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Shoulder Angel vs. Shoulder Devil

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Shoulder Angel vs. Shoulder Devil

Good versus Evil. Right versus Wrong. Morality versus Immorality. Shoulder Angel versus Shoulder Devil.

All of these capture the inner struggle we all have to do the right thing. This struggle is characterized as our conscience, and we all have one. Yet, for young players their conscience, like themselves, is immature. This is not to say that young players do not have a conscience. Just that is is currently undergoing construction.

Parents and immediate family members lay the deep foundation of conscience. ...

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14
MAY
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Categories: Coaching, Community, Lacrosse Wisdom

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Jimmy V Week

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Jimmy V Week

While I do not usually post on Wednesdays, I felt compelled to do a short post after watching Jim Valvano’s 1993 ESPY speech last night for the first time in my life. As with many great speeches, I was drawn in not by the quality of the words, but by the passion that was behind them. I put aside the project I was working on and listened to a man with tumors rotting his body rail against cancer, and speak ...

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DEC
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23 Life Lessons

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23 Life Lessons

Well it is my birthday on the 3rd and after twenty-three years on this Earth I believe a little reflection is in order. Here is a list of twenty-three lessons I have accumulated over the years and tried to follow:

  1. Treat others as you want to be treated
  2. Silence cannot be quoted
  3. Failure is a fact of life
  4. There is a difference between hurt and injured
  5. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool
  6. Humility is highly underrated
  7. Pay attention
  8. Falling down may be hard but getting up ...
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2
MAR
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Categories: Community, Lacrosse Wisdom

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Dumpster Diving

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Dumpster Diving

There is an interesting counter-culture movement afoot called freeganism. The basic definition is “limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources.” Translation: modern scavengers.

Freegans are individuals who want to leave as little a footprint as possible on the modern world and Mother Nature. Scavenging through trash they engage in what I call primary recycling, and it is remarkable what they find. From desk lamps to ipods and love seats to paintings ...

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29
JAN
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Categories: Lacrosse Wisdom

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What Sports Are Really About

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“Sport is where an entire life can be compressed into a few hours, where the emotions of a lifetime can be felt on an acre or two of ground, where a person can suffer and die and rise again on six miles of trails through a New York City park.  Sport is a theater where sinner can turn saint and a common man become an uncommon hero, where the past and the future can fuse with the present.  Sport is ...

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AUG
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Categories: Lacrosse Wisdom

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