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What is your vision? Featuring Greg Walls. Podcast Session 1.
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How did you get started?
As far as the individual instruction part, I I did it after what while I was coaching. So I did a little bit of training while I was coaching college football.
Okay.
And then as I transitioned out of football or coaching into just, you know, the training. You know, I I have been working with young athletes for a very long time. Uh, in football, basketball, and many other sports. So that's how I got started, you know, just going from teamwork to small groups to individual. That's how I got started.
And and with with the business performance experience, what made you decide to say, hey, I'm done coaching? And I want to just give back and give all the experience to someone else?
Well, it wasn't, it really wasn't like that.
There's a story behind this.
Well, no, I did some, I did some coaching, uh, college coaching. And then I came back to the DFW.
Because I, there was a, a time where I wasn't coaching. And then I was coaching high school.
So in between that, I had been doing some training. But I understood the process of scholarships as well. So helping kids get scholarships as a coach, you giving kids scholarships and you've, uh,
you know, you have to pay attention to these kids and how that process works, even in valuation. And through that evaluation, getting them in, getting them enrolled at school. Well, that process was a little different uh, uh, back then because of technology.
Right.
Technology has grown so much that there's a lot less you have to do going places. But with that said, we understood the process and that I understood that a lot of people uh, during that time, uh, that were better athletes than, and I was when I was getting recruited or just athletes said their opportunities are limited. Again, like I said, it's not the same now because. You click a button and see a kid. But during that transition, you know, there were other steps you had to take. So I, we helped those kids navigate those steps in, in real time. And then it started with the athletic evaluation. So that's where we started as to what performance experience is now.
Yeah.
Before that, we trained everybody. We trained adults, we trained kids, we trained athletes, we did it all. So you know, that, that journey or that process, all that experience gave me an opportunity to streamline, you know, exactly what we, what our focus or what our niche really is.
Yes, and, and I've, I've talked to so many leaders, um, business owners, and they often speak about the niche, you know, uh, truly defining who you want to help so that you could give the best in that area. So when you say you define your niche and in 10 years, how long have you been doing this, Greg?
Uh, so I was doing it as just a, a personal trainer. If we just add all coaching, I mean, being able to work with athletes, it's been 22, 23 years. If we're just talking about the training, it's probably been 19, 20 years. Uh, because they run together.
But, yeah, I've been doing it for quite some time and then to be able, I mean, Jevanka, I've trained thousands of people.
Oh, I believe it.
Myself, and just thinking about that is funny. Uh, but to be able to go, okay, this is what we're good at. This is what I want to teach.
This is a direction that I want to go where we should go. And then to have people to be able to add to that along the way and help build and develop some of these programs that we, that we're running now. Uh, it's a good thing to see. It's actually pretty cool to watch, especially if I take a step back and go, hey, you know, we probably could have got here faster if I would have got out the way.
Yeah, yeah, I, I tell you, the biggest thing about leaders and, and having businesses is we're, we get in our own way. But you know what I was thinking is the fact that you've been doing this for 20 plus years, times are so completely different. Um, for example, what I mean is the- The Combine, right? That used to be people having to go out there to watch, you know, the, the, the students and the stars to actually see this. Like you said, it's a click of a button now for someone to see a kid and, and to give. And how does that make a difference from when you began to now?
Well, it's a blessing and I don't want to say curse, but it, it forces you to speed up. Like speed up your understanding of what the, uh, the environment or the market is. Like when I was playing and then when I was coaching, uh, and then for years in training, you know, the athletes didn't get paid.
You know, so scholarships were different or money opportunities was different. So you, you know, now you gotta keep up with the times and have an understanding of what you're offering or what they actually need. Not, not saying that like you didn't have to do that, but to working in specific areas to understand what you can actually provide. That's the better way to say it.
Before you, you know, it wasn't so much information out there that people knew or that they had to decipher through or how quickly we could get to what we need. Because you had to send tapes and get tapes sent back and like this was a real time operation. So I, I might send some information or need to get a coach something and it might take seven to 10 days. As to where now it takes seven to 10 minutes.
Yes.
You know, and you gotta be ready to evaluate and make moves.
So it's the speed, it's being able to keep up with what you can actually, uh, provide. And then being able to stand apart from all the other information that's out there just to give yourself a chance to show whether or not you can do what you say you can do.
Absolutely. What's your why?
Because somebody gave me a chance. Like, and that's in literal sense, like helping these kids and understanding what they're going through or what they're trying to get to. Somebody gave me a chance. So I got to TCU by way of a coach making a phone call that didn't even know who I was. He knew me through competition. Like, he knew, uh, we played each other twice. We played once in the regular season in high school football. And then we played in the postseason and they beat us in the first round of the playoffs my senior year. And the coach, Coach Buckley, out of, uh, uh, he was, it was Old Grove, near Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
He, he said, hey, son, you keep doing what you're doing, you're gonna get a chance to play somewhere. Well, he made that call to TCU. He, he literally gave me an opportunity. And through that opportunity, I'm sitting here talking to you. Uh, because sports has, has been a part of my entire life as a player, as a assistant or as a coach or, you know, as an instructor or as somebody directing the camp or as my profession. It's part of what I do. So he gave me the opportunity to go to TCU. You know, somebody got and gave me the opportunity to be picked up as a, a, a undrafted free agent.
You know, I was given the opportunity to go get my degree. Like, those opportunities were given.
Yeah, yeah.
You know, to manage that opportunity and to make the best of it, that's what you earn. But you can't earn opportunities. Opportunities are given. What you do with them is where you earn. That man didn't have to make that phone call. But I was, I was ready.
You know, it could have been another man making another phone call. So I really believe that. So with that, somebody gave me something. I know how to give this. Now, that don't mean I don't want anything for it. Let's just be real. They wanted something in return too. I needed to perform, you know what I mean? I needed to make good on what they saw. So I do want something in return, be it monetary or not monetary. I'm just keeping it real. But that's how, that's what I know how to give. That's where I'm. Maximally effective in my job description. I know how to coach. I know how to instruct. You know, I know how to set standards for athletic standards. I know how to hit timelines.
So I expect something from that, but my why is because that's what somebody gave me.
Yeah, and that's so understandable. It's um, especially when in, in my opinion, when it comes to sports. It's um, you work hard. I mean, it's it's just it's some hard work. It's uh, it's some resilience and the and the no's and the yeses and the the exhaustion. So when you're given an opportunity and you said, Greg, like you, you had to give something back because they expected something.
It was an expectation.
Yes, definitely. And like you said, whether it's monetary or sweat, tears, whatever it is, you were gonna give it your all. And I I love that you're choosing to do that for for kids today, even though I I s- I still believe it's a lot easier for them to get where they're going now. One thing that I do have a question, do you think that their drive is a little bit more that now than it than it was in the past?
A hundred percent.
A- and that's because of opportunities, like thi- this is not about um, this is more about opportunities. So if something you are already given, right? Somebody has already given you something, or you start with it, that's kind of the expectation. For example,
a lot of people I know, including myself, you play college sports to audition for the opportunity to to go get paid.
But now you're getting paid in college sports. So does that, are you auditioning to make more money? Or are you auditioning in high school?
For the opportunity to get paid in college. Now, some people's ultimate goal is to get paid. So it's easy to say, well, when I was in middle school, I was, no, you weren't because nobody was watching you perform.
Yes, yes.
They were watching you perform in high school to get to college for the opportunity to get paid. The people that want to pay you want a return on that investment. I understand that now. You don't understand that when you're a kid. You just, you know, so I think it's so different now. And again, the time, like, what are we doing? So with that, I think the drive was more and longer because the opportunities that they have, we didn't. And that's, that's real, like.
I didn't get paid to play college ball. And if anybody were to get paid, they would get in trouble for being paid.
Now they're negotiating contracts. So I ain't really gotta be as hungry as long for an opportunity that is, now I just gotta go audition for it.
Yeah. So how do people find you? How, what is it that, what's the process of being with performance experience?
Oh, it's easy. You just go online. You can go to Facebook. You can go to our website and P E sports and rec dot com, push a button. And you can jump on our speed school program that starts in January, or you can get an assessment and come in and talk to myself or one of the instructors and we'll talk to and through this process that we talking about now, according to what you're looking for. Yeah, it's, it's easy. Facebook at the performance experience, Instagram at performance experience, YouTube at performance experience and then our website. So click one of them buttons, links or likes.
And I promise you, as soon as we see it, we'll get back with you. You won't be talking, you'll be talking to a person.
And see, it's easy, it's easy.
Yeah, it's easy. I ain't, I ain't hiding from nobody.
So when it comes to the assessment, you're sitting with the, the child or the, the student um, and the parent? And what does that look like?
Yeah, we sitting with them both and it's really a console and an assessment. So it's. We like to say we write prescriptions. So you go to the doctor's office, you know, you come in. You've already had, you've already set your appointment in that appointment. Hopefully, one of our instructors.
You've had a quality conversation with, they're gonna call you. You know, that's why I say they're like, they're going to call you, ask you a few questions. Once we set the date and time, you come in, we show you the place that you'll be working out. From there, we do a movement assessment. We wanna know what we're working with. You know, here are the goals. We, we have a conversation. What are you trying to get accomplished? How much time are you trying to get that accomplished in? Let's go take a look. We see, tell you about what we see, like, and not just what we think. Hey, this is what needs to be worked on. This is the direction we need to go. Here is the prescription.
At, at, I tell parents all the time. At the most, you're gonna walk out of here, set, ready to go with a, with a plan, with an understanding, with a plan. We go, all we gotta do is execute. At the very least, you're gonna know what to do.
Tell you, the information won't change.
We don't, transparent, we just transparent as we can be. That way, when you come back in three weeks and say, well, you know, you said this, my idea. How many days has your kid been in the program? How many times have they shown up? Cause here is how we work our process through that progress. So we try to give you a realistic look, cause Javaka, you live in a world today where numerically and scientifically, you can find the information.
Yeah, yeah, definitely.
It's just the truth, like, you can go with anybody.
But what we're trying to do is
What we say we're gonna do.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You know what I mean?
Yeah, and many, many, many people say that they will, right? But how? And that that was the whole question, how? And what's the process? And what does that look like? And um, not to mention, you know, if if a child or a person doesn't have the drive and the and the goal set, then it's you just have to keep working. Is that the way?
No, that's not how we see it. I'm gonna tell you exactly how we see it. If you don't have the drive, so we tell parents, that's why it's an investment. We understand. So we tell parents, we're not gonna waste three things. Period. We're not gonna waste my time, their energy, or the parents' money. We're not gonna do that. So effort, I effort is an expectation. That's a standard. You know, if the lack of effort, and I ain't, let me define it. I ain't talking about running full speed till you're tired. No, if you're not paying attention, if your attitude sucks, if your grades aren't there, and you're not paying attention, and your attitude sucks, we're not going to work with you.
That's a waste of time, energy, and money. So I say that, but we don't turn kids away. Like, we don't have that problem. And if we discover that problem, it's through the work. Look, we've been working with your kid for eight, ten sessions. They're not doing this, they're not showing up, they're not responding. We're we ain't gonna waste no more time. We're not gonna waste your time, energy, or money. You might might not be the spot, or might need to change his attitude, or here's what we see. So we ain't kicking, like, we ain't just dismissing people. If our job is to help, we gotta help. But if we can't help you, we can't help you.
You see what I'm saying? So we don't have that problem, if that if that makes sense.
Yeah, yeah, I mean, and that makes all the sense in the world. And sometimes you just don't know what type of style or who you're dealing with until you actually.
You gotta work with them.
So when it comes to performance experience as a whole, tell me about your vision.
So I've said this for years, you know, I know we've made it in a spot of what I would deem success is I can show up to a program and enjoy it like a parent or be able to watch the instructor and let them do work and me not be a part of. That's the vision. You know, that means we have enough people working. We have enough people doing things. We have enough people helping uh in a manner that allows us to be expansive for success, you know, because if I got people working, that means they getting paid and they doing what they like or love to do part-time, full-time, or any other time. If I'm doing, you know,
if I'm being beneficial and I can keep payroll for people running the program, that's fantastic. If I can teach another kid a trade or I can teach another kid a situation that allows them success, then that allows uh success for everybody. You know, so that's the vision. The vision is all the kids that we need to be able to assist. Uh but the goal is to get the program running properly everywhere.
Well, are you only in DFW?
Right now, we're only in the DFW. So uh we run Speed School, one of our programs out of uh Mansfield at a Fit Tribe Gym in Mansfield. And then we also have a developmental program with adult company called Seeds Sports that does what we call the Elementary Sports League. Uh Bo Springfield's done a tremendous job with them. Uh we run developmental program there in Keller with uh Seeds Sports. So uh the goal, then what we plan to do, what'll be rolling out in um I want to make sure I get the date right. I think it's June is where we'll have all of our digital programs. So that way, it doesn't matter where people are. You click this button,
the same information, instruction that they're getting there, you'll be able to get right there on your device. So that's the goal. So that's what we're working on right now.
Thank you for being here today. I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions as these episodes continue to move forward. This is going to get more and more fun. We'll have more and more engagement as well. We'll invite people to participate in the show. And thank you for giving us your time and attention. Have an excellent time building out your vision and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.
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