I’ve started coaching my 8 year old daughter, Carrie’s, basketball team. It is so fun. Coaching girls is very different from coaching boys, however my Caroline is a jock. A tiny jock. She is very coordinated and athletic, and can run forever. Quickly.
Yesterday, we ran a simple basketball drill. The girls paired off, faced each other and shuffled side to side while passing a ball to each other. Sure enough, Carrie missed the pass and got hit in the nose. That hurts.
But what do you do as dad/coach? If it was my son, I would growl at him and say “Shake it off”. But my little girl?
I did just that.
But while I was ignoring Carrie, two other girls on our team got bumped in the nose and started crying. We ended the drill as too dangerous.
