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From The Bench…
The Car Ride Home – Part 5: The Peak
by Mark Maguire
The car ride home is an experience that helps define a parent / child relationship. Here are six topics that have helped me improve myself, understand my son better and allowed him to challenge himself to be the best athlete he can be. This is your fifth ride sitting in the backseat of my car listening in on our relationship. And if you’re wondering… yes, he did agree to everything written.
How to ask those difficult questions
For the first time in my life I recently had the thought my son might have just hit his peak. I dreaded this thought. My world of believing he is going to become a great baseball player was in turmoil.
It came about when I heard about other similar aged baseball players in the U.S.A. and Latin America clocking times in their sixty-yard dash that blew away my son’s. He is one of the fastest players in this country, but over in the center of the baseball universe, he wasn’t turning any heads.
I considered asking him if he thought he hit his peak, but I couldn’t ask him that. Does that send a message I don’t believe in him? Surely, I can’t ask him that. I knew he was still recovering from a hamstring injury when he was recently time trialed and I knew he was very disappointed with his time. Yet, I felt like I was betraying him by doubting him.
Though I was feeling confused I didn’t need to blurt out whatever I was feeling. I’ve done that too many times before. I thought about it and decided to rephrase and re-frame any questions I wanted to ask.
“What do you think of that time that Dominican kid hit in his sixty?” I asked.
“Very impressive, no wonder the Dominican was offered 5.1mil’,” he said.
“But 6.3, how is that possible?”
“I know. It’s unbelievable, isn’t it?”
“I know your target was 6.4, but could you ever hit 6.3?”
“Dad, get me a sprint coach and I’ll get close to equaling that time.”
“Really, do you believe that you can compete with that time?”
“Yes, I do. Speed is my number one tool and I see where I need to be.”
“So, you have no doubts about yourself that you haven’t hit your peak?”
“No way! I want to train harder now and get my body in better condition.”
At the end of the conversation I was slightly embarrassed to suggest if he doubted himself. Fortunately, because the conversation was framed around the Dominican’s time, my son took it as an inspiration and something positive to strive for. Often, when we ask or tell our kids things it’s out of our frustration.
We care. We care deeply. We care too much. We care to the point that clouds our view of what’s really going on.
And as much as it is good to ask questions (and not blurt our presumptive statements), if we ask when we aren’t calm and have applied little thought to our words, it is obvious the issue is really all about us and not about our child.
It’s OK, we’ve all done this. It doesn’t take much to turn this around. Suffer for a bit longer and ask yourself what you want your child to take out of this conversation. If it is about you getting something off your chest, you’ll only pass your suffering onto them. If you want to pass on calmness and encouragement to your child, make sure you’re first calm and your questions are framed in an encouraging way.
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