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volssam said:
One time I was sitting there in Neyland. And my stomach was killing me badly. And I thought I can't help it I'm gonna have to just go. I went into the restroom and looked in the the stall. And just walked back out and mentally overcame the urges. I couldn't make myself do it. It was awful.
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volssam said:
For Eazy with either elimination and then others who have bowel attacks while in Neyland, what do y'all do? Restrooms are pretty disgusting.
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I just work my way over to the student section. They are always standing, so I just squat in the middle of them so no one can see me. The students are drunk, so they don't notice.

Try it. I promise.......it will work. :)
 
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BaldBiker said:
I just work my way over to the student section. They are always standing, so I just squat in the middle of them so no one can see me. The students are drunk, so they don't notice.

Try it. I promise.......it will work. :)
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BaldBiker said:
I just work my way over to the student section. They are always standing, so I just squat in the middle of them so no one can see me. The students are drunk, so they don't notice.

Try it. I promise.......it will work. :)
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It's all fun and games until BB drops trou and defecates in the student section.
 
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Come to think of it...I've never taken a dump in Neyland Stadium. Kinda crazy considering I've been there at least 100 times.
 
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KnoxVillain said:
Come to think of it...I've never taken a dump in Neyland Stadium. Kinda crazy considering I've been there at least 100 times.
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I'm so OCD I won't even urinate in there. I have a couple of spots I go outside on campus before I go in the stadium.
 
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volssam said:
For Eazy with either elimination and then others who have bowel attacks while in Neyland, what do y'all do? Restrooms are pretty disgusting.
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This should have been a separate thread. FF material.
 
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Take a small thing of hand sanitizer for emergency decontamination of the seat. If the floors are bad well you probably stepped in worse.
 
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DaddyChad said:
Anyone have any advice for someone about to coach youth soccer? 5 year olds and I have zero experience nor knowledge about soccer. Help, please.
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I'm late to this post, but here's mine:

At the beginning of the second half, huddle your team and shout, "Which way we going?" and have them point to the other team's goal (where you want them to shoot.) At least half will point to the wrong goal, the one from the first half. Then you shout, "No, THIS way!", have them point again, and all but one will point in the right direction.

You'd be amazed how many own goals you can avoid this way.

Also, make the official socks two colors: one red and one blue, or whatever:
1. Little kids recognize teammates by their socks. They never look up above the knees of the other players. Other teams will be all blue, all red, all white, or whatever, so your players will stand out. This will increase the chances of their passing to a teammate rather than to an opponent.
2. The moms will love you. The chances of finding one blue and one red on Saturday morning are way higher than finding a pair of the same color.

Once they get older:
1. Put the slow and/or lazy, smart kids at forward, teach them about offside, and show them how to mark the second-to-last defender and linesman. They'll score for you if you can get the others to pass the ball forward.

2. Put the athletic, smart kids at center back. Their dads will be furious, but in soccer, that's the quarterback spot. Let the dads (and kids) know that you can score from center back.

3. Put the ADHD kids in midfield. They're going to run all over the place anyway, so you might as well put them where they'll bloom.

4. #10 is the hot number in soccer. Give that jersey number to the kid who deserves it, or if you haven't got one, to the offspring of the most useful parent.

Trust me on this. Team mom for years, coached and reffed for 5-6 years, one kid played college, minivan still smells like shinguards. :hi:
 
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SSVol said:
Currently wingless. I trained and flew my first 150 or so on a Tampico. After I got my IFR, I moved up to a nicely modified '63 Comanche. Latest was a Glasair SII/FT...a Miata with wings.

Would love to get back in the air in the next year or so. SR22 G3 Turbo would be very high on the list.
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Lol at "Miata with wings." Hahaha
 
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Does anyone do Draftkings on here? I have a friend that plays and he comes back with some serious cash. He started off playing the $1 and $2 games.... He just made $2,500 over the weekend. He's pretty much talked me into it lol.

I always thought it was a scam of some kind. But I guess not. Anyone play though?
 
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TriCitiesVol said:
Does anyone do Draftkings on here? I have a friend that plays and he comes back with some serious cash. He started off playing the $1 and $2 games.... He just made $2,500 over the weekend. He's pretty much talked me into it lol.

I always thought it was a scam of some kind. But I guess not. Anyone play though?
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It's not a scam but there are a lot of serious players out there. You pretty much have to go all in with the research if you wanna win.
 
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VolNExile said:
I'm late to this post, but here's mine:

At the beginning of the second half, huddle your team and shout, "Which way we going?" and have them point to the other team's goal (where you want them to shoot.) At least half will point to the wrong goal, the one from the first half. Then you shout, "No, THIS way!", have them point again, and all but one will point in the right direction.

You'd be amazed how many own goals you can avoid this way.

Also, make the official socks two colors: one red and one blue, or whatever:
1. Little kids recognize teammates by their socks. They never look up above the knees of the other players. Other teams will be all blue, all red, all white, or whatever, so your players will stand out. This will increase the chances of their passing to a teammate rather than to an opponent.
2. The moms will love you. The chances of finding one blue and one red on Saturday morning are way higher than finding a pair of the same color.

Once they get older:
1. Put the slow and/or lazy, smart kids at forward, teach them about offside, and show them how to mark the second-to-last defender and linesman. They'll score for you if you can get the others to pass the ball forward.

2. Put the athletic, smart kids at center back. Their dads will be furious, but in soccer, that's the quarterback spot. Let the dads (and kids) know that you can score from center back.

3. Put the ADHD kids in midfield. They're going to run all over the place anyway, so you might as well put them where they'll bloom.

4. #10 is the hot number in soccer. Give that jersey number to the kid who deserves it, or if you haven't got one, to the offspring of the most useful parent.

Trust me on this. Team mom for years, coached and reffed for 5-6 years, one kid played college, minivan still smells like shinguards. :hi:
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All of those are excellent points to follow. #10 is Pele's number. The best soccer player to ever play the game. A legend in Brazil and throughout the world. Wearing #10 is usually suited for the best player on the team.

Senior year in high school, a friend and I coached a team in the YMCA league. Pretty sure it was 6,7,8. Maybe 5,6,7. Long time ago, fuzzy memory. Played soccer about 15 years by then and thought it'd be easy to coach the kids. Nope. Figured out who could play keeper, then the rest just ran around like crazy. No point trying to control on field chaos. Definitely follow all the points above and I will add this.

After the first game which we got slaughtered. My buddy and I decided to give all the players nicknames. On every game jersey we would write on the back of the shirts their new names. Mind you, it was the 90's. We went with, Optimus prime, megatron, cobra, g.i. Joe, he-man, she-ra, voltron, driver (above the number 8) REM song, Pearl jam, nirvana, Metallica etc... You get the gist. The kids loved it. Cause we never said John, Sarah, Chris kick the ball. It was always their nicknames. The kids called each other their nicknames. Really funny to hear. Now the parents weren't thrilled at all at first cause we'd keep losing every game. As the season progressed, the kids' parents and opposing teams parents could not stop laughing because of how crazy we(the coaches) sounded yelling out those nicknames. And the kids saying it, too. We lost every game and scored one goal. Everybody went beserk when we finally scored a goal. Season ended and all the parents came up to us saying " I didn't like this at first, but my kid had the best time ever and so did us. We didn't win any games, but you let every child play every game and they all had an absolute blast. Thank you for the nicknames we all absolutely loved them." Goal accomplished, the kids had the best time.

It's not about winning and losing at that young of age. It's about the kids loving that they're playing and running around. Good luck coaching the team. Things go south, try the nicknames. It could ease the tension that parents can bring about sometimes..
 
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I used to think of U-8 soccer as looking more like rugby, with the players milling around in a scrum. (not sure if that's the right term) More than anything, they looked like a litter of puppies all trying to get at the food bowl, complete with yips and wiggling butts.

As for parents, I always had spare balls, and when the 'rents started losing it, I'd toss them a ball and point them to an empty pitch.

And when I was reffing, I red-carded them. :)

Excellent idea about the nicknames. In the end, it's keeping it fun. You don't know who will circle back around to soccer in 4 or 5 years and really bloom, because you made it kid- (player-)centered, not all about the adults.
 
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VolNExile said:
I used to think of U-8 soccer as looking more like rugby, with the players milling around in a scrum. (not sure if that's the right term) More than anything, they looked like a litter of puppies all trying to get at the food bowl, complete with yips and wiggling butts.

As for parents, I always had spare balls, and when the 'rents started losing it, I'd toss them a ball and point them to an empty pitch.

And when I was reffing, I red-carded them. :)

Excellent idea about the nicknames. In the end, it's keeping it fun. You don't know who will circle back around to soccer in 4 or 5 years and really bloom, because you made it kid- (player-)centered, not all about the adults.
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Perfect example about the puppies. It's just hilarious to watch the kids all run in the same direction of the ball. Ha! Red card. So wish I'd thought of that back then. Still remember this parent getting pissed cause I was taking too long teaching some proper stretching techniques. Nothing wrong with teaching some good early habits.

Agree, it's all about keeping it fun so the kids will want to keep playing. I remember some bad coaching in high school and it took the fun out of what I loved. Was able to get it back, but it's a tricky balance as you get older like in all sports. It really does take the proper fit with the right coach.

Here's to a great season of TN football!! Want some big wins this year. I love this time of year watching Premier League in the morning and then right into college games. Good luck wherever you are in exile...

Go Vols!
 
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