IronManTim

u/IronManTim


r/flagfootball•

So I guess I'm coaching now (8U)

Looking for Assistance

My daughter wanted to play football this fall, so sure, why not! I volunteered to be an assistant coach, so I can help out at practices and such, but apparently there's a shortage of head coaches, so I was asked to step up and be a head coach.

I'm not totally new to football (played 3 years in high school, and intramural flag in college) and I'm not new to coaching (middle school and high school baseball and wrestling), and I'm not even fully new to this age group (coached 7U soccer in the spring), but football is a different beast with formation requirements, and how it's more important to follow instructions for a particular play (whereas things naturally devolved into a moving blob in

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r/Parenting•

Looking to crowdsource opinions on what to do.

We booked a gym for a birthday party this week. Unfortunately, my daughter is sick and it's extremely likely that we won't be able to put on the birthday party as planned. The gym's policy is that we can reschedule a birthday party 3 weeks out, but as it's this week, we will be responsible for the entire rental fee. That sucks, but it's not the worst thing in the world.

But the question is what to do now? Do I just cancel the whole thing and eat the cost? Or do we just tell people they're allowed to show up and play even if it's not for a birthday party (we won't be buying any food, etc.). My wife worries that the kids will all be talkin

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