What better way to celebrate the upcoming basketball season than learning about one of FCA's Huddle Coaches, Aaron Youngberg, from Coon Rapids High School. 📚
🏀 What do you love about your sport?
I love the versatility of basketball and what it requires of the athlete. It requires explosiveness, quickness, gracefulness, power, mental fortitude, and a variety of skills from dribbling to shooting to defending and footwork. The amount of time and intentionality that it takes to hone each of these skills in order to do them effortlessly and without thinking really is fun to help develop in my athletes. The other part of the versatility of the game is the different styles any game can take. There can be the bruising and physical game, the run and gun, full court presses, the defensive battle, half court offensive efficiency, the rebounding battle, and the transition game coming off of defensive prowess. The basketball player has to be able to play each of these styles effectively, often within the same game, and that is what makes basketball so fun.
✝ How does your relationship with Christ affect your ability to coach?
My relationship with Christ provides the foundation of my coaching. I look at every athlete as a son of God, just like I am. At the same time, in the role of coach, you are entrusted with a discipling role. This is something I take very seriously and as intentionally as I can. FCA is a huge help in the preparation of coaches to effectively serve this role for our Athletes.
📖 What verse or Bible story helps you keep your eyes on God as you coach?
My hope for all my athletes and in my sport is to be the salt of the earth and light of the world. It doesn't take a whole lot to stand out in the world of sports, which can be crass, prideful, cutthroat, and self serving. By bringing the demeanor, standards, and teachings of Christ to my work, I can serve a small role in being salt in light in a challenging environment.
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