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Youth Performance Coach 🏋🏻♂️ + Adult PT
🧠 Resilience | Discipline
✝️ Faith & Fitness
📖 Making disciples. Making an impact.
1-on-1 + Small Groups
12 YEARS OLD ➡️ 14 YEARS OLD. 🔥
Two years. Training sessions 2x/week. Countless reps, hard work, and a commitment to getting better.
This is what happens when you trust the process, stay consistent, and put in the work when no one is watching. 💪🏼
If you’re wondering whether consistent athletic performance training is worth the investment… YOU BE THE JUDGE. 👀
Hard work × consistency = RESULTS. 📈
Talent is a great starting point, but the work you put in consistently is what helps unlock your potential. And this is just the beginning! 🚀
The goal isn’t just to get better today. It’s to build a better athlete for tomorrow.
LOVE YOU, WES ❤️
Huge shoutout to Mom & Dad for committing to the 2x/week out of the gate & sticking to it ever since. You guys are the best!
So proud of these ladies! Offered up some extra fun this morning & they responded with LET’S GOOO 🫡 the progress you desire is in the hard work + commitment you’ve been avoiding. Periodt 💅🏻
Faith without works is dead. Thank God for our pastors 🙌🏼💪🏼🙏🏼🏃🏻♂️
Caution ⚠️ doing stuff like this consistently WILL cause you to run faster & jump higher 😏
Can’t think of better testimony that this stuff works than as time goes on I’m twitchier, jumping higher, lifting heavier, & running faster + further. By far the sickest part of doing what I do. Do athletic things consistently & become more athletic. Proof is in the pudding.
God is good. All the time.
“Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.” - Vince Lombardi
💯 Desire gets you started, but commitment is what separates you from the rest. Karter, Carly, & Tinley showing up for a workout at 5am is what commitment looks like. Every athlete wants to win, but not everyone is willing to put in the work when it gets hard, stay disciplined when motivation fades, and make sacrifices when no one is watching. Talent may get you noticed, but commitment is what helps you reach your potential. Champions don’t just talk about their goals…they commit to them daily. 🔒💪🏼 So proud of these ladies!! 👏🏼🥎
Discipline victorious again 🏆 R.I.P. motivation 🪦☠️
Fall means football, of course! But it also means basketball szn is right around the corner! Starting to throw some plyos at my hoopers to get them primed and ready 🏀🥶💪🏼
She’s constantly giving me tips on how to be more efficient, so today I finally told her to just show me. Not a fan of the disrespect of the shoes, though…
10/11/2026
In today’s society, sports have become a bit of a religion. 🏆
We celebrate the wins, glorify the stats, praise the rankings, and sometimes allow a child’s performance to carry more weight than their character. But we have to stop and ask ourselves: What is happening in the hearts of our children when the thing they do begins to define who they believe they are?
There is a real danger when a child begins to believe they are only as valuable as their last performance, only as worthy as their playing time, or only as lovable as their ability to help their team win.
When sports become an identity instead of an opportunity, the heart can quietly begin to worship what was never meant to be on the throne.
Sports are a gift, but they were never meant to be a god.
As parents and coaches, we have a responsibility to point our children to something greater than a scoreboard. We can teach them to compete with excellence, pursue discipline, embrace correction, and work hard while also reminding them that their identity is rooted in Christ, not in their performance.
📖 “For man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.” - 1 Samuel 16:7
📖 “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works…” - Ephesians 2:10
📖 “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?” - Matthew 16:26
Let’s be intentional about the messages we send. Let’s celebrate effort, integrity, humility, perseverance, and character just as much as we celebrate victories. Let’s make sure our children know that our love for them is not tied to their stats, their starting position, their trophies, or their ability to perform under pressure.
Their performance is what they do. It is not who they are.
They are not a bad kid because they had a bad game. They are not less valuable because they sat on the bench. And they are not more worthy because they scored the winning goal.
Our children need to know that they can give their very best on the field without losing sight of who they are off of it. They need to know that they can pursue greatness in their sport without making an idol out of it.
Parents and coaches, let’s not just develop better athletes. Let’s help raise children whose hearts are anchored in Jesus, whose character stands firm in adversity, and whose identity cannot be shaken by a scoreboard.
May we teach them to play for the glory of God, not the approval of people.
Because at the end of the day, the goal is not simply to raise champions in sports. It’s to raise disciples of Christ. 🙏🏼
“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” - 1 Corinthians 10:31
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