Caity in her last year

It's hard to believe, but Caity is a senior and this will be her last year playing volleyball for an institution. Time goes by so fast. Of course, I've had kids recently get married and become rocket scientists too, so perhaps I shouldn't be surprised.

Her team struggles a bit. I don't think her coach is very good at all. I know from experience that you can fix a lot of individual problems if you identify them and work with the kid, and there are high school problems that some of those kids have. I mean, come on, you work with them six days a week, I never had more than two in J.O.

I saw one of the former coaches for my former club, who "assists" at the school we visited, but as best I can tell, he's mostly a ball shagger. He was instrumental in selling out the club, and I'm still a little bitter about that. I miss coaching a great deal, but I feel like the only way to achieve what I really want to do is to start my own. Finding kids isn't the problem, but gym time is a pain. And honestly, I'm not even sure where I'll live a year from now.

In any case, good to see Caity and chat with her parents. Her dad introduced me as her "favorite coach" to his brother, which certainly makes me smile. Honestly it's not hard to commit to a kid's development when she's so committed to the game. I wish I could clone her for my next team!