06/15/2026
Lead from the front, stand by their side.
"With all due respect"
is what people say right before they disrespect you.
So I run it backwards.
"Due respect respects what's due"
So here, a kid learning to move is owed more than a cue.
They are a full person who knows less than me this week.
That gap is strictly reps and birthdays.
It closes, quickly.
Underneath it, we're the same.
Hope, doubt, visions, thoughts.
I coach because I know that.
I coach because I have something to share.
Something to care about with someone I care for.
I'm standing with the next generation of the willing and curious.
Kids aren't people on probation — waiting on a birthday to be handed autonomy and a self.
They have one now. My job isn't to grant it.
It's to not get in its way.
So I lead from the front.
On the lift, and on how I treat them while they learn it.
They're copying both.
Then I stand to the side and let them own an experience that, if I did it right, outgrows my own.
And now, I learn from them.
That's coaching.