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What kind of player are you?

This is Coach Mike Hickmon.

Saturday night, he was shot and killed at a 9U game in Texas.

He was shot because some adults were mad at a referee, got into an altercation, and one of them pulled his gun and killed Coach Hickmon.

High School and Middle School Football starts this week. Travel and park ball is in full swing as well.

Before you walk into that stadium or park, I need you to say the following words:

IT AIN'T THAT SERIOUS

Your son is going to do some good things and some bad things.

Your son's Coach is going to make some great calls and some questionable calls.

The referees are going to throw flags for penalties that you don't see, and keep their flags in their pockets for things you think are pretty obvious.

Despite all that....

IT AIN'T THAT SERIOUS

I promise you, the entire experience will be better if you commit to screaming as loud as you can when your team or son does something great, and being as encouraging as possible when the opposite happens.