Coaching Is No easy Job But I Love It

Phew!! I knew before this that coaching is a challenging job but I have never really experience it before until recent years. I have seen how disappointed my coaches got if we didn't do well, how they work through the night to get the forms, music, routine done....I admit that recent experience taught me that coaching small kids is not a job that should be taken lightly, especially when Hwei Ling and I have to handle 20 over girls aged 4 to 8 years. In fact, most of my time is spent on getting their attention. They tend to lose concentration very easily. But the fact is there are kids and kids are like that. I guess their concentration will come with training. It requires lots and lots of patience. But you know what, I am loving every moment of it!!

Sometimes, people ask me why don't I coach older gymnasts? The truth is, I love the young girls:) There are so so cute! What they say, how they act and everything is just so so.....spontaneous. But that is the way people should act, isn't it? Spontaneous. As we grow up, we tend to be aware about how we talk, what we do, how we dress and so on, all the time the 'real' us is hiding behind somewhere all these masks which kind of drive us towards acting what the society perceive as 'normal', or should I say formal. Frankly, we are kind of restricting ourselves from expressing our feelings, our character, to show everybody who we really are. That, I learned from these innocent little girls. Thanks girls! If only they could understand all these...

Well, tomorrow will be their first competition. They were all so excited this morning when I reminded them about this.  They have been putting in lots of effort over the weeks, doing their best to take in whatever that is forced into them all at once and never once complain...Haha:) But, yeah, they did it, they improved a lot, that's the most important thing. Good Luck Girls, remember to smile, straight knees, point your toes, listen to the music and most of all enjoy yourself! ( and again, if only they could read this right now)

Time to go. Big day tomorrow. Got to get some sleep. In fact, I think I am as nervous as they are. Coaches usually feel this right?