Had to send a coach off last weekend; it was a sobering experience.
I'll post details later, but what I came away with was an overwhelming urge to drop out of the referee program!
Monday, October 10, 2005
Teamwork
Ah, what utter heartbreak. We played against one of our former players on Saturday...so she knew all of our secrets! (Rule 1: have fun. Rule 2: Make lots of goals)
All eight of our girls showed up (maybe the 2nd time this season!) so I had to to have one "rest" for each quarter. One little girl wasn't feeling well, so she waited out 2 periods until her Mom came with some Del Taco food (low blood suger, I suppose...). Then my daughter sat one out. Then I was out of tricks; no volunteers....so it was the dreaded eeny-meeny-miney-moe, and one of our really outstanding girls was Moe.
Fair being fair, she sat out. All the little ones where aghast (since she is one of the more active ones), but it will probably be a good lesson in the long run. We'll have to have a long talk at practice about teamwork; I was a bit disappointed that no-one volunteered to sit out. Instant gratification and all that...
All eight of our girls showed up (maybe the 2nd time this season!) so I had to to have one "rest" for each quarter. One little girl wasn't feeling well, so she waited out 2 periods until her Mom came with some Del Taco food (low blood suger, I suppose...). Then my daughter sat one out. Then I was out of tricks; no volunteers....so it was the dreaded eeny-meeny-miney-moe, and one of our really outstanding girls was Moe.
Fair being fair, she sat out. All the little ones where aghast (since she is one of the more active ones), but it will probably be a good lesson in the long run. We'll have to have a long talk at practice about teamwork; I was a bit disappointed that no-one volunteered to sit out. Instant gratification and all that...
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