Log in my eye

God has a funny way of getting his point across.  This morning in my devotions I was reading through Matthew and I was in the part where Jesus is giving the sermon on the mount.  In Matthew 7: 1-5 Jesus is warning us to clear the "log" from our own eyes before attempting to remove the speck from our brothers eye.  Why is this relevant?  Well because I'm a dad and a coach and a boss that's what I do, I correct (sometimes).
I coach a boys volleyball team, a few of the players play with fear or timidly.  As they approach the line to serve and I can see the fear in their eyes, they're intimidated by the other team or the game itself I'm not sure.  They have a fear of "messing up"  yet during practice they nail that serve 75% of the time no problem!  So as I coach I try to encourage my players to step up and just play don't worry about the other team or of messing up, just hit the ball and get it over.
So as I was relaxing this evening and thumbing through a book the following quote caught my attention.

"Self defeating actions will continue to give us self-defeating results"

I immediately thought of my players, but then I thought what about me!  I'm no different... I allow fear to immobilize me from moving forward or grabing God's best for me.  I stare at the future like my players are staring at the net - with fear and trembling. 
But I'm the coach!  I'm supposed to encourage and help them through their fear, help them become better, improve their game etc.  Exactly!  God's not saying don't, but he's saying first examine yourself Ga 6:1-5 and then encourage one another.  So maybe then I should take to heart the encouragement I was trying to give to my player and apply it to myself and my situation.  Then maybe we can both grow together towards God's best for our lives.
What was that advise:

1. You know how to serve (you know what you are doing)
2. You can play as well as anyone out there.
3. Just relax and play the game.