My three year old boy wanted to play soccer this year so I agreed to be the coach. Yesterday was our first practice and I had eleven kids show up that range from ages 3 to 6. Wow, what a blessing! The next blessing was that five of the dads agreed to help me. Things started out great and the kids did the drills we showed them and they did a really good job. Then we changed drills and they did OK with that too. I thought to myself, this is great, their attention span is alot longer than they get credit for. Then, it happened, about thirty minutes into practice, one of my players said he had to go to the potty and, you guessed it, they all decided they had to go too. Oh well, it really was fun but after the potty incident, the kids took over practice. At one point, there were kids running everywhere, picking flowers, playing tug of war with the cones, and everything else that kids do. While I was trying to round them up, I had a thought come to my mind: this must be what it's like to herd cats.
I wonder what God is going to teach me through this stint as coach. I've been praying that he will reveal it. Our first match is Saturday and it should be fun. Pray for me!!!!!
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Herding Cats
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Good luck and God bless you for taking this on! The time you invest in your son's life will be treasured by you both for the rest of your lives and those of your children's children's lives.
My daughter still treasures the songs I sang to her at bedtime and remembers things we did together that I don't remember!
It is time well spent!
D - Just read on ESPN that you have been nominated as rookie coach of the year - you got my vote bro...
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