Begin with the end in mind: An example in sports

Just got back from my son's end of season baseball tournament. Against all odds, Brandon's 8th seeded Cardinals took 2nd place! After losing the opener Thursday night in extra innings, they bounced back to defeat the lowest seed on Friday. After these two games I didn't have much hope for competing for the title, but the boys responded with 3 wins over higher ranked opponents on Saturday and on Sunday morning defeated the team they lost to on Thursday - with my son scoring the winning run. Unfortunately, they lost the title game 8 to 2 to a team with a record of 15-4. Before the tourney, our team was 5 and 8.

I told my son that the best players shine in the biggest games, and he responded big time. In 5 games he got 8 hits in 12 at bats (.750) and walked four times. He scored 9 runs and drove in 8. Even more impressive, his coach told me before the game that in six years of coaching Brandon was the best kid he ever coached. I couldn't be prouder - nice job son!

To his coaches Shaye and Jon, beginning with the end in mind was their primary focus. Their goal was to make sure that every boy got better during the season and to peak for the tournament. Often times I questioned why certain boys were allowed to pitch, but I trusted that they knew what they were doing. Little did I know, pitchers could only throw 4 innings over two days during the tourney. So putting together a pitching staff for seven games in a double elimination tournament was a real show of a coach's competency!

This is why RESULTS always tell the story - and why a sub-.500 team can make it to the championship game. Gym Movement is an excellent example of this as it produces undeniable results. It has been a year since I began training with Adam T at the Movement Minneapolis, and have continued to increase all during this time. Are the results always noticeable? No, but they are undeniable based on my record keeping and my TSC and Grip competition rankings. It's all about the end result because during your training you will NOT have linear progression. Your intensity, volume, and density will stagger all over the graph. But it will absolutely be moving in an UPWARD trend. And that my friends, is the ultimate "End".