I had to text our head coach today and ask him if it was normal to be having issues sleeping during football season. I am not the type of person to ever have any trouble sleeping. My head hits the pillow and I am out cold. Lately though I can't get my mind to relax or slow down. I am actually going over conversations and thoughts I want to express to the kids and the other coaches who are helping me to run the defense or even just running the drills. This is crazy, one I am having restless nights because of friggin' 10 year old kids and they aren't even my actual children. Second, to have this much control over not just kids, but adults who are older than I am and to get them all to listen. I have been in this spot before in my life and blew it. An old job where I was promoted to a supervisor after a month on the job and I was trying to get adults twice my age (18) to listen and respond to me as a boss. I guess this is where that year in my life will come in handy. I learned how to talk to adults that were older and get them to do what I need them to do. I never ever thought that this would ever come in to play, but here it is almost 15 years later and I am actually thinking of that time in my life and trying to figure out how to use it to my advantage. I blew that opportunity. I AM NOT BLOWING THIS ONE!
So that text to the head coach, his response was with a joke about how he likes a certain type of alcohol to put himself to sleep. Not the answer I was looking for being a non-drinker, but effective because it relaxed me a bit. He then called me and we had a discussion about how I was as a whole. He was actually happy that I am losing sleep, because he believes I am taking it seriously enough to where it is bothering my regular routine. He then assured me that he and the other coaches had no problem trusting me with what I am doing and my leadership with the kids. At this point I was wondering if he remembers I have one year of coaching football and no experience actually playing as a child. Needless to say he would have just scoffed at my attempt to bring up this subject. In this short discussion he not only got me feeling confident, but also competent of what I am doing and what I am going to attempt to do and I am grateful. Now let's hope this can get my sleep back to where it usually is, because my lazy ass needs some sleep!
"Coach" Nathan
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