Coaching the Game

[Discuss Thrower]

Football is one my loves in life, for whatever reason that may be. And I still regret quitting like a little bitch my sophomore year of high school because I slept through a two-a-day and my mom instilled in me a fear of my own wellbeing because, as I said, I was a little bitch.

But I can't get over it, I feel the need to be a part of the game some how. I'm not a physical specimen, so that rules out playing in a rec league. And even then what pisses me off most is that I blew my chance to participate in the game where there are stakes in the outcome. So I'm left with two options:

1) Follow my dad and try to get certified as a High School official
2) Try and find a way to get involved with coaching.

The problem with option one is my future, I'm still wondering where the **** I'll wind up after my last two years of college. Law school? Graduate school for writing? Trying to hack it as a pilot? Pornography? The family business? Thus getting certified as a state referee seems a bit premature when I'm unsure if I'll stay in my home state, though I more than likely will do so.

The problem with two is that I have nothing but a year straddling the sideline as a tackling dummy on a JV team with a 3-3 record, and that team was the first team for my school since the 30s, so I have practically no real experience with any position on a squad (I practiced as a CB/WR... 5'7 135lbs kid who couldn't run faster than a 5.3 40yd.. yikes). Given this fact, I'm not a benefit to a team as a position coach, and thus I'm shut out of any opportunity that may arise.

So what do I do? I emailed a high school coach a while ago, asking if he'd briefly discuss some sort of means where I'd be an intern of sorts observing the coaching staff and trying to learn the game from that angle but I never heard back from him. I figured that this forum might yield some helpful responses and advice.

Or, I'll just get flamed mercilessly. Either way I'd like to hear from those willing to deliver some wisdom. Oh, and

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