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Wacky Youth Sports Dad: August 2010
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad. Saturday, August 28, 2010. Breaking News: A Retirement With No Regrets. Now that we are approaching Labor Day and the Fall rec basketball season is upon us, it is starting to sink in that I have officially retired from my youth basketball head coaching career. Here come the second thoughts! Will I regret this momentous decision? Am I walking away too soon? Do I have another year left in me? What if I start attending coaching clinics and maybe volunteer at a camp or two? Get him a ...
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad: Breaking News: A Retirement With No Regrets
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad. Saturday, August 28, 2010. Breaking News: A Retirement With No Regrets. Now that we are approaching Labor Day and the Fall rec basketball season is upon us, it is starting to sink in that I have officially retired from my youth basketball head coaching career. Here come the second thoughts! Will I regret this momentous decision? Am I walking away too soon? Do I have another year left in me? What if I start attending coaching clinics and maybe volunteer at a camp or two? Get him a ...
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad: Left The Car Running......Again
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad. Friday, December 24, 2010. Left The Car Running.Again. I'm not usually the kind of guy who blames others or finds excuses when I make mistakes. I mean, one of my favorite words is "accountability.". But this time, it is excuse-city. Everyone else's fault. I'm not taking the hit on this one. This time, though, there was plenty of blame to go around, me EXcluded. Let's itemize:. Demanding clients and colleagues, who had me scrambling to get so much done during early afternoon that I...
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad: If I Were King Of The World
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad. Saturday, August 21, 2010. If I Were King Of The World. With 13 years (and counting) of youth sports dad coaching, it is so clear, with hindsight, that I've been just as guilty as anyone of taking too seriously whether or not my team won the game. It is when winning takes precedence over fairness, equal opportunity, sportsmanship and logic that youth sports becomes warped. So, I've got a couple of pet peeves (with solutions), though I know only too well that I'm dreaming. Unfo...
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad: We're Back! The Eating Machine and I
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad. Saturday, August 7, 2010. The Eating Machine and I. As my transition to fulltime blogging (say, two posts per week) nears completion, I'm back in the saddle with tales, viewpoints and the wacky things that either entertain or astound in and around the landscape of youth sports. I mean, like, totally carefree. It should be possible to find another parent who could take a couple of kids off my hands. But when one of the girls called another whose mom we knew was coming, the calls an...
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad: December 2010
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad. Friday, December 24, 2010. Left The Car Running.Again. I'm not usually the kind of guy who blames others or finds excuses when I make mistakes. I mean, one of my favorite words is "accountability.". But this time, it is excuse-city. Everyone else's fault. I'm not taking the hit on this one. This time, though, there was plenty of blame to go around, me EXcluded. Let's itemize:. Demanding clients and colleagues, who had me scrambling to get so much done during early afternoon that I...
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad: DADS IN DENIAL: NBA.COM’S “DREADED P.G.A.”
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad. Friday, May 29, 2009. DADS IN DENIAL: NBA.COM’S “DREADED P.G.A.”. There were more leagues than I ever knew about. Mike’s AAU coach told me about www.basketballdirector.com and I could not believe how many tournaments there were. In addition, there were day camps, shooting camps run by the famed Herb Magee, overnight camps at Villanova, Knights of Columbus Free Throw Shooting Contests and skills challenges. Then, I came upon a section with suggestions for young players called.
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad: MOMS IN CHARGE!
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad. Sunday, May 17, 2009. One of the most consistently hysterical things about youth recreation sports is the way that the moms are in charge of just about everything. I’m not talking about just the snack bar and the volunteer fundraisers and the “Team Mom” communications. I’m talking about the very essence of youth sports recreation – whether or not the kids are even there. 8220;Oh, Lordy! My question about his son’s availability drew a blank, uncomfortable, vulnerable stare...
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad: September 2010
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad. Sunday, September 19, 2010. Gotta Love Those Refs. It's not real hard to shut me up. Just threaten to throw me out of the building when my son and his team are playing a basketball game. For a regular guy like me, the above episode was a shock to the system, since I'm usually just trying to get through the day. On this day, though, I may have been a bit more focused on my new coaching agenda. One guy turned away, smirking and shaking his head. The other asserted loudly, "A fou...
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad: The Importance of Having the Right Equipment
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Wacky Youth Sports Dad. Friday, June 5, 2009. The Importance of Having the Right Equipment. One Saturday morning during those too few seasons after tee ball and before the double digit-age years when kids and parents start taking Little League Baseball far too seriously, my wife, Kathi, asked me a question out of the blue about Mike’s batting glove. 8220;Steve, does Michael have his batting glove? Does he even have a batting glove? What does he need a batting glove for? Kathi apparently felt it was a leg...