These are my gators! Well, some of them anyways. They are the inspiritation for my blog. They are a great team and I love being their head coach. The best part of coaching for me is that I still have swimming in my life. My life just isn't complete without long boring swim meets to sit through! And how awesome to be able to be at a swim meet but not have to worry about swimming? I just get to cheer for, give pep talks to and coach the swimmers! I also get special treatment: people see my coach's credentials and I can go anywhere I want to. People also walk around pushing a cart of treats and food for the coaches! What a life.

But really, the greatest part is connecting with the swimmers. They seem to view me as a special sort of friend because I'm not a parent, teacher, or religious leader. I remember feeling this way about my coaches, and it's pretty cool.

Gosh, if only I would have majored in coaching.