Yes, it is approaching 12:00 noon, lunchtime for many of us, but it's also Launch Time! Time to launch a new blog, conceived in youth sports craziness and dedicated to the proposition that all kid athletes are created equal. Well, except my kid just might be a little more equal than yours! But seriously, I am a father, three times over, with three kids ages 12, 10 and 7 who are all heavily involved in youth sports. I have coached kid sports now for about 8 years, and finally came to the realization that, intentionally or not, there is a lot of great material in that milieu. We seem to be a society that is completely obsessed with youth sports. Kids come out of the womb and the programming begins. When we see a strapping 3-month old smack at a toy mobile, we don't say, "boy, with dexterity like that, he's sure to be a brain surgeon", but rather we say, "man, that kid is sure to be batting in the 3-hole for the Mets someday!" That's just the way it is in America. So, the mission here will be to explore kids sports in all its raw craziness. The good, the bad and the ugly. It should be a fun ride!
