“All coaching is, is taking a player where he can’t take himself.” – Bill McCartney
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Growing up, I was very lucky to have some damned good coaches who volunteered their time to help me learn and grow as an athlete and as a young man. This site is dedicated to them and others like them all around the world. Tell me about yours and I’ll tell you about mine.
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Coach Gene Barber, by Roger Darnell
“Youth sports could not exist without millions of volunteers and modestly paid coaches who teach our children how to skate and catch and dribble and also how to get along with others.” – Acclaimed non-fiction author and New York Times sports columnist George Vecsey. Like most people, I am a big fan of Bruce Springsteen. …
Coach Tony Gannarelli, by Roger Darnell
For me, in the early going of my life, I was very much aware of two facts: I had an older brother, and he was better than me in virtually every way. In our hometown of Greenville, Illinois, by the time I was about 12 and Scott was about 15, our great Aunt Lola summed …
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