Do You Have...
Mental Toughness - ✓
Emotional Toughnesss - ✓
Physical Toughness - ✓
Ultimate Toughness - ?
Every day we go through ups and downs, we witness acts of kindness and acts of disgrace, we find out more about the people we so call our "friends" and the people who really do care about us.
No matter the issues, (positive or negative) they happen. How we deal with them is different. In order to do so, we have to be tough.
The word tough can describe many things.
Tough can describe a test or exam that we know is the hardest of them all.
Tough can be a piece of steak that we ordered at a restaurant for dinner.
Tough can explain the game of Candy Crush Saga (currently stuck on Level 319 for about 4 weeks and counting)
Tough can be a piece of steak that we ordered at a restaurant for dinner.
Tough can explain the game of Candy Crush Saga (currently stuck on Level 319 for about 4 weeks and counting)
These different elements of "tough" bring out the general idea of the word "toughness". I received an email from my football coach that had 3 types of toughness. I figured I would (to best of my ability) interpret what these 3 ideas of toughness mean not only to the code of our team, but to life itself.
Mental toughness - a collection of attributes that allow a person to persevere through difficult circumstances
Mental toughness is KEY in being apart of
a team.
a unit.
a brotherhood.
a family.
To be apart of something that goes on forever, something that you invest your life into, something that will knock you down..even after you get back up. Again and again. Over and over. It takes mental toughness to withstand every sharp twist and turn thrown our way.
Whether it's 105 degrees
with the sun burning, beating down
or
32 and below
with freezing rain that feels
like knives against your skin,
you can look to the person next you and know that they won't give up.
Whether it's 105 degrees
with the sun burning, beating down
or
32 and below
with freezing rain that feels
like knives against your skin,
you can look to the person next you and know that they won't give up.
Not on you.
And you won't either.
That's mental toughness.
Emotional toughness - is about controlling your emotions; not allowing your emotions to control you.
There are times when we are emotionally hurt.
confused.
upset.
angry at the world.
But having the toughness to deal with those feelings allows us
to be strong
to be resilient
to be capable of overcoming anything.
Being emotional can be productive for certain circumstances. You could say "being hyped" or "getting pumped" for example in the context of sports. But overall, being emotionally tough is beneficial in allowing ourselves to be the best that we can be.
Physical toughness - is categorized in two aspects, namely strength and endurance. It can benefit players such as allowing the one to stay on the court or field for a longer period.
This is a given for any sport of course.
You have to
be physical
think physical
and play physical.
Period.
One of my favorite drills in high school basketball was the box-out drill. Other guys hated it because they knew how much I loved it. Being one of the shorter players, I had to use my strength and play with the mindset that I could beat anyone. Even if I did lose, I learned from that error and bounced back even more than before. By being physically tough, we can learn how far we really can go, not only on the field or court, but in life.
Being tough allows us in situations, to give it our all no matter what. By focusing on these 3 types of toughness, anything is possible when you put your mind to it.
Emotional toughness - is about controlling your emotions; not allowing your emotions to control you.
There are times when we are emotionally hurt.
confused.
upset.
angry at the world.
But having the toughness to deal with those feelings allows us
to be strong
to be resilient
to be capable of overcoming anything.
Being emotional can be productive for certain circumstances. You could say "being hyped" or "getting pumped" for example in the context of sports. But overall, being emotionally tough is beneficial in allowing ourselves to be the best that we can be.
Physical toughness - is categorized in two aspects, namely strength and endurance. It can benefit players such as allowing the one to stay on the court or field for a longer period.
This is a given for any sport of course.
You have to
be physical
think physical
and play physical.
Period.
One of my favorite drills in high school basketball was the box-out drill. Other guys hated it because they knew how much I loved it. Being one of the shorter players, I had to use my strength and play with the mindset that I could beat anyone. Even if I did lose, I learned from that error and bounced back even more than before. By being physically tough, we can learn how far we really can go, not only on the field or court, but in life.
Being tough allows us in situations, to give it our all no matter what. By focusing on these 3 types of toughness, anything is possible when you put your mind to it.
That is what's called the..
Ultimate Toughness. ✓
- Caden
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