I can’t say enough about how important having a great relationship is with your kid. If you’re not open-minded and you don’t realize that each kid is different, you’re going to struggle and so is your kid. You’ve got to be Dad, coach, friend and, sometimes, partner. That’s hard to juggle. When I see parents being so hard on their kids, they’re holding them back. Jake Barnes, Clay O’Brien Cooper and myself, when we were kids, we wanted it 100%. We didn’t have to go practice. We wanted to. It’s got to be that way for the kids, too. I let Joel and Tyler start reaching at 10 years old. I wasn’t letting them duck their horses, but I’d let them reach so they knew if they backed into the box in a short round and they had to reach, they could have the confidence to do it. They need to be able to back in there and take a shot and not be afraid of missing. That means they need your support, because—just like in basketball—you don’t make every three-pointer you take. But I want my kids to have the confidence to go for it. And eventually, the consistency will come. - Allen Bach, June 2014 Spin To Win Rodeo Magazine Read more: bit.ly/AllenBach_Vision
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 15:08:57 +0000
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