I was surprised to discover that so many people who are members of a sports league feel totally confident in their abilities. While I can understand this, I was very surprised at the number of people who feel that way about themselves.
While sports is a broad term for all sorts of physical activities, especially competitive ones, the majority of the people who think they are “good at” sports are probably not.
In the sports world, it’s easy to forget that some people are just naturally better than others, and that’s what makes sports such a challenging field. It’s so easy to say, “I can’t do this or that, I’m not good at this,” that it can be hard to find ways to move from one level of competency to another.
Well the difficulty in finding ways to move from one level of competency to another is also the difficulty in building a career. I would imagine it’s easy to say you are a great athlete, but you can’t actually play, coach, or manage a team the way you once did. So what does that leave you with? You are out of your league. You’re trying to become a coach, but you’re terrible at it.
This is why I started coaching to be with the people I love. The people I love are the people who get me. I dont see many people who have been in the position to be a coach that are the same person they were when they began. I think the first time I coached was when I was a freshman in high school and started out on the basketball team. I had the same feelings of being a failure as anyone else when I decided not to coach.
I think you can see how having a coaching role might have limited his life choices. It might have taken him some time to get to the place where he could have truly enjoyed coaching. It also might have been hard to just quit and find another job. If you think about it, most people start out coaching as a way to be with other people. And yet they end up coaching themselves, even though they know they suck at it. Which is why I still coach.
Yeah, I just realized that my words are getting in the way of my thoughts here. If you know me, you probably know I love to have a little talk with other people. But sometimes it’s hard to just get a little bit quiet. I think that’s why I do the coaching thing. It’s just like the old joke. “You know, I used to be a coach. Now I’m just a coach.
But coach-ness is not necessarily a bad thing. It is an important part of being human. When a person is able to manage how they relate to others, especially those they don’t feel are important to them, they will find themselves in better company.
My coach is one of the best people I know. I don’t know if he knew that I was going to be on the show, but he has been so supportive from the start. He has been so positive and helpful to me. I have been so excited to talk about my career and have been able to open up and share things with him about myself. I couldn’t be more grateful for that.
I am a huge fan of wtvo, and I have been since I saw it on the internet. The way he tells his stories and how the interviews feel like an interview with a friend is just something I cant get enough of. Ive been watching this show since the first time I saw it.
