08/15/2025
Vanderbilt coach and two time national champion Tim Corbin says some brilliant things about coaching and young athletes setting goals : Coach Tim Corbin on Coaching, Kids, and Chasing Dreams 🧢⚾
“The responsibility of any coach is development—more than anything. Everyone wants to win, and certainly here, with the cameras on and the scoreboard lit, there’s a winner and a loser. But a lot of it is process-driven—creating an environment that’s fun for the kids, one where they want to be around the game, challenging them, and holding them to standards. Even as young kids, you want them to have fun, but you want to teach too. This is the last time they’re really kids—so you make it fun, but you make it matter.
And as they mature and look toward the next level—whether that’s college, pro ball, or something else—I tell them: write your goals down. Picture yourself doing what you want to do down the road, and keep those goals somewhere you’ll see them every day. Envision it, chase it, but don’t forget to enjoy the game. Because not everyone will keep playing after this, and you want the memories to be as good as the dream.”
🎯 Teach. Challenge. Inspire. Enjoy.
