Fozzie 7,197 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 51 minutes ago, Ms. Spam said: Hey hey hey! I'm a grumpy old person. LOL Based on the other thread, I don’t think you want to say that Link to post Share on other sites
Destiny Skywalker 2,339 Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 Whew, soccer team coaches were announced and neither of the grumpy mean coaches will be coaching the team Q is trying out for. The really mean old one isn't coaching anyone. About time he retired. Granted, no clue who the guy is, but that's what tryouts are for, I guess. Link to post Share on other sites
Hobbes 316 Posted Monday at 02:55 PM Share Posted Monday at 02:55 PM You are looking at the back-to-back Durango PK coed soccer champions (apologize for the watermark--we are too cheap to order the digital copies--we just got the hard copy and will scan it--how the hell the digital copy is twice as expensive as hard copies--don't get me started). My boys are the two next to me. As a former mediocre d2 college player and coaching for years (what got me into education) including running a high school mens and womens varsity programs and multiple club teams, I can easily say that this has been the most challenging soccer experience ever. Whoever put our practice next to a playground can suck it. One day practice had to be cancelled because of a really cool ant hill I couldn't compete with. The secret to my coaching success--relentlessly practicing everyone kicking the ball in the right direction and, most importantly, bribing kids with chocolate covered pretzels for making a good play (relative to their their ability level). For some kids that was scoring a goal--for others--stop hanging on the goals or not playing rock em sock em robots during the game (this was a thing)--or at least not playing surprise rock em sock em robots with the other team... Link to post Share on other sites
Destiny Skywalker 2,339 Posted Monday at 03:59 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 03:59 PM I love everything about this. Kids crack me up. Link to post Share on other sites
Cerina 2,979 Posted Monday at 04:58 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:58 PM Ditto!! Link to post Share on other sites
Destiny Skywalker 2,339 Posted Monday at 05:51 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 05:51 PM By the way, bribing kids with candy is also how you teach them to ski. Link to post Share on other sites
Hobbes 316 Posted Monday at 07:29 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:29 PM 7 minutes ago, Destiny Skywalker said: By the way, bribing kids with candy is also how you teach them to ski. No joke. I bribe the shit out of kids all day. Link to post Share on other sites
Cerina 2,979 Posted Monday at 10:04 PM Share Posted Monday at 10:04 PM My 6 year-old taught my 13 (almost 14) year-old how to demand bribes/payment for doing things. Link to post Share on other sites
Destiny Skywalker 2,339 Posted yesterday at 05:43 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 05:43 AM Ugh guys it was day 1 of 3 of soccer tryouts and I think Q blew it already. Link to post Share on other sites
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