Post by coach55 on Nov 18, 2018 20:52:33 GMT -6
Had a random coach send me this. I have no idea who said it or where it came from but thought that it was spot on.
"Most people, even parents, don't really understand what it means when a senior football player's season ends. They don't understand the true finality of it for 95% of these kids.
You can play baseball/softball in rec leagues forever. You can always play a game pick up basketball. You can play golf and tennis as much as you want when you get older. You can run track and enter 5Ks and marathons till you die.
But most high school football players will never ever put on a helmet and play the same game again. You go from being totally and completely immersed in a game you love to being totally and completely shut out from it. That is incredibly difficult.
Football is not a lifetime sport...... But high school football is a once in a lifetime experience"
"Most people, even parents, don't really understand what it means when a senior football player's season ends. They don't understand the true finality of it for 95% of these kids.
You can play baseball/softball in rec leagues forever. You can always play a game pick up basketball. You can play golf and tennis as much as you want when you get older. You can run track and enter 5Ks and marathons till you die.
But most high school football players will never ever put on a helmet and play the same game again. You go from being totally and completely immersed in a game you love to being totally and completely shut out from it. That is incredibly difficult.
Football is not a lifetime sport...... But high school football is a once in a lifetime experience"