I’ll Know When They’re Thirty

“How are they doing, Coach?”

It is the most frequent question we are asked as coaches, and it is the most difficult to answer.

Some people ask it as a courtesy, or as a way to strike up conversation, and they are looking for an answer no deeper than, “they are doing well.” In fact, no one ever wants to hear if your athletes are not doing well, or discuss what you plan to do about it…