I am an aspiring coach and have been an assistant coach at the varsity level for the past 4 years.
Lately, I have been thinking about all of the different ways that I can tap into my passion of coaching. I have had some great experiences and some not so great but that's what excites me about coaching. Its definitely a challenge and I love a good challenge. Working with the youth has been a passion of mine for quite some time. I have coached kids ages of 7 years old, all the way up to the high school level and they all have had pretty much the same reaction to my coaching style. I am able to tap into their potential and get the most out of them as athletes as well as young men. They are comfortable with me and will share any stories outside of sports (girlfriends,social activities,music ect) with me and I can share my own experiences with them. I relate to them in many ways and have been down the same path as most of them, single parent home, not so good grades in school, cool, popular, good at sports, but like me, most of them don't have a mentor, someone to look up to. So what I find is that a lot of these kids are learning from street experiences and listening to music and following the sterotype of what is deemed to be "cool". Like smoking weed, drinking, partying and just enjoying life. But they don't realize that there comes a time when you must grow up. Must become an adult and take care of their own self once they are out of their parents house. Some even give up and revert back to the streets because that's where they feel accepted. Little do they know, the streets have an expiration date. As does life. I often encourage them to find their passion and do something with it.. Tap into their power. Sometimes I have to ask them, If you are not getting better, you are getting worse, so how much time are you wasting? Success means doing the best we can with what we have!! Next season starts now!. You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do. Dont let someone dim your light simply because its shining in their eyes.... blind they ass!!!!
~Coach T
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