Time to Put in the Work!

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.

I think I'm going to share this one with my U13 boys team. It's a reminder that if you want something, you have to be willing to put in the work. Because the reality is that if you don't, someone else will. And every day that they're out there getting extra work in, and you're not, they're creating separation between them and you. 

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