I just have a quick post to let people know about a book called Coach by Michael Lewis. It is a very short memoir about Lewis’s experiences playing baseball under his high school coach.
It turns out years after Lewis graduated, the baseball players and (especially) their parents have turned against this legendary coach. The parents do not like his coaching methods and have asked the school administration to fire him. Lewis thinks that the parents are being short sighted and do not understand how the coach helps his player’s become men. Lewis’s book blends his memories, and melds them with the current controversy. Lewis wonders if the current team really apprieciates this coach for what he does.
I think this book will ring true for a lot of people. I think anyone who participated in sports had a coach who made you work really hard. At the time, you don’t really like that coach because of that work, but as you gain perspective and reflect on those experiences, you begin to apprieciate them more and more. And I agree with Lewis that people need coaches like that in their lives. You should read this book. It gives you a chance to reflect on the coaches who have impacted your life.
Did anyone have a particularly memorable or important coach in their life? Anyone have any good stories?