Competitive Sports

The SacTownGuy is NOT one of those crazy parents, roaming the sidelines, yelling at the coaches, yelling at the refs, yelling at the players, and doing everything possible to get himself kicked out of the park... however, the SacTownGuy is not a hippy sitting on the sideline smoking some reefer while the kids are picking daiseys. The SacTownGuy expects his kids to play with intensity, work on fundamental skills and play hard. The SacTownGuy does not want to breed a fat, sloth, who cries when they are beat. In life you win and lose... and sometimes you need to push the other guy down to get the big "W."

Well, today the Dragon's played a soccer game against the Rocket's. Let's just say the Rocket's were no match for the mighty Dragon's. The Rocket's had one player with any skill and the Dragon's had 3 or 4 on the field at all time with mad skillz. So, as coach, the SacTownGuy made sure to pull one of his strongest players and have them on defense at all time... but it's a small field so they find ways to get up and score.

We don't keep score in our league (dang PC crowd won't allow it) but we all know it was AT LEAST 6 to 1 and probably 7 or 8. I try not to keep score too closely. I know my dude had 1 today, I know Bones had 2 or 3, Ort's had 3 or 4, etc... and I KNOW they only had uno. My mad dog goalie, Mace, saved two with incredible diving plays. Well, he probably didn't need to dive either time but it really looked awesome... and he got muddy which made it all the better. Mace will be a good goalie through high school. He is too slow to play beyond that but he will be good through high school and he has that mad man component which will make him perfect for keeper.

Anyway, when we were up 6 or 7 to one we got in a couple situations where the ball was near the Rocket's goal and the Rocket player had the ball trapped at their feet. Now, the hippy side of me wanted to lay back and let them be but the competitive, go for the kill side, yelled "KICK THAT BALL... DO NOT STOP... GET THAT BALL... KICK IT IN THE GOAL GUYS!" I hesitated as I yelled it but you know what? We need to teach these kids life skills. You can teach life skills that aren't real like we don't keep score in real life or pretend it's not ok to push the other guy in real life but I want my charges to be ready to face REAL LIFE. Don't forget this can happen now in kindergarden and first grade... a little tussle on the playground, a competitve spelling bee in the classroom, etc... and my charges need to know how to react.

Anyway, I kept yelling, my kids kept shooting on goal, and I kept high fiving and telling them were doing great. I got the feeling the loser parents on the other team... oh gosh I hope that didn't sound... I mean the parents of the Rocket's, didn't like my intensity as I was more intense today than normal but I think that's my job. I don't want my kids to be daisy pickers because generally speaking daiseys do not pay the billz.

peace out.