Benjamin Franklin said, “By failing to plan, you are preparing to fail.” Winston Churchill said, “He who fails to plan is planning to fail” So far things were really starting to go well at practice. The biggest issue I had to deal with was learning the girls’ names. They were all having fun and practicing their skills. Spirits were high and our first game was on a Saturday morning. It was scheduled at 9:00am at the facility where we practiced. Everyone was excited and the team was really starting to gel. One girl stood out as a leader among them. She was good dealing with the other girls and she had knowledge and insight when it came to her other players, so at the final practice before the game we designated her team captain.     The night before the game we received an email telling us that the game had been moved up to 8:00am. A couple last minute texts went...

  Incompetence can often look like malfeasance. I have been thinking about that a lot. We, as humans, are liars. That isn’t a judgement, it is a statement. We don’t always lie because we mean harm. Many lies we tell are to make others, or ourselves, feel good or avoid uncomfortable situations. Sometimes we lie to just move beyond a situation, gloss over complicated details or little lies of omission. What am I talking about?!?     At the beginning of each volleyball year is a meeting. It’s full of important information, mostly for new parents. Every year parent participation is an issue. I understand. I pay a bunch of money so my daughter can play in the league and I expect to get something for my money. I expect a safe environment where my daughter will learn from experienced volleyball players and coaches and hopefully have a good time. Every meeting...

  A little something about me, as if this whole website wasn’t, I’m really not a sports fan. My favorite part of football season is the empty grocery store while games are on. I do enjoy going to games because of the spectacle but I couldn’t care less about stats or records. I have no interest in any sport, except maybe skateboarding but that isn’t really a sport. I find sports on TV to be grating. I think that putting on a football game during Thanksgiving is the equivalent of taking a big steamy dump in the middle of the living room. It’s obnoxious, irritating and unescapable. That being said, guess who is now a volleyball coach… I made a new t-shirt. Based on the drawing that I also turned into a gif a couple weeks ago.     Pretty happy with how it turned out. I’m still having a bit of a problem wearing my own shirts. I really...

  Holy cow, am I looking forward to summer. The kids have their last day of school coming up and I am ready for it. Now that my kids are getting a little older we are able to do things that we couldn’t before. The last few weeks have been pretty stressful planning everything out and getting everything in line but things are now in place and summer is almost here.     I’m making this a beach summer. Wisconsin has amazing parks and we are going to go to at least 8 of them over the summer. Some have swimming. Some have hiking. They are all different and I can’t wait. My work is going to let me shift my hours some so I can get out early and spend the day catching the rays.     Next will be the brats, bbq, potato salad and baked beans. Not to mention beer gardens should be popping up any minute now. Yeah, it’s just around the corner and I...