January 14, 2020

THE COACH

By Corey Koskie

Photo Courtesy of https://www.nays.org/coaches/

Corey Koskie

Former MLB third baseman, Linklete.com Founder

Started Linklete. Former MLB player for the Twins, Brewers, Blue Jays and Cubs. Retired in 2009 after dealing with concussion symptoms for over 2 years. Since retiring has spent 1000's of hours coaching youth sports and to date has coached 99 youth sports teams.

I am a youth sports coach.

I love watching your kid get better.

I love watching the frustration when your child tries something new because I know the smile is coming when they master this skill.

I am a youth sports coach.

I love watching your child grow through adversity.

I love watching your child fail because I know with every failure they are building resilience needed for life.

I am a youth sports coach.

I love the ups and downs of sports.

I love watching your child succeed because I know how hard they worked to get it.

I am a youth sports coach.

I am a volunteer

I am a father

I am a husband

I have a career

I spend 30 hours a week preparing for practices, running practices, coaching games, supervising your child.

I am a youth sports coach.

I sacrifice my time with my family, my kids, my wife to coach your child.

I am a youth sports coach.

Why do you talk bad about me in front of your child?

Why do you second guess my every move to other parents?

Why don’t you respect me?

I was a youth sports coach.

I spent 1-hour building a practice and your kid doesn’t show up for practice Why don’t you respect my time?

I was a youth sports coach.

Your child misses practice but shows up for all the games.

Why don’t you respect your teammates’ time?

I was a youth sports coach.

Why do you scold my wife for what you don’t like about the team?

Why do you question my integrity and talk about my child’s ability to other parents?

Why don’t you respect my family?

I was a youth sports coach.

You can be narcissistic

You can be selfish

You can be narrow-minded

You can be angry

You can be results-focused

I was a youth sports coach.

You could have been process-focused

You could have been happy

You could have been supportive

You could have been respectful

You could have enjoyed your time

You could have enjoyed your child’s experience

I am a youth sports coach.

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