Sorry this got a little long – it’s a true story from a few years ago with names changed.
I grew up playing sports, and two years after college I got a career job offer I couldn’t pass up a few states away. I took the offer, and when I arrived I joined a local men’s league to meet new folks.
A bunch of the guys in the league convinced me to put my experience to use and become a certified coach to help their youth program the next season. No need to get into details, but between when I agreed to help out and the start of the season there was a minor financial scandal in the youth program and they lost a bunch of coaches and asked me to coach a travel team of 9 and 10 year olds.
The guys from my league made sure I was put in a good situation, and the kids were talented so we got off to a good start winning most of our games.