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See a ‘Sports Parent’ sitting alone? There is a reason. - No drama. - No negativity. - No ignorance. - No complaining. - No badmouthing coaches or refs. They just want to enjoy watching their child play. Be a part of the solution this fall sports season.

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Summer is optional for your players. It was never optional for you. Here’s what nobody tells you about coaching in the offseason. [THREAD] 🧵

High school sports have changed . . . And not for the better

Is there a service you can hire that comes the night before the cleaning lady and picks up all your kid’s stuff?

Hearing all these HS coaches getting forced out by parents makes me wonder how long before HS sports are intramural’s? Everyone will just play travel sports.

“The character you possess during the drought is what your team will remember during the harvest. “ - former falcons coach Mike Smith

“There’s a diminishing returns with over practicing”. That’s two national championship coaches telling you to stop practicing longer than necessary. Get what needs to be done and leave.

Tom Izzo shares an uncomfortable truth about earning your spot. "You play real good, you start. You don't play as good, you work your way back in." "That's the American way - except America has gotten soft." You don't get what you want in life - you get what you earn. It starts with showing up and earning it every single day. No shortcuts...Just hard work. (🎥@CBBonFOX )

Rick Pitino talks about scouting for the Big East Championship “One Assistant will have the offense of one team, one will have the offense of the other - same with the defense - I’ll sit back and smoke a cigar”

Coaching isn’t comfortable. It’s carrying pressure so your players don’t have to. It’s absorbing criticism. It’s losing sleep over lineups, grades, attitudes, and futures. Players get applause. Coaches carry responsibility. Every correction, every tough conversation, every standard held — it leaves marks. But those scars are proof you chose development over popularity. Real coaching isn’t about control.

Connor Hellebuyck

I firmly believe, many, if not most, have lost sight of the foundational purpose of athletic and sport participation. Specifically at the youth levels. I am not sure what, if anything at this point, can be done to improve or correct that, but it’s glaringly obvious.

JALEN DENK ARE YOU SERIOUS? Absolute HAMMER. @Jalen_denk @cookevillebball

Why Coaching Is Harder Than People Think (A Holiday Reminder)… Because coaching isn’t just about plays, drills, or game nights. It’s about people. It’s about walking into practice every day and managing emotions you didn’t create but are responsible for. Your own. Your players. Your assistants. Parents. Administrators. Fans. It’s about teaching kids who are all at different stages. Different maturity levels. Different confidence levels. Different home situations. And somehow holding them to the same standards while still meeting them where they are. It’s about decisions that look simple from the stands but feel heavy from the sideline. Who plays. When. Why. How you communicate it. And how that decision might land on a 16-year-old who ties their identity to minutes. It’s about losing sleep over kids who won’t buy in. Over conversations you need to have. Over mistakes you replay in your head long after everyone else moved on. It’s about being judged by people who see the outcome, not the process. The scoreboard, not the hours. The result, not the relationships. And yet, you show up again. You plan. You teach. You model. You care. As the season slows and the holidays arrive, this is the reminder: What you do matters. Even when it goes unseen. Even when it feels heavy. Even when it’s hard. Coaching is about influence. And influence lasts longer than any season. That’s why coaching is harder than people think. And also why it matters so much. As the year winds down, I hope you find a little rest, a little perspective, and a lot of pride in the work you’re doing. 🎄Happy Holidays, Coach.

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Jalen Denk (@Jalen_denk) are you kidding me? No chance the mic was surviving this MONSTER jam for @cookevillebball. Dunk of the year. @U_C_Reporter

On this special day as we all gather to fight against blanket auto pen pardons and executive orders, lawlessness, and stealing citizen’s resources for illegal non citizens, I believe it has worked!! That is no longer happening so great job everyone 👏👏👏

Here it is — your Cookeville Cavalier Basketball schedule for 2025-2026 . We look forward to seeing you in November!