Counter every temptation to lust by praying God’s blessing and protection on the women you encounter
— Avoid news/church drama unless it is strictly necessary for the fulfillment of your particular vocation
— Pray for your priests, bishop, and the pope (whether or not you like them)
— Become an outdoorsman, especially if you aren’t one by nature/nurture. Learn to embrace the cold, the sun, the wind, the wet.
— Begin to assemble some saints you particularly admire or have a connection to. Learn about them. Get to know them. Pray for their intercession.
— Get a reading plan and read the Bible and Catechism
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Iowa's Ben McCollum brought up the enemy of great is good in his postgame news conference. Interesting comments.
"People sit in mediocrity for a long time because they start to fall in love with really good. I probably had that happen to me when I was in, like, my seventh or eighth year. We went to three straight Sweet 16s and lost by one, two points. ... I always thought we were really good and close. Then I realized that was the biggest issue that we had, was the fact that we were settling for really good."
"Trying to go from really good to being great is something that is really hard to do, and our kids need to understand really good is not acceptable. It's
actually worse than being bad."
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This is a refreshing take. You should love your job and you should work hard to make money. But not at the expense of your family! Especially with kids. The window is limited. Spend as much time as a present father and husband as possible!
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Parents: send your kids to Duke and Notre Dame. Riley Leonard says student-athletes still go to every class at those schools.
“And that’s a good thing…Throughout the draft process, these coaches know who are Notre Dame and Duke guys.”
Leonard’s fortunate to have attended both.
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A person’s character shows in three moments: How they handle stress, how they handle success, and how they treat you when they don’t need you. Pay attention––and adjust your circle accordingly.
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“I am not Catholic, but I have always thought confession is the coolest thing they do.”
Tucker Carlson on the Catholic Sacrament of Confession
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Nebraska Head Coach Matt Rhule gave such an amazing speech, we had to post it in its entirety. @CoachMattRhule @HuskerFootball @HuskerFootball
It's worth a listen! Pt. 2/2:
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You wanna be a great teammate?!
EMPOWER your teammates:
E • Encourage ‘em
M • Motivate ‘em
P • Push ‘em
O • Outwork ‘em
W • Workout with ‘em
E • Elevate ‘em
R • Root for ‘em
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Sleep has been shown to directly impact exercise abilities.
Well rested athletes:
🔹Tennis players have a 4.2% increase in hitting accuracy.
🔹Swimmers showed a 17% improvement in starting times.
🔹Football players dropped 0.1 seconds off their 40-yard dash time.
🔹Basketball players increased free throw and 3-point shooting percentage by 9% each.
Poorly rested athletes:
❌Lost 20 pounds off their bench press after only 4 days of inadequate sleep.
❌Perceived exhaustion increased 18% after only 30 hours of sleep loss.
❌Sleep loss led to an 11% increase in time to exhaustion.
Anyone who doesn’t address sleep and nutrition with their athletes is leaving untapped potential on the table.
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A-R-C crew enjoying the Indiana Pacers game before @NCAADIII Emerging Elite kicking off tomorrow!
@LorasAthletics | @NWUSports | @StormSports
#rollrivers
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HOW YOU PRACTICE IS WHO YOU ARE
"How you practice is who you are. Nobody wants a complainer. I want somebody smart, tough, fast, disciplined with character." @DeionSanders
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Penn State OC Andy Kotelnicki - Establishing Execution
"The game of football should never be reduced to the point where it simply blames the players for not physically overwhelming the opponent." - Bill Walsh
What do we do to establish execution?
- Stretch the field (Horizontally & Vertically)
- Balance
- Option Football
- Multiple (Tempo/Personnel/Formation/Plays)
- Provide opportunities to make a play
- Aggressive
- Practice with a purpose (Specific Reps/Manage Overage)
- Demand & understand ball security
- Promote physical football
- Master the mundane parts of our job.
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