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Working with younger children has always been a skill of mine. I have been a camp counselor and teacher's aide for a combined seven years and have enjoyed each and every experience. Shortly before heading into my freshman year in college, my ability to work with kids collided with another passion of mine, baseball. After a very successful baseball season senior year, a friend and I looked for work in the Spring in hopes of connecting our passion for baseball with a working opportunity. With help from a local family friend, we were set up with a coaching job in our local little league which we had both played in when we were younger.

What we did not know however, was that we were slated to be the only two coaches of the team. The team consisted of 16 10-12 year olds whom we were solely responsible for. My responsibilities included planning practices, scheduling games with the league commissioner, and communicating with umpires and coaches from the opposing teams. While the head coach, my good friend, focused on in-game strategy and making coaching decisions during the game, I focused on the players. I gave them instruction and pointers, and made sure they were mentally prepared for every practice and game. 

Not only did my relationship with my players grow overtime, my relationship with my co-coach grew exponentially. Being in a situation where we could not only help the community and younger children, but also help ourselves grow personally was an unexpected and incredible gift. My experience coaching was only preceded by private lessons that I had given throughout high school to younger baseball players. Working to ensure that every aspect of the season went flawlessly for these players kept us energized and focused on our jobs, as we knew our coaches in the past had done the same things we were doing, passing wisdom and knowledge down to us in the process.