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My Dad had a poster hanging in his office that said “All I ever really needed to know I learned in Kindergarten.” It touted lessons like play fair, put things back after you use them, say you’re sorry when you hurt someone, and take a nap every afternoon. 

I think about that poster often because it’s true. So much of what we base our lives, form our habits and beliefs on, we learn at a young age. For me, it wasn’t in a Kindergarten classroom, though I will always remember Mrs. Cook’s Kinder classroom. If I were to create this poster, it’d probably say “All I ever really needed to know I learned on the soccer pitch.” Or, on a team sport. 

The lessons you learn from the very earliest age about teamwork, supporting others, competing, bringing your best to help everyone be their best, being accountable…those are the lessons I rely on daily. Those are the lessons that helped create the very driven, but team-first person I am today. That’s also the mindset I look for in the people I surround myself with in my personal and professional life.

Almost 20 years ago, I married a man who embodied that same mentality. His life was shaped through team sports. And, he took it a lot further than I did, playing, then coaching, and refereeing at the highest levels. We both value the lessons team sports taught us.

So when we started a family, we knew sports would play a role. We didn’t care if we had driven athletes or kids who tried all the sports before finding a passion that may lie outside of sports. But we knew that we wanted that team mentality and all the invaluable lessons you innately learn by being accountable to someone outside of yourself would bring.