A lousy youth baseball player finds himself as a cheerleading teeball coach I have no business being a coach. I was never much of an athlete. I have no sporting skills to impart. And yet, I earned the title of […]
Heroic Behavior – Becoming My Daughter’s Coach
I had no idea when I volunteered to coach my seven year old daughter’s soccer team that I would become a hero to her. I think that more than most things we’ve done in our lives together this single act […]
All Have Won, and All Will Have Prizes?: The Challenges of Youth Sports
See Jimmy pitch the ball. See Dick hit the ball. See Dick run to first base. See Dick get called out. See Dick’s parents yell at the umpire. See other parents join in. See Dick walk back to the bench […]