Gotta go coach soccer. I'll check in later.
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That in of itself makes you a good man in my book. I know the owrk that goes into it. What age? I've coached now for 10 years and this is my LAST year for my girls. Gatta love 17 year old girls worried more about how they look than how they play. ROFL I just have 2 rules...no bleeding and no crying.
I have been coaching 4, 5, and 6 year-olds for four years (seven seasons). I just keep cycling back to the younger child, all daughters.
I really love it. I have some good parents and great kids. My big rule is look at me when I'm talking.
I know what you mean, neither of my girls was still an active athlete at that age, but my niece is. She's 16, almost 17, and plays soccer and volleyball . She definitely wants to look good while playing. But, if you think about it, looking good probably increases their confidence, and is no worse than some of the superstitious behavior of male athletes that I saw, and partook of myself as a student manager, way back when.