I know I say this all the time, but I volunteer as a basketball coach. I have worked with the kids for a few years now.
Tonight, we played our seventh game of the season, and we won, albeit UGLY, 27-23. But it was a good learning/teaching experience game.
This morning, I had a bit of a setback. Bit being the key understatement. Im angry and frustrated with how things have been going for me in my workouts.
Flash forward to tonights game. We cant buy a shot to save our lives, and the kids (11-12 year olds) are getting rather frustrated. One, in particular, was getting so flustered he almost quit.
Almost.
I kept getting on him. Keep your head up. Keep fighting through. Those shots will fall. Stay aggressive. Good things will happen. Stay in control. Forget about the shot you missed.
Go figure. He listened, and something clicked. He ripped off six straight points to open the fourth, taking us from a one point hole to a five point lead. The rest of the team fought off their own complacency and followed his lead, and we escaped with the W to improve to 6-1 on the season.
But there was a valuable lesson: Coach better follow his own ******* advice. I’ve been working with these kids for years, continuously pounding in these principles of fighting through, never quitting, and keeping your head up. Good principles.
And here I am hanging my head, getting discouraged. Well thats just not gonna fly. I am fired up and ready to rock and roll.
