On Soccer
During college, I coached a kindergarten/first-grade soccer team in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. I had no relevant experience with kids or soccer, which was readily apparent both on and off the field. Our crack staff of volunteer coaches would stumble to 8:50 Saturday morning games. If we weren’t late and somebody brought oranges for halftime, our expectations were exceeded.
Let me hold back my Rainbow Soccer anecdotes for another time, and instead show two quick YouTube clips. First, the most impressive goal I’ve ever seen. If our kids could have perfected this play, all our coaching shortfalls would be moot.
And second, the least impressive. Just because I love gaffes and symmetry.