Last night I hosted a reunion of sorts for a group of parents who had more fun than the kids on a youth sports team. I spent 6 years of my life traveling around with the same bunch. We had a blast during those years. We could not wait for the games to be over with so we could go back to the hotel, sit poolside, order pizzas, and crack open the coolers. The kids would swim and us parents would relax and crack open a few more coolers. Then the wine would come out.....then the tequila shots....next thing you knew everybody was in the pool. Yeah, some cell phones met their fate at the pool bottom, but we really did not care as it was just our annoying employers trying to call us with some stupid question. If it were truly an emergency, people knew which hotel we could be found at.
I think word got out that we were the "fun" team as our coaches would get calls from the coaches of other teams wondering which hotel we were all staying at so they could join in for the after game pool parties. During games and tournaments we were all competitive and had our game faces on jabbing the opposing team(s) with pseudo-insults. Afterwards we were all partying at the pool together laughing and joking.
Our team did end up winning a lot of tournaments, but it was not because we were super intense and anal retentive. I think it was because the kids and the parents had FUN.
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