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TEAMWORK WEDNESDAY: YOUR CONTRIBUTION MATTERS 🏈

Watch a football game and your eyes naturally follow the ball. Same thing in hockey with the puck.

It makes sense. That’s where the action is, right?

Well… some of it.

On a Canadian football field, the ball carrier is one of twelve players. The other eleven have work to do that can make or break that play.

The lineman holding his block.
The lead blocker creating a lane.
The receiver running his route with purpose, even when the ball is going somewhere else.

Plenty of that effort never gets a name announced over the speakers. It still helps put points on the board.

If you’re playing away from the ball, take pride in your assignment. Learn it. Understand why it matters. Give it the attention and effort your teammates are counting on.

That applies on the field, on the ice, at work and at home. Your contribution doesn’t need an audience to have value.

Coaches, we have a job here too. Notice that block. Recognize that route. Celebrate the effort that created an opportunity for somebody else. We can’t ask players to value those contributions if we only praise whoever scores.

Do the small things well. Help someone else succeed. Take pride in moving the whole team forward.

You don’t need the ball to make a difference.

Who’s a teammate whose work deserves a little more recognition? 👇

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