My son started playing football 5 years ago and since then I've been the driving force behind him. At one time I thought he was doing it for me but since he started training for high school football I've seen something different in his eyes when it comes to football.
He started off as a rook however his appendix ruptured during the season and he missed a month of games. He was marked the first season by one of his favorite coaches as a center and that hunted him the enter time he played for AYF. The following season we thought that he wasn't going to play due to his lack of enjoyment but he stepped up and showed me that he was ready. It also helped that his cousin M and his uncle D were playing football for our local high school and he saw how much fun they were having. Soon the coaches he had started asking him what he saw when he was on the sidelines and they would listen to him.
During the following 2 years I was the president for the team that he played on that was stressful. Having to deal with bitching parents, rude parents and kids that didn't want to listen to the coaches.
Last year however we lost his father. His last season at AYF was very emotional for all of us. His teammates rallied around him to show their support. Most of the team showed up for the funeral also.
What does the next season hold for us? Who really knows. Hopefully he wont be a center. And I know he'll have more fans in the stands cheering for him. I know that I wont be his only fan he'll have his step dad, his step brother, his uncle, 2 aunts, and maybe just maybe his sister. Lets not forget every high school fan for our school. I'm just hoping that football can get him to college. I'm not looking for him to be a football star in the NFL I just want him to become what he wants to become with the help of football.
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