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Less a coach, More a teacher


Less a coach, more a teacher In our practices you were a preacher My confidence wavered from experiences past But a man like you knew how to bring me out Out of my shell, you brought this change about From making me scream out our cheers To encouraging me oh so sincere In that short season even my parents noticed I seemed more myself in social settings Just from those practices, always sweating Confidence on the court and during presentations You got me out of this dumb fixation Where I cared about what people thought And how I looked and how I talked So thank you, My dear Coach Benny
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