Luke was 3 when he started with T-Ball. All he knew is that he wanted to be a baseball player \u201clike the ones on TV\u201d. I believe our role as parents \u2013 coaches – is to help him, give him confidence, encourage him and pick him up when he \u201cfalls\u201d. <\/p>\n
As parents\/coaches should we really say this; “Now Luke you know you will strike out at least 7 out of 10 times at bat. You\u2019ll fall about 3,000 times and probably sprain your ankles sliding into base. The playing field is full of dust and dirt and when the wind is blowing it\u2019ll get in your eyes. You\u2019re a lefty, so right handed pitchers will probably hit you with the ball thousands of times. You\u2019ll develop callouses from hand chalk, you\u2019ll be sore from running and injured from other players running into you. You might get hit in the head with a bat and die. You might get a concussion and permanent brain damage. While other children are in their comfy beds you will be sweating out on a practice field somewhere. Every weekend and most weeknites you\u2019ll need to be at practice instead of with other friends. You\u2019ll be too tired to do your homework most of the time and you\u2019ll have to do it anyway. There\u2019s politics at every level of sports and sometimes you\u2019ll sit on the bench even if you\u2019re the best player. And your odds of ever being a professional ball player are 1 in a million. Now honey go get’em!<\/em>\u201d <\/p>\n Most people would agree that’s insane and would never do that to someone they love.<\/p>\n Yet when we announce to our family and friends that we\u2019re going to start a new business what do 95% of them tell us in most cases?<\/p>\n As parents\/coaches \u2013 we will support Luke every step of the way. As he grows as an athlete he will decide what his goals are. He\u2019s smart, so he\u2019ll seek advice and counsel from those who have already achieved goals similar to his. Then he will decide if the work and the struggles to achieve them are worth it.<\/p>\n Because, to paraphrase Nathan Hale, we each have but one life to live so<\/p>\n Live With intention, Luke was 3 when he started with T-Ball. All he knew is that he wanted to be a baseball player \u201clike the ones on TV\u201d. I believe our role as parents \u2013 coaches – is to help him, give him … Continue reading
\nDr Bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"