I coach Little League, the nationwide league of junior-level baseball teams, to elementary and middle school kids each year. My coaching run throughout our baseball season, and I always feel a great sense of satisfaction when we have our local Seattle junior baseball championship.
First of all, while some parents come to watch their children during the year, most do not. The championship at the end of the year is quite impressive, and it leaves the parents with a great appreciation for the work their kids put in all year.
More importantly, the end of the year leaves me with quite a sense of accomplishment. I’m always amazed by the lack of self-confidence that so many of these children show. I don’t know whether it’s their home environments, their schools or their own personalities that tell them that they “can’t” but Little League helps them to see that they “Can!” in so many ways.
The kids learn discipline and self-respect through Little League, while they think that they’re really learning how to handle a bat and how to throw correctly. It’s a great vehicle for helping them to develop on a personal level and it fills me with a self of satisfaction when I see what they’ve accomplished and how they’ve changed over the course of the year.
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