Oooohhh... yeah. The first Taekwondo team I was on, we had a parent named Mona, she thought her kid was the shit (arrogant little bastard), he get his ass handed to him in the ring, and it couldn't possibly be that her kid couldn't fight, it was either.
1) the ring center official 2) one of the ringside judges didn't like him 3) the coach She'd show up with a fistful of cash to try to bribe officials. The team chant wound up being "Shut up Mona!!!" -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/sstwebworks -----Original Message----- From: J.J. Merrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 11:48 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: More LLWS drama ummmm yeahhhh... have you ever worked in youth sports? :-) parents = eeeeviiiilllll On 8/24/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know. I think an awful lot of that onus is on the parents. Can you > help your child keep everything in perspective? When ESPN cameras and huge > crowds seem to suggest to the kid that this is some life or death > tragedy...can you keep it in perspective that it's "just a game"....that > what you've accomplished is incredibly special, no matter the final > outcome...that sportsmanship and fair competition and camaraderie with your > teammates and even your opponents...that these are the things to be valued > and treasured. > > If they can do THAT, then this would truly be a wonderful experience. > > On 8/24/07, J.J. Merrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Man, I just wonder if these 11 year old kids can really handle that > > type of pressure and subsequent defeat. I know sports is great but > > losing the local district and losing at the international level is a > > huge difference. I saw it on ESPN and yeah I just wanted to reach out > > and hug the kid. > > > > I'm curious if anyone has done any studies on the psychological > > effects of things like this. > > > > J.J. > > > > On 8/24/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So anyone catch Curacao's victory over Venezuela yesterday? Kid hit a 2 > > out, > > > 2 run home run in the bottom of the 7th inning to win the game. After > > > watching the ball sail over the wall, ending his season, the right > > fielder > > > just sat against the wall and bawled for several minutes....it was heart > > > wrenching man. > > > > > > Trying to find some video of it....i'm tellin ya, the Little League > > World > > > Series is where its at. > > > > > > -- > > > It was dark all around > > > there was frost on the ground > > > when the Tigers broke free. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241236 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
