Coaching wizards whose magic rubs off on tiddlers
This week is a bit of a shout-out to the unsung heroes of little kids’ sport
Coaching other kids, as well as your own, takes the patience of a saint, and few of us are up to the task.
Acouple of months ago I wrote about starting Saturday morning sport withmyeldest son, and I pondered the thought, wouldwe actually finish his first season after a bit of a rough start to kindy Rippa a couple of years ago?
Well break out the Lindauer, I amso happy to announce thatwe managedto see out the season. We didn’t have to leave halfway through due toMacnot liking his rips being pulled off, and I could not be happier.
Andso Iwanted to use this chat thisweek as a bit of a shout-out to the unsung heroes of kids’ sport, and that is the volunteer coaches. Wehad a great team of Logan and
Michaelawhonot onlymanaged a team of 10 brilliantly, their work also included coaching theirown son. You’ll remember frommy time as coach Banksy of Mac’s basketball team, that I vowedand declared never to do that again.
Coaching other kids, as well as your own, takes the patience of a saint, and few of us are up to the task. But Logan— andhats off to him— managed the whole thing so brilliantly that Iwas standing on the sideline taking parenting notes.
Aside from a little blip halfway through the season during a team line-up photo whereMachad to stand next to a girl (I keep telling Macthat girls rule, but he’s a little late to that party lol), coach Logan becamea bit of a cult hero in the 6th-grade Taradale Triceratops’ eyes. Hemadethem do a lot of running, whichMacloves, he called a spade a spade, he encouraged everyone and called them outwhenthey diddumb stuff (which they frequently did). In fact, hewasso good, he almost mademewant to dona pair of sprigged boots.
So to all of the amazing coaches out there, whoeachweeksend out notifications, bring the sports equipment, washthe uniforms, sort the players of the day, manage sideline parents, motivate their tribes, ref the games as well as coach, take time off work to get to games on time (Iwas all for Friday-afternoon games, but that was hard for a lot of people to get to), you are awesome. Youare the real players of the day. So enjoy your chocolate bar and your summerseason off, and please don’t sit on the bench next year, our future Brad Webbers and Krysten Cottrells need you.