Grown Folks Nation: Discipline Through Sports Analogies
I love to use sports analogies as a teaching tool. One day a about a year ago, my son was supposed to be up on the roof at the pool. When my daughter went up his was not there. It turns out
he stopped at a friends loft on the way up. My wife was pretty upset and launch into one of those motherly "We were concerned about you, we thought someone grabbed you" tongue lashings that
every kid gets from his mom. It is almost always followed by the dreaded "Wait until your Dad gets home"!!! He had the look of fear when I arrived. Rather than conventional methods of discipline, I took the opportunity to show him the video of "THE CATCH". Most people know about the CATCH It means different things to different people. (Especially in Dallas) In this version, Bill Walsh explains it and it unfolds thanks to Steve Sabol and the good people at NFL Films
I told him "Son - Joe Montana could not see Dwight Clark but through years and years of training and practicing he KNEW exactly where he would be. I NEED to have that same feeling about you. I will tell you I had to leave the room because I was almost laughing out loud for sounding like Bill Walsh, Bill Belichick and Bill Cosby at the same time!! Do you have any sports analogies??
Follow Me ON Twitter: @djjudah
Facebook: www.facebook.com/troynalls
Comments [2]