Kevin wants to play soccer. So he says, anyway. So we went to sign him up today with SAYSAT. He's actually a little younger than they publish as the bottom end of the eligible ages, but they said that he could play.
There's just this one thing.
All the teams are full. So they could put him on a waiting list, or they could register him for a new team if I would agree to coach it.
"Yeah, okay."
For this age group they only have five or six kids on a team and the coaches are on the field with the kids during games. They say that most of the time I'll be trying to remind them that they're on the "Same team!" or that they're going the "Wrong way!" I have a couple meetings to attend and then twice weekly practices start the last week of this month and games are on all the Saturdays in March and April with the possible exception of Spring Break.
So, which creates the greater disconnect in your mind: someone calling me "coach" or my volunteering to work with preschoolers?
Posted to Family and Home at February 5, 2005 2:26 PMHard to pick one there. How children change us.
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Ha! This should make for some interesting future posts. Since I have "been there, done that", my one piece of advice is not to let them have open cups on the bench. They love to pour it on their heads, like the pro's do to cool off.
Posted by: Paula at February 7, 2005 9:46 AMMy discontent rests in your having every weekend in March and April tied up with soccer! Oh, well. Go, team, go! Love, Mom
Posted by: Susan McJilton at February 7, 2005 12:49 PMI thought this was a trick question after all, you already coach a couple pre-schoolers and have a laid back attitude that will go well with working with a group of them. Hey, if your Dad was an assistant coach I don't know why you can't be head coach.
Posted by: Mike McJilton at February 8, 2005 4:40 AMYou crazy!!
Posted by: gordon at February 9, 2005 8:50 PM