It's tough ridding the bench as a student-athlete. But as a youth football coach it is amazing the changes every season with developing players - the star one year is a role player the next, the role player becomes the star. And back and forth it goes. When in a supporting, bench role, remind the player that sometimes the experts, well they just get it wrong.
Some examples:
The Portland Trailblazers passed on Michael Jordan
Tom Brady was a 6th round draft pick
Apple fired Steve Jobs
Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper for being...."unimaginative!"
Anaheim first rejected Disneyland as a stupid idea
and on it goes.
Find ways to use examples of how getting "passed over" is just part of the youth sports journey.
