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advice Inktober

Keep Your Eye on the Ball

A creepy twist on some solid advice. Ask any ball player and they’ll tell you that they hear this phrase more than any other. Some players hear it more than others.

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memories sports

Coaching

It’s funny how your image of authority figures tends to change as you get older. As a kid in athletics there was sort of a negative stigma attached to the hard-line, uber-competitive coach. You know, the violently gum-chewing, whistle-blowing, arrogant, perpetually angry-because-his-team-didn’t-make-it-to-State-when-he-was-in-high-school-so-you’re-gonna-pay-penance-for-it coach. The guy who ran you ’til you either passed out or died […]