High Expectations
Every weekend, the best place to people watch is a youth sports event. You hear coaches yelling at players, parents yelling at players, parents yelling at coaches, coaches yelling at parents, parents yelling at parents, and everybody yelling at referees. When done right, youth sports is a beautiful thing where kids come out and play, make friends, learn how to work with others, learn how to be active, and progressively get better over time with the right support and encouragement, with the right amount of practice, and the right amount of passion and commitment level. When it's done wrong, it's a circus. One thing that I think is dangerous is having unreal expectations for our athletes. We can have unreal expectations for our athletes when we think that they are better than what they are. We can also have unreal expectations for our athletes when we know that they can perform to a certain level, but we haven't given them certain skills yet or they are put in c...