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Lesson 3:
Stewart Hardy - Coaching for an Audience of One
The video is a summary of a clinic that was initially planned for the DFW area but was moved to California. The speaker, along with Edgar Vasquez, Coach Josh Christian, and John Bronkhorst (who was sick and could not attend), helped organize the event. The speaker noted that Texas is a better place for the event.
Key details about the clinic:
The event started with a quick 30-minute devotional by Stewart Hardy from All In Sports. Stewart Hardy's organization works with coaches and athletes from a faith perspective and has done a podcast for about six years. They recently put out devotionals titled 30 Scriptures for the Coach and 30 Scriptures for the Coaches Wives.
Stewart Hardy discussed the trap of "identity" in coaching, noting that a coach's job is often judged by wins, losses, yards gained, and points. He warned against letting the profession "become who you are". Hardy shared two Bible verses as encouragement:
To avoid this trap, he suggested having core values, which for his organization, spell out "ALL IN":
The next speaker was Logan Simmons from Little River Academy (the "Bumblebees"), who the speaker introduced with a quick story about how Logan Simmons helped him connect with other people for his podcast.
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