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find their niche and derive satisfaction and fulfillment
from their participation in interscholastic sports. I'm sure
nearly every coach in the country can cite such stories
from their own experience.
Those stories are unlikely if a coach focuses only on
the athletes who appear to have the most potential and
ignores the rest. Those less promising frogs need to be
kissed, or they will receive the message that they are
not important. They will lose interest and perhaps quit,
missing out on the life-enhancing benefits of educationbased
athletics.
Is there a more important function a coach can serve
reputation, we are merely being transactional. We are
doing it more for what we gain from it than for what our
athletes gain from it. We are missing the true potential of
kissing all the frogs.
For every story like Thomas', there are dozens of less
spectacular but just as important stories of athletes who
never reach the starting varsity lineup, let alone stardom,
but who, in their own way, make steady and impressive
progress. They dedicate themselves to training and to
their teams, and they make smaller but still significant
contributions to their programs. More importantly, they
than helping a student-athlete feel wanted, appreciated,
and respected, regardless of ability level? I think
not-especially in these days of skyrocketing rates of
depression and suicide among teenagers. Kids need a
place to belong, a place where they can make friends, a
place where they can reap the rewards of hard work and
feel the satisfaction of being a part of something bigger
than themselves.
Coaches have a priceless opportunity to enrich the
lives of their student-athletes - all of them - by giving
them the attention and care they deserve.
Yes, it's good to kiss all the frogs. Not just because one
may become a prince but because all frogs, even the ones
who don't turn into princes-maybe especially the ones
who don't turn into princes-deserve to be kissed.
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