Halla!

Here is Leon getting his hands on my telephone, took a nice picture of himself if I dare say so... We were outside a little today and he was hitting some balls around the yard and playing from his "bunker". He likes to dig around in the dirt and explore the backyard. Must be exciting for him, I think about his reality and what his life experience really is from day to day. I of course see the outside of his little world and he is happy, pretty much all the time, he has a good sense of humor and is always giving us hugs and kisses. So in that sense I can judge that he is a happy little boy, but of course I wish I could get in his little head and know what he's thinking. That goes double for Amanda da, being 12 and almost a teenager, whew, uff da.. She is a real special girl, respectful to her family and friends, loving to all esspecially her little brother. But of course I'd really like to know what she's thinking ;-) Tomorrow is 8 years scince 9-11, hmm, things are still unclear to me about this and I wish the powers at be would really do a good investigaion into what happened and the aftermath, I never did buy the commissions report on what actually happened. Things are coming out and the truth will one day come out. Looking forward to see what happens in the PGA playoffs, I think the pga has maybe figured out the point system this year that keeps more people interested. I like the idea of the guys having to play weeks in a row, playing under great press while being challenged by the physical and mental duress from playing 7 weeks in a row... Poor guys da ;-)

Hoops again...

Have had first training with the boys tonight, a little disapointing that there were only 6 this time, after the 10 we had on Monday. Seems like a nice group of young men (we have one girl on the team, but she is just one of the guys ;-)anyway, we had a good practice tonight, there are many players that need to improve their individual skill level so that the whole team will be better served. Shooting is the one common skill that the players I have coached here in Norway need the most help with. If a player wants to get the most out of his real ability he has to learn how to shoot the ball. Even more so for the players I have worked with here in Norway because they are not for the most part even close to being over 2+ meters, which means eventually they have to shoot it, from yes, the outside. Most and by that I mean almost all the real good athletes play soccer or team handball, ice hockey, or the popular innebandy?? Floor Hockey... Oh well, I have coached long enough to know that we have to get the kids at a young age no matter what the sport. Just like the picture of Leon, his first putt ever (on grass da;-)he does not play floor hockey, he plays indoor golf with plastic clubs and balls... Funny guy. Anywho... Went off on another tanget there.. I think the basketball club has a good idea with their free basketball schools, I have observed many times the long term potential in using ideas as such. Most people will give anything a chance once if they get it for free, it's just getting them to come back time and time again and investing a small piece of themselves in the club/sport that is the key. I believe it has mostly to do with making it challenging but always trying to remember that it should be fun. Trying to get better at basketball, football, handball, golf, whatever sport you choose the overall goal in my opinion should be to get better while having fun at the same time taking on the challenge of improving, seriously. It's these kinds of players I love to coach, players that understand the fine line between the hard work it takes to improve and always remembering that pushing yourself to your limits SHOULD be fun even if there are many times that it's tough, hard work and tiring. Maybe thats the great thing about us humans, we love the challenge of improving ourselves, beating ourselves up both physicaly and mentaly and for the most part understanding that it's just a game anyway :-)