smokeminside posted:THIS, from Iowamom:
“Having said all that — we have made ourselves crazy by trying to interpret everything the coach said or did or if he talked to the kid during the game or the look on his face while kid pitched. And then we made our kid crazy by asking him to interpret the coach for us.”
Our experience with our outfielder when he was a freshman was much the same. 3 returning OF starters, played second fiddle all fall and winter. Listened to player gossip about who was gonna be where. Watched and listened for signals from the coaches who were all as inscrutable as the Sphinx. Preseason practice more of the same. The morning of the first game, which was on the road, boys eating hotel breakfast buffet. Son piles a small mountain of food on his plate because they’re gonna play a doubleheader and he figures it’s gonna be a long day on the bench. Coach walks up and asks him if all that food is gonna make him faster. Son says I don’t think so. Coach says something like “you might want to cut back a little, Turbo, cuz you’re starting in center.”
That’s one of the first times my son realized nobody knows anything.
Our boys need to keep their heads down and grind, grind, grind. Then whatever happens, they’ve done all they can do.
Great story 😂