Whats your passions?

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    My kid's (7 y/o) Flag Football team. I coach the defense and it's insanely fun. The night before games I have trouble sleeping. I plan new defensive strategies based on what the other teams offensive tendencies are. I have 4 different defenses I've designed, and this season we ended up in 2nd place with a really young team for the division they're in. I come up with cool position names like: Bull, Doom, Havoc, Eagle and Brain. I tie shoes, clean noses, fix belts, and even have a stash of candy in case someone gets hurt. I'm really obsessed, but in a positive way. I'm not 'that' dad, even though I'm really serious about it. I even told my wife that I think I might coach even after my son outgrows it.

    Some of these coaches are assholes to the kids. In fact last season right before a tournament a kid on my team told me, "that coach made me cry once." Bummed me out. One of my proudest moments in coaching was watching that kid - who I coached for two seasons - almost single handedly shut that coach's team out that day - not one fucking point.

    All the kids on our current team are amazing, I don't just mean athletically either. We have a couple kids who aren't like the others. Simply not that athletic, and maybe just a little odd. One kid, I'll call him Bob, can't throw or catch, and barely contributes to the game of football - but he's got a great personality. Whenever we're standing around, he's always wanting to throw the ball back and forth. Athletically though, he's almost like a newly born giraffe. We practiced for a solid month before our first game this season, and Bob was added to our team a couple games into the season. He didn't get the same bonding time the other kids got, but they love Bob like a brother. At practice a few weeks ago we were running a drill and what to you know Bob caught a pass! Three defenders started running at him to pull his flags and all the other kids - spontaneously - blocked the defenders (not part of the drill). Bob scores a touchdown, falls to the grass, and one of the kids (same kid from the previous story) jumps on top of him and starts yelling, "You did such a good job!!!!!!!!" I'm basically loosing it at this point, trying not to cry, and fucking failing. I one-hundred-fucking-percent love each and every one these kids like they're my own.

    Tomorrow is our last practice of the season, and Saturday is our end of year tournament. I'm going to really miss it.

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    • wow thats cool!Bennn
    • RUDY! RUDY! RUDY!monospaced
    • Nice!aslip
    • As I just had a minute to re-read what I wrote.. my passion is obviously not grammar. hahamathinc
    • so... just kind of teared up here. I'd like to admit that I was a 'Bob' growing up.PonyBoy
    • read it all, enjoy! glad you get so much out of teaching others!jaylarson
    • epic - keep it up!pedromendez
    • thats life altering stuff for those kidspedromendez
    • QBN Post of the Year awardnb
    • Oh, man. I started off this morning with a coffee and this read. This is gonna be a great day!maquito
    • Good man. Great story. My dad did this for 30 years. Now he refereees.tank02
    • Thank you. As a parent, we need more folks like yourself as role models to our children.dibec
    • I try to coach all of my boys teams that they sign up for. My pops did it for me, I will do it for them. Good luck on Saturday!stoplying
    • made me wonder i read such a long text, but is very well writen, u have writing talent!api

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