Most coaches are very engaged with their players. Making them a key role to maintaining strong mindsets for their players and to create a successful team, also allowing them to build off that past success and create more confidence. Even through defeat, coaches help student-athletes move past the loss and help them prepare for the next game. Cross country coach Kristen Grosserhode, varsity football coach Andrew Sturgill, and track and field coach Bryan Wadlow explain the role coaches play in shifting players’ mindset.

“The nice thing is from week to week you may not always have your best effort,[but] one of the things i’ve always said is bad things are going to happen and things aren’t going to go right.Its how you respond to those by making the next attempt.”

“I make sure to show up to  practice everyday so they can see that practice is valuable and that the coach is involved in what’s happening like the workouts, we do all of the workouts with the runners, building workouts we know they can be successful at.”

“Everything we try to do we think is right, but what I think gets our kids most ready for Game day is team practice, like 11 on 11, because that’s where you put all of the pieces together and where all of the positions are on the field together getting the real feel of the football field.”