Coach Cami

Well, guess what? I volunteered to be a coach for the city "Jr. Jazz" basketball league. They really needed people to help out and I thought, "Hey, I've never done that before. It might be fun." So, I decided to do it. They assigned me to a team of 6 and 7 year olds with 3 girls. I was really excited about the girls. But, once our first practice came around I thought, "What did I get myself into???" I had no clue what I was going to do. So, I decided that for the first practice we'd just meet eachother and I'd let them play around a little bit and then do some running, and drills. Stuff I remembered from playing back in high school. No sweat, right? Well, little did I know that when all the parents dropped off their kids for practice, they would also STAY THERE! I had a wholel bunch of parents sitting there, watching me, waiting to critique my coaching skills...or lack thereof. Anyway, I totally had to pull stuff out of no where to fill up the 60 minutes of practice time. It went ok. But after we had our first game, that Saturday, I realized how much more we needed to work on. So, by our next practice, I had a plan. And it was totally fun. We did tons of running, and I run with the kids, they love to race me. And I also did challenges. If they could do X amount of perfect passing then I would do 2 laps of sprinting around the gym, or I'd have to do 25 sit-ups. It was really fun. So, I am having fun. Even though it's an extra 2 hours out of my already busy enough week, it's been fun and worth it. I hope the kids are having fun and getting a sense that hard work pays off and a sense of self-worth.