Basketball Coach @ De Queen High School
Joined May 2025
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Chance Lyle retweeted
Jun 10
Life won’t always go your way. Your character is revealed in how you respond when it doesn’t. Excuses will always be there, opportunities won’t. If it matters, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find a reason. Your response is what builds trust. No one is coming to save you.
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Jun 10
Player development is essential, coaching development is equally important. @CoachJonBeck does both! Appreciate you Coach! If you’re trying to find ways to make you & your players better, I highly recommend getting this man to your gym for a couple days!
Jun 10
Spent the last few days with the De Queen Boys Basketball program & was impressed by their commitment. 4 hour practices, great attitudes, and a relentless work ethic. These guys are building something special. Thank you to Coach @CLyle87 and the entire program for having me. 🙏🏻
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Chance Lyle retweeted
May 28
If you want to miss workouts, do it. If you want to sleep in, do it. If you want to chill, do it. If you want to skip reps, do it. If you want to make excuses, do it. If you want to be soft, do it. Just please don’t act surprised & confused when your competition kicks your tail!
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Chance Lyle retweeted
May 19
I’ve never met a crazy sports parent that played at a high level
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Chance Lyle retweeted
May 14
Our youth system is beyond broken. We’ve devalued real coaches. Kids aren’t developed, they are overtrained, burned out, forced to specialize early & pressured to win at all costs. Structural change is needed. We don’t teach the game anymore! We promote the game & it’s killing us
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Chance Lyle retweeted
May 6
Stop blaming your parents, friends, teachers, coaches or “bad luck”. It’s a concept the whiney, pampered, excuse-making, entitled masses will never get:
Work!! Busting your butt, breaking a sweat & earning it just flat out feels great. There’s not a better feeling in the world!
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Chance Lyle retweeted
May 3
The dream you are looking for is in the WORK you’re choosing to avoid. You won’t make it without putting in the work. Everything you want in life is on the other side of something that sucks. DO THE WORK because “someday” will eventually become NEVER. Don’t look back with regret!
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Chance Lyle retweeted
Apr 22
In youth sports, there is such a huge disconnect between the perception of what learning should look like & what actual learning is & does look like. It’s so sad for players because it steals their joy. You start the grind early, you burn out early & the vicious cycle continues!
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Chance Lyle retweeted
Apr 20
Coaches aren’t in the business of begging players to get in the gym/go to camps, but if you don’t, then don’t come later looking for playing time. It doesn’t work that way. Players get playing time by earning it. If you don’t earn it, save yourself the trouble of wishing for it!
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Chance Lyle retweeted
Apr 13
What players hate about coaching style?
Subbed on a mistake
Contradicting themselves
Playing faves
Not caring about them as people
Only in it for wins
Boring repetitive drills/practices
Not abiding by own rules
Micromanaging
Constant lectures
Not listening
Comparisons
Dishonesty
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Chance Lyle retweeted
Mar 15
Whether your team went to state or fell short, won it all or got 2nd, there is no finish line. Sports teach you that about life. It’s never the end. It’s just time for a new beginning, the next chapter. Reassess where you are now versus where you need to be & keep moving forward!
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Chance Lyle retweeted
Feb 25
Coaching is about the team. Parenting is about your child. Both care but the perspectives are different.
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Chance Lyle retweeted
Feb 24
Remember, coaches DO play favorites. They play those who are tough, skilled, competitive, play hard, are accountable, don’t complain, accept roles & coaching, make no excuses & are capable. Ultimately, coaches should play kids who always give their team the best chance to WIN!
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Chance Lyle retweeted
Feb 24
Don’t be the player who is too cool to go hard. Whether in a workout or a game, 100% is the bare minimum. Cool has no place in the game. Cool won’t impress anyone, won’t get you more playing time, won’t ever get you better. Cool will keep you on the bench. Cool will get you beat!
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Chance Lyle retweeted
Feb 16
The best player on a team isn’t always the player who scores the most. Sometimes it’s the player who has a high IQ or a diverse/versatile skill set or a player who is unselfish & coachable or who knows their role inside & out. Basing “good” only on points scored is a big mistake!
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Chance Lyle retweeted
Feb 13
Sad reality: There are kids who are more concerned about scoring 1,000 pts, getting social media write ups, seeing what offers they’re gonna get & what travel team they’re gonna play on instead of developing, staying in the moment & trying to help their team win a championship!
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Chance Lyle retweeted
Jan 23
Championship teams:
Show up on time
Treat others with respect
Seek uncomfortable growth
Believe in each other
Have great practices
Drop individual agendas
Uplift teammates
Put in extra work outside of practice
Trust coach’s plan
Compete
Accept roles
Communicate
Foster leadership
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Chance Lyle retweeted
Jan 27
You can’t call it development if kids are force fed constant cues. That’s micromanagement & it kills self-organization. Development builds independence. Management builds compliance. Overcoaching looks productive, but real coaching requires restraint. We must coach the coaches.
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Chance Lyle retweeted
Feb 1
If you want to MAKE plays, then don’t miss practice, workouts, extra reps, meals, film, etc.. As Navy Seals say ”Under pressure you don’t rise to the occasion. You sink to the level of your training.” You don’t fall victim to pressure. You fall victim to your lack of preparation!
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