I was reading some materials on personal fitness training certification (as I’m thinking about taking the test to get certified) and it talks about the WHY behind fitness. Well I think there’s a WHY behind coaching. Many coaches do it for their kids — or their league is short some coaches and they get asked to do it.
My kids are grown so why bother.
Well, I offered to have some practices this summer. A few kids did it, they had fun, they learned things. Their throwing, catching, hitting have all gotten better.
And then at the end I was saying goodbye and all of them came over and said THANKS FOR COACHING US — and you could just tell they meant it.
That’s the WHY for me. For kids to recognize that if they work hard and learn things, I think it's a life lesson and their real thanks means more to me than anything else I can think of.
A short blog post, but it's always good to think about the WHY.
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