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When coaching youth sports becomes about your ego instead of their joy

I've been coaching my daughter's soccer team for three years and I realize I care more about winning than any of the kids do, and I hate that about myself.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The adult's unresolved competitive wounds are being projected onto children who just want to play.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Sports — playing and watching?”

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