"You Must Really Like to Drop the F**king Puck!"

(translation - I'm Miserable and You Make Me Even More Miserable)

This was an exact phrase said to one of our Ultimate Officials Referee Camp guys.  Ver-ba-tim! 

Could you imagine your linesman partner saying this to you when you inform him that he is about to drop the puck in your half of the ice? (non-referee people...you probably don't think it matters who drops what puck.  And there's some referee people who might not care either!)

Well, this is what happened about a month ago.  At first blush, you could say that, "Gee, he must have been crabby," or maybe, "He must have really hated the other guy."  While those certainly could be the truth, or there could be many different reasons why a officiating partner would snap on you,  I am going to go with this hunch -- he doesn't like others around him having fun, doing better, and taking themselves to the next level.

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If you could go back in time...and I am only talking about your athletic career (I'm not talking about that Jr. High dance when you should've asked Lori to dance with you, but you chickened out)...and you knew then what you know now, what would you change?

I would have shot more pucks in my driveway.  BTW, does anybody have a street hockey net for sale/FREE?

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Mental Tuffness Training (R)

Hey, did you know?  I have a Mental Tuffness Training (R) online course starting May 1, and then starting each and every month thereafter (or at least until I get tired of turning out 'ass-kicking' referees...go ahead...snicker...and then just watch :)


Here's a thought on the subject:

"Few people fully and completely realize that they are in control.  You ARE in control.  If you don't like where you are, there are big green signs above your town's highway telling you the way out of town.  Lift up each foot - check for roots - move.  If you don't like what has transpired in your life, fix it.  Change it.  Even get a do-over...If there is a common thread, a single message through almost everything I've ever written, recorded, taught, it is this: ...that you are in control.  Please don't be waiting around for devine intervention"

I didn't write that.  Dan Kennedy did.  He may have been talking about Mr. Eff-You linesman.  He mayb have been talking about you...


Mental Tuffness Training (R)