“Mom! I forgot my water bottle!” “Coach, I don’t have my jersey.” Sound familiar? When I was a young athlete, I remember always forgetting something at home – from shoes to a jersey – and my parents would come to my rescue. Every time. At some point, my coach told my mom to stop rescuing…
When I first started playing basketball my parents had no idea that basketballs came in different sizes. It wasn’t their fault. They just simply did not know. They did what most parents do, they go to the local sporting goods store and just buy the first orange ball they see. Did it affect me forever?…