It looks like the sports season will wrap up tomorrow for North Shore Country Day School. Still competing today is Blake Oslan in the IHSA State Tennis Tournament. He is trying to fight his way through the consolation bracket after winning two matches yesterday and then losing to top seed Martin Joyce of Hinsdale Central yesterday. Also competing tomorrow is Sophomore Tommy McHugh who will take the Blue Track tomorrow at Eastern Illinois University at 12:10 pm to compete in the finals of the 3200m run. Good luck to Blake and Tommy our last competitors of the year.
With all this excitement I only have four reads for this Friday. Enjoy!
The more I think about coaching youth sports, the more I think we may be missing the boat. More on that in a series of posts next week. But here is an article that expresses the true power of coaching. Yes we want our athletes to be successful in the here and now. But more importantly we want our athletes to be successful for the challenges of life. Here is a great example.
Lessons In Life From a Little League Coach -- Newsday 5-22-15
Mary Cain is one of a number of young women who have turned pro as runners before college. The reasons to turn pro for Cain may be clearer than most. She made the finals of the world championships and ran multiple junior records in high school. However, coaching young women is extremely tricky. Cain has had an off season so far this year and returned home. I post this partly for the news and partly because I fear we over invest in prodigies. I hope Cain bounces back and figure she will with time. But I am not a fan of early professional athletic careers and have always feared that Cain might be used by business interests.
Teen Star Mary Cain Returns Home -- Runnersworld
What if we are wrong? I think this is always an interesting question about the thoughts we have. The Quakers often enter into conversations on difficult issues with that thought no matter what the opinion is. Krugman asks the question here that I have thought also, what if we are wrong about all the advantages of technology.
The Big Meh -- Paul Krugman -- NYT
I often get asked -- or told -- we should be copying some other program. The reason we should typically is because they are winning more. I am open minded about other programs and never feel that we should settle for how we are now. But, creating the best program for our community is much more complicated than just copying a successful program in another community. Vern Gambetta addresses that here.
That's What They Do at the U
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