Rookie Sport Parent

SEMI-CHLORINATED LIFE: 

Rookie sport parent

I may be an “expert” in swimming, but due to the time I spent acquiring that title, I’m quite clueless on how other sports work and train…which makes me like every other parent…Olympian or not. I am a full-on rookie sport parent, and I’m loving every second of it.  Well, sort of…

When I finally dropped my daughter off at her first gymnastics meet last year, I felt like I needed a drink.  I arrived at the gym later than I should have, and my daughter’s hair was nowhere close to “completely slicked back” as was clearly stated it should be in the handbook.  I was walking around looking for someone, anyone to direct me. Once I dropped her in the “gymnast only” area, I felt I could breath again.  And then I thought…this is crazy, sports have been my life. How do I not know what to do? I was a rookie with a capital R, and it was clearly painted really big in the middle of my forehead.  Funny enough, that idea made me smile . . .

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