Coach J's Basketball Website: Welcome
I recently came across a letter that was written by a dad to a son that I wanted to share. I wish I had written this as it includes almost everything that you would want to say to a kid from a parent. Way to go dad!
“Son, my hopes for you…
I hope you win but I want you to understand the real purpose of sports is not just to try to win but to experience satisfaction and joy from the competition itself.
I hope you love the sport so much that you can have fun, feel good about yourself and learn the important life lessons no matter what the outcome.
I hope you set goals and work hard at getting better but when things don’t go so well, I hope you can be tough and tenacious, never giving up or giving in.
I hope you pursue self-improvement and victory with passion but I hope you can do so for the pleasure and sense of accomplishment it gives you and not just to please me or to get approval of others.
I hope you can always conduct yourself in a way that brings honor to your team, your coaches, your family and above all, yourself.
I hope you can be a model of good sportsmanship, treating teammates, opponents and officials with the utmost respect, resisting temptations to brag, argue, accuse or whine.
I hope you can respect the sport and the letter and spirit of the rules what define it by avoiding all forms of cheating.
And most of all, I want you to know how proud of you I am.
Love Dad.
