Coaching

Simply put, I coach to provide a life-long love of sport to my athletes.  I remember thinking how dedicated and devoted my coaches were, during my years of playing sports, and realized the time that they, willingly, gave up with their own families to be there for me and my teams. It made me realize that I needed to give back to the community that I was in and become a coach.  

 

25 years later, I still feel the same - even though I have missed out on occasions with my immediate family, I know that I have such a larger family because I have passed on my love of each sport and my competitive nature to build resiliency, strength, and advocacy amongst so many other young people. On one hand, it is great to see some athletes continue on with their sport at a post-secondary level, but on the other hand, it is great just to see the passion that was built in a young athlete to fall in love with the game, just because they had a positive experience.  Many of my former athletes have continued on to, not just be coaches, but awesome teachers and role models, as I had hoped to impress upon them for the seasons, and even years, that I spent with some of them.

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