I’ve talked a little about how impressed I have been with Blue’s baseball coaches this year, but since we are so thick into baseball right now I wanted to point them out again.  First of all, if any of you have kids, boys especially, you know how tough it can be to get them to do anything.  They don’t understand organization, and would rather pour water on each other’s heads than pay attention to what’s going on around them.  Now take twelve of those types of people and give them metal bats.

When the season started Blue had no idea the “rules” of baseball.  He knew that to get a guy out you tag him and he knew how to hit, but as far as working as a team he had no clue.  The coaches just started right in on helping them learn, working one-on-one and also promoting how to work as a team.  It hasn’t been that long and the boys are a completely different team as when they started.  

I don’t know if many of you played sports growing up but I did and there are specific coaches that I remember, who took the time to teach me things and showed a genuine interest in helping me learn.  Those coaches seem to stick out in my memory as guys that really cared.  Blue’s coaches are that same way.  I don’t know how they do it, but the find the time and energy to make every kid feel like they are the star, and they find a way to connect with each little guy and help them learn.  For Blue’s first year of sports I couldn’t have asked for a better group of men coaching.  

Did you play sports growing up?  How were your coaches?

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