One of the things I love the most about quitting coaching is that I don’t have to worry about anything I say anymore. I can have the pottiest of potty mouths if I want, and I don’t have to be politically correct. I can say whatever I want without fear of being reprimanded or fired. […]
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Your Kid Is Probably Not In The Top .05%
Your kid is destined for greatness. Your kid is different. And every second of his or her eight or nine or ten-year-old season is determining his or her success starting…. yesterday. One misstep by a coach, one bad call, one wrong move, one unforced error, one bad event, one missed opportunity, and your kid is now […]
Highlight of the Night
Number 3 had a baseball game tonight. His team got spanked. Pretty badly. But he pitched. And while he didn’t pitch as well as he has in other games, he pitched pretty well. After the game was over, one of the coaches from the other team walked over to him. “Great job pitching,” he said […]
With ease and confidence and authority.
It is not easy being Number 4’s brother or sister. She is fearless and talented and creative and proactive and innovative and beautiful and intelligent. She’s one of those kids who pretty much has it all. Number 3 is struggling with this a little bit. He’s no slouch himself. But he doesn’t have the confidence […]
He did it.
Number 3, as you know, loves baseball. He’s playing on the travel team this year, and he’s the youngest kid on the team. He wasn’t able to play in the kid-pitch league like the rest of the kids in the spring, so he’s a season behind everyone else. As a result, he doesn’t get the […]
His cup doth not runneth over.
Last weekend was crazy. I had to coach a swim meet all morning on both Saturday and Sunday, and on Saturday afternoon I had to teach swim lessons. Number 3 was also playing in a baseball tournament. I’m usually around for all of these things, but the swim meet and the baseball games were happening […]