This year we decided to put Israel and Tealani into basketball for the first time. When I signed them up (late of course) they hadn't found a coach for Israel's team yet, so crazy mom gets this brilliant idea that she would love to coach Israel-I mean she's been volunteering with her husband when he coached varsity for 4 years. It would be a piece of cake, right!? My other ulterior motive was that I'd bond with my son. Yeah, coaching 7 and 8 yr. old boys is not easier than coaching moody varsity girls. It's worse! They had no attention span (which I should have known, already having had 2 boys) and they could not grasp what I thought were simple concepts-like dribbling with one hand only and when you stop dribbling you can't dribble anymore. Well, I'm not sure if Israel and I bonded all that well (I think I was harder on him-I half expected him to have John's talent) but it sure was fun watching him play and improve. He was a little shier than I ever thought he would be and sooooo not aggressive (very unlike his mother).
But he did show improvement on his defensive skills,
his dribbling skills,
and overall, his teammate skills. He was the best passer ever! Way to go Israel!!! Although I will never coach that age again, I will always be his #1 fan and that's what counts!
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Casja this cracks me up. The similar thing happened to me this year. I volunteered to help coach the junior high girls volleyball team. UGGH!! I don't ever want to do it again. I didn't know it was so hard to pass a volleyball!!!! We've never gotten to bump, set, spike because we can't get past bump!! It definitely wasn't as fun as I anticipated. I had high expectations lol!
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