Dodgeball to Basketball

So, my team didn't win the Dodgeball tournament. It was an interesting experience, though. It's interesting to see how competitive people can get about a silly game. I did, on the other hand make it onto the faculty all-star team wich competed against the student all-star team. It wasn't even close. We put 'em down quick!

Now, with dodgeball over, I can concentrate on the upcoming basketball season. For those who don't know, I coach high school girls basketball. I am not the head coach and not the JV coach either. I was hired to be the head coach and things haven't gone quite as expected, to put it in a nice way. Anyway, I'm still on the court coaching, yelling, running, pushing, encouraging and generally doing everything I can to get every ounce of potential out of each player. At the end of practice, I'm usually as exhausted as the players. I didn't know it until Irene made a comment to someone else that I am a lot more upbeat right now and happier, in general. The fact is, I am! It's not that my life sucks the rest of the time but I think it's simply the fact that I get to do what I love to do on a regular basis right now. Irene tries to keep my head in check but it's hard, when you end a practice and see the drastic improvement, not to feel pretty good about the way you do things.

Well, gotta change for practice!

Dodgeball!!

So, it's become a tradition at this here high school for the faculty to have a dodgeball tournament. I have opted to participate in said tournament this year. It is today after school. I'm not sure what to expect from this but a lot of these teachers take a lot of pride in their dodgeball skills and make sure that everyone else knows what the eventual outcome of the tournament will be. I, on the other hand, being from Texas need not brag. Humility is just a natural trait for us Texans and the need to express our superiority in, well, just about anything is a given.

I look forward to the tournament today. I hope that I can bring my teammates up to a championship level.

I'll try to remember to post results tomorrow.

On another note, basketball practice starts tomorrow (Finally!!!). I do love basketball season and being on the court every day!