A few practices are in the book, and I have been the one orchestrating what to do during practice and creating a lineup for our very first game. Having said that, I was not expecting my very first game as a head coach to go the way that it did. The Junior Acme team consisted of twelve players and we did not exactly have a strong pitching staff needless to say. Having to play the hand I was dealt, we made it out of the first game losing 21-3 at home. Now, the team we played had many kids that were juniors and seniors whom were going to play Varsity in the spring season and our team was rather young. It was definitely a learning experience for me and the kids whom have never had their butts kicked like that before. The score aside, I thought we played hard and never gave in to the much older players we faced. The hardest part for me was having to give the post game speech to the kids who had a look between wondering if I was ready for this and disappointment in themselves. I look forward to the upcoming weeks and proving I can succeed.
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