«I have
seen my Dad coach this program since I was in the fifth grade,» said Katie King, a junior forward and tri-captain.
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An AAU basketball
coach in Terre Haute, Jimmy Smith, was looking for kids to round out a newly formed team, and the
dad of one of his players had
seen a new kid on the playground at Fuqua Elementary.
«I feel like up until this year, no one has really
seen how great of a
coach my
dad really is.
As a football
coach he
sees one thing, but as a
dad he's seemingly committed his son to another.
Sometimes the actions of
coaches get caught on video for all to
see — allowing us to watch, dissect, evaluate and form opinions — but often unacceptable behavior goes undetected when it occurs during a mid-week practice while moms and
dads are juggling schedules and can't be present all the time.
Within weeks, he's picking Pita up from school (when one of the nuns there asks whether he ever
sees «the hand of God» in what he does, he admits, «I'm the sheep that got lost»),
coaching her at swimming («There's no such thing as tough, there's trained and untrained»), helping her with homework, and looking after her new dog, a present from
dad, who's feeling guilty about the frequent, unspecified trips he takes with mom.