Tag Archives: youth sports

You Gotta Know When—And How—To Fold ’Em!

By Paul Peavy

Sometimes ya’ just gotta know when to fold ‘em. I help run The Mac Crutchfield Foundation, which provides college swim scholarships and donates to Special Olympics.

The foundation was organizing a new and exciting fun run, but the crowd was not responding, and we …

Remember, Competition Is Tough On A Kid

By Paul Peavy

I was watching a college basketball game on TV about a month ago. A few extra curricular elbows and shoves were getting thrown around when the commentator said, “They need to remember that this is just a game.”

Obviously, something has stuck with me about that simple statement …

Granny’s Gone Wild!

By Paul Peavy

Well, it finally happened. Crazy, mad granny pushed a swim meet official into the pool for disqualifying her granddaughter because her granddaughter broke a rule. It looked a little like this…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHXNkUquL5o#t=1198

While this was a classic funny scene in a “Beverly Hillbillies” episode, …