Fun is the small things, which when connected together make for a happy occasion where everybody has a good time.
Yesterday, I coached a team of pre-teens. Rather than drilling through them rules, discipline, hard-work, strategies for winning etc, instead played games, communicated with them, ensured they knew each other, allowed some horse-play, kept up a variety of activities, told sports stories....and so on.
You know they had fun from the banter, smiles on faces, camaraderie, mixing and mingling. This is my objective. When they leave the gym, they should be smiling and wanting to come back.
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