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Hey Coach
Date Added: February 4th, 2008
I’m a soccer coach. For those in the know, I coach a u10 girls team made up mostly of 8 year old girls. We are a young and inexperienced team. My goal is to instill in them a love of the game, for them to learn the basics of ball handling, and for them to want to WIN. Yes, I did say WIN, and it’s not a dirty word. I want to bring winning back to the fore front. I know people say it shouldn’t be about winning, it should be about fun. Well, who said winning isn’t fun? I do love my team and the kids are great. But I am also very competitive. I would love to say that I’ve outgrown some of my competitiveness, but I haven’t!! Anyway, during one of our first games, we were down 4 goals. I send in a sub, and as a girl comes off the field, she says to me, “Hey coach?” Only partially listening because I’m focused on the field, I respond “What’s up?” Thinking she is going to give me some gem of an item I could use to catch up and secure a win. Innocently enough she says “Look over there, coach. My American Girl Doll is watching the game.” I hope my face didn’t give the look of pure astonishment that I was feeling at the time. I simply replied, “Coach is kind of watching the game honey.” I don’t know who’s chicken pucker moment that was… I was feeling kind of puckered myself!!