That wasn't on the online test

There are certain things in coaching (and in life) that no class can prepare you for. Our practice yesterday was one of those.

This was one of the few practices that we started immediately after school. Usually, the freshman team practices for an hour before we get on the floor at 3:30. However, the freshman had an away game so we got to practice from 2:20-4:30.

That was the first problem. One of my players had scheduled her driver's liscence exam for after school and she thought she'd miss just the first part of practice. Now, she was going to miss the entire practice. That left us with 8 players (since my three freshman were at their game). So, I thought we would just work on some individual skill stuff.

That's where the fun really begins. Unbeknownst to me, there was a blood drive yesterday in the small gym. When that happens, the people from the Red Cross try and finish up before the end of school and have all of their equipment out be 2:30. So, I told the girls to get dressed and we would just warm up and stretch while the Red Cross finished.

Unfortunately, at 2:30 they still had a student in a chair giving blood and they had just started picking up. If I get upset, then I look like a jerk, but now we are missing a day of practice. I started scrambling to figure out something to do and my assistant and I decided we could watch some game film.

At 3:00, we checked on the gym and it was open, but the bleachers were still pulled out and there were Cokes spilled on the floor and trash everywhere. It was 3:30 before I got on the floor and started coaching.

As my first year assistant was mopping up a Coke, I asked her if this is what she thought coaching would be like. She said "This wasn't on my online coaching test."