I miss it all...

I'm sitting in my office and I just miss it all.

This week was supposed to be our College ID Camp here at Stan State. It is one of my favorite events. Two days of life as a Warrior.

We should have had four youth soccer camps by now. I'm sure they would have all been in 100 degree heat. Last year we started using a new format called FUNiño. It was amazing. I wish we were having those camps.

We are about a month away from when our season is supposed to start. Gear should be arriving. Nobody loves inventory and screen printing. But I really miss it.

July is a huge recruiting month for us. I miss giving campus tours, going to Davis for a Showcase, wading through knee high grass at Pleasanton to watch youth soccer, and seeing all my coaching colleagues.

But most of all I miss my team...

I'm going to miss them dancing their way into our locker room. Seeing them open their new gear. Doing silly icebreakers. Not being able to sleep the night before the first day of practice because the next day is my favorite day of the year. Waking up at 6 am to set-up the beep test. Hoping everyone passes so we can just play soccer. All days. Realizing I'm not in coaching shape yet. Being so sore by day three I need lots of Advil.

I'm going to miss our huddles, our deep breaths, our high fives, and rondo.

I'm going to miss it all. But I'll miss my team MOST of all.