At what point is it okay to yell at someone else’s kid? Does that change if you’re his coach? If he’s kind of a problem? I’ve been running myself ragged trying to coach three flag football teams. Each boy has his own squad and each squad represents a fundamentally different challenge. The eldest is on a 10-12 year old team filled with what a nicer person than I would call, ‘personalities’.
The roster says I have 10 kids but I’ve only ever seen 6 of them at once. How can you practice without having a full squad? I mean we do the workouts and I have some things I can do with the team, but when it comes to building unity and community, there isn’t much there. In truth, they’re a ragged pack of arrogant 10 and 11 year olds who have some definite holes in their skillsets. I have a great deal to work on with them and very little time left to do so before they begin playing games. We have 1 practice and then a scrimmage and then two practices before our first game that counts. This could be a steep learning curve.
Some Thoughts:
- When I was a wee lad my best bud at the time had a kitten. My son recently got a kitten and it occurs to me that his kitten looks exactly like the one from long ago. That makes me wonder if I’m really remembering it right or remembering the essence of the thing and plugging in the details that fit best for me.
- My good friend is reading his poetry tomorrow and releasing his poetry book. I’ll be there for him, but I want to say ‘best of luck’ right now in order to get that positive energy out there in the universe.