Vacation removes me from my secondary tools, but recharges primary tools...imagination.
Billy Collins wrote a poem, Questions About Angels. That leads us in a thousand directions. Ask questions about coaches or players or teams. How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Know that each player has her unique angelic dance.
Each family rightly sees their angel through their lens. As coaches, can we wear those lenses seeing Susie and empowering her?
As coaches looking at each caterpillar do we know what nourishments make the most beautiful butterfly?
When someone asks, “how does it feel to play for me,” what range of answers do we expect? If the answers are unexpectedly harsh, are they wrong?
Looking at our dancing angels, do fans recognize the dance and marvel or just ask, “what was that?” When the angel falls off the pin, was it inevitable or preventable?
Who takes responsibility for the quality of the dance, the choreography, the artistic impression?
Do we understand that the dance ends and our angels carry on worldly ways? Have we enhanced their dance away from the pinhead?
What music plays during their dance? How did we choose it?
What steps are most critical for our dancers? How well did we teach, practice, and check the steps?
Lagniappe: when asked about the execution of his team, Coach John McKay replied, “I’m in favor of it.” When asked about his team, another coach answered, “ask me in twenty years and I’ll give you a better answer.” Find a good answer.