After the wonderful day prepping for not a hurricane, but Boog's 6th birthday party, after coaching his first game, and being up since 445, I think I am ready for a rainy day tomorrow. Don't get me wrong, I don't want Irene coming, but I will be happy just being home with all the boys in my life.
So be safe. Get out your batteries and flashlights. Play some games. Help your neighbors.
Plus, I can't get "Come on Eileen" out of my head since I have replaced it with "Come on Irene"......
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Saturday, August 27, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Adventures in coaching...
Yeah. This may be a series of unfortunate events over the next few weeks as I have taken on the role of Coach for under 6 recreational league this fall.... for soccer.
Let me preface that I have never played soccer. Many of my friends were soccer players so maybe I was one by association or osmosis. But either way I know very little except you don't use your hands.
So today the BGYSA was hosting a coaches' clinic. First note to self: wear sneakers. I was busy most of the day and wore flip flops, went to the library for a party, left there to go to the field. Nothing in the email stated I should be ready to play. But maybe I should have known. I thought it was going to be going over rules and regulations or something. Silly me.
None the less, I ran around in my very inappropriate footwear also without the correct over the shoulder boulder holder. Second note to self: wear a sports bra. It's not like we ran laps but we were kicking, or shall I use the correct lingo passing, jogging, sweating, and what not. Learning techniques, not drills. Fine.
There was one other woman in the group, which made me feel better but I was definitely the only rookie. Most of the men there had probably played in high school so there was a little bit of that testosterone around, but overall everyone was pretty nice. I had no idea what the guy was talking about a good percentage of the time. But really, it is under 6, so if I can get some basics like trapping and passing without causing bodily or emotional scarring to the children, I think I will be good.
It was nice to find out there was a set of parents who started coaching last year without experience, coming back again because they had a great time. Wish me luck. This should be interesting.......
Let me preface that I have never played soccer. Many of my friends were soccer players so maybe I was one by association or osmosis. But either way I know very little except you don't use your hands.
So today the BGYSA was hosting a coaches' clinic. First note to self: wear sneakers. I was busy most of the day and wore flip flops, went to the library for a party, left there to go to the field. Nothing in the email stated I should be ready to play. But maybe I should have known. I thought it was going to be going over rules and regulations or something. Silly me.
None the less, I ran around in my very inappropriate footwear also without the correct over the shoulder boulder holder. Second note to self: wear a sports bra. It's not like we ran laps but we were kicking, or shall I use the correct lingo passing, jogging, sweating, and what not. Learning techniques, not drills. Fine.
There was one other woman in the group, which made me feel better but I was definitely the only rookie. Most of the men there had probably played in high school so there was a little bit of that testosterone around, but overall everyone was pretty nice. I had no idea what the guy was talking about a good percentage of the time. But really, it is under 6, so if I can get some basics like trapping and passing without causing bodily or emotional scarring to the children, I think I will be good.
It was nice to find out there was a set of parents who started coaching last year without experience, coming back again because they had a great time. Wish me luck. This should be interesting.......
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