Article June 14, 2010 Issue

5 WAYS TO DO YOUR BEST ON THE SPORTS FIELD

BY JIM MOSER

Football coach Jim Moser is one of the coaches at the Principia Upper School, a school for Christian Scientists. Here are a few ideas he and his fellow coaches like to share with players to help them prepare for their games.

They determine how well you'll play. "Right motives give pinions to thought, and strength and freedom to speech and action" (Science and Health, p. 454). Having pure motives gives you the ability to have calm confidence and be a valuable teammate.

Will it be frustration and sadness, or joy and a sense of progress? You decide what you are "winning." As Mary Baker Eddy wrote, "The objects we pursue and the spirit we manifest reveal our standpoint, and show what we are winning" (Science and Health, p. 239).

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