Chip Shot: Guilty on three counts!
January 2, 2021 at 1:14 a.m.
Chip Shot: Guilty on three counts!
By Chip Davenport-
There are people who pick their nose while they’re driving their car, and the rest are people denying they do it too.
The same can be said for how many times moms and dads watch, and re-watch, their athletes on recordings of televised ball games, hudl app highlights, and homemade videos.
Go ahead mom and dad, dig up in there… never mind… go ahead and press play one more time until the recording is warped, deleted, or unavailable for access.
Here’s what triggered these thoughts for me.
The Warsaw Tiger Football Twitter handle @WarsawTigerFB releases day-by-day tweets with its top ten plays of the year. They begin on December 21st, take Christmas Day off, then release #6 through #1 up through New Year’s Eve. It triggered fond memories of the 2019 football Tigers, and specifically, my son’s senior season.
I used my time during the long Christmas weekend to relax watching Warsaw’s 2019 win over Northwood on WHME, and Warsaw’s 2019 Sectional championship win, also on WHME. No big deal, right? This was probably the first time in a long time since my son, who played well in both games, right? I don’t pick my nose in my car, right?
Wrong! Guilty on all three counts!
I’ll make a ballpark estimate and say I watch each game at least once a month! I’ll spare you any details on the third count.
My son has his hudl subscription including game-by-game films and highlights he created himself, so I’ve been able to watch a lot of last year’s Tiger football action as well as what I’ve seen from the press box this year, my second season on the beat for the Times=Union. Last year, it was handy because I my head was up and down recording play-by-play action, and pre-writing parts of the story. Consequently, I missed some of my son’s best action.
Parents of athletes, I understand if you deny picking your nose while driving your car but reach out and you’ll likely find you among your comrades they also replay those televised and YouTube recorded games.
I told last year’s junior parents their senior year will be a blink. The days will be long, the games and the season will feel short even if it includes a trip to Lucas Oil Stadium for the state championship.
My son made his bones in junior varsity action his during his sophomore and junior seasons. He played every defensive position except defensive tackle, but he spent some time playing tackle on scout team as an underclassman. He played safety on the JV squad his junior season, sparingly used in varsity action, but as a JV safety he was as big as some of the opponents’ linebackers. I guess it was an omen. His defensive coordinator was already working him out at linebacker in practice.
“Look Parker” defensive coordinator Kris Hueber told him, “you’re not gonna get any smaller.”
Good coaches know how to project; how to see what a 15-/16-year-old boy will be built and, how he’ll play when he’s 17 or 18.
He was moved to defensive end his senior season, finally earning a starting role under Friday night lights. It was a big year for him, and it was the fastest moving season I’ve experienced covering most of the games from the press box.
The fun, fleeting season ending in a flash justifies my playing and replaying my son’s filmed games as far as I’m concerned. If you think I’m guilty of doing something lame, lock me up! I’ll bet I’ll be in good company!
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There are people who pick their nose while they’re driving their car, and the rest are people denying they do it too.
The same can be said for how many times moms and dads watch, and re-watch, their athletes on recordings of televised ball games, hudl app highlights, and homemade videos.
Go ahead mom and dad, dig up in there… never mind… go ahead and press play one more time until the recording is warped, deleted, or unavailable for access.
Here’s what triggered these thoughts for me.
The Warsaw Tiger Football Twitter handle @WarsawTigerFB releases day-by-day tweets with its top ten plays of the year. They begin on December 21st, take Christmas Day off, then release #6 through #1 up through New Year’s Eve. It triggered fond memories of the 2019 football Tigers, and specifically, my son’s senior season.
I used my time during the long Christmas weekend to relax watching Warsaw’s 2019 win over Northwood on WHME, and Warsaw’s 2019 Sectional championship win, also on WHME. No big deal, right? This was probably the first time in a long time since my son, who played well in both games, right? I don’t pick my nose in my car, right?
Wrong! Guilty on all three counts!
I’ll make a ballpark estimate and say I watch each game at least once a month! I’ll spare you any details on the third count.
My son has his hudl subscription including game-by-game films and highlights he created himself, so I’ve been able to watch a lot of last year’s Tiger football action as well as what I’ve seen from the press box this year, my second season on the beat for the Times=Union. Last year, it was handy because I my head was up and down recording play-by-play action, and pre-writing parts of the story. Consequently, I missed some of my son’s best action.
Parents of athletes, I understand if you deny picking your nose while driving your car but reach out and you’ll likely find you among your comrades they also replay those televised and YouTube recorded games.
I told last year’s junior parents their senior year will be a blink. The days will be long, the games and the season will feel short even if it includes a trip to Lucas Oil Stadium for the state championship.
My son made his bones in junior varsity action his during his sophomore and junior seasons. He played every defensive position except defensive tackle, but he spent some time playing tackle on scout team as an underclassman. He played safety on the JV squad his junior season, sparingly used in varsity action, but as a JV safety he was as big as some of the opponents’ linebackers. I guess it was an omen. His defensive coordinator was already working him out at linebacker in practice.
“Look Parker” defensive coordinator Kris Hueber told him, “you’re not gonna get any smaller.”
Good coaches know how to project; how to see what a 15-/16-year-old boy will be built and, how he’ll play when he’s 17 or 18.
He was moved to defensive end his senior season, finally earning a starting role under Friday night lights. It was a big year for him, and it was the fastest moving season I’ve experienced covering most of the games from the press box.
The fun, fleeting season ending in a flash justifies my playing and replaying my son’s filmed games as far as I’m concerned. If you think I’m guilty of doing something lame, lock me up! I’ll bet I’ll be in good company!
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