A lot of people are writing about an autistic high school senior in New York who has been the basketball team manager all four years of high school and who was asked by his coach to suit up for the final game. With 4 minutes to go the coach put him in. In those 4 minutes after missing his first two shots scored 20 points. It is a great story and one we should all share in his great day but maybe we can learn from it. When he is put into the game the crowd goes wild. And after each shot the crowd and the team goes nuts, they get crazier and crazier till he hits a three pointer at the buzzer then they rush the court and through him up on their shoulders. Its amazing to watch, check it out for yourself.
What can we learn from this situation? I think we have to be great cheer leaders for all our volunteers and staff. Are we going nuts when they hit one out of the park for the kingdom? Are we standing there cheering them on as they are accomplishing all that we want them to? Are we even cheering them on and helping them be better at the things that don’t come out the way we wanted them to? Watch the clip and get inspired to the biggest cheer leader on your team.
