Discussion: who are you coaching?

... and this is hockey season!! :-)

"Coaching" is a misnomer: I am herding cats on a soccer pitch (including my daughter). I am trying to engage and encourage 14 year old girls to remain active and have fun. I am banning smart phones from the bench. I am banning boyfriends from the bench. I am giving quizzical looks back to all girls who ask me menstruation questions. I hold all sorts of earings, nose studs, friendship bracelets during games and quite often lose them. I am treating sprained toes, ankles and knees and indents on the noggin from girls heading the ball while wearing metal hair clip thingies. I am collecting forgotten water bottles and hoodies and giving them away to those less fortunate. Once in a while I solve school math problems with them. Occasionally, I do get to 'coach' them about footie/soccer, but that's stretching it. I don't know anything about footie/soccer. Shh. Don't tell 'em.