God prepares you for the direction he is going to take you.
As I sit back and reflect launching our first Upward sports season at South Haven, I remember key points in my life that have set me up for success.
How do I handle a game day? Going back to the days of college, I spent four great years working with the Liberty University baseball team. Game day preparation was a masterpiece that most people never saw how much time went into making a baseball field ready. The mowing of artwork in the infield and outfield, the art of a perfect slope of a pitching mound, a smooth infield playing surface, clean jerseys hanging in each locker, game balls rubbed up, umpire room set up towels and postgame sandwiches and drinks, and so on.
How about handling concessions? I think of working for the Green Bay YMCA and how much I learned about concessions and healthy snacks. The preparation to be organized and set up people for success when the line starts.
How do we create a well-balanced coach and team experience? Over ten years ago, I did a summer internship in the Washington DC area where I was part of my first Upward Sports experience. Summer camps were some of my fondest memories of that internship. Getting in my team’s circle and doing a team huddle. Playing basketball with the kids and building relationships with them.
How do we have an interactive website? Through multiple website designs in Green Bay, I crafted basic skills of working through how to build a foundational piece of the website.
These are just four events that I saw as being beneficial in setting me up for preparation of our first season. God prepares you for the direction he is going to take you.
