postr/StutterJanuary 13, 2023

Coaching an 8th grade recreation boys basketball team and feeling embarrassed about my stuttering

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Coaching an 8th grade recreation boys basketball team and feeling embarrassed about my stuttering Hey guys I'm 35 and volunteered this year to coach my nephews rec basketball team. I've always loved basketball and I thought this would be a fun opportunity to spend more time with my nephews and get out of the house a little. Anyway, we've have two practices and one game (in which we got killed) and I'm feeling pretty down about it. I was having a hard time communicating adjustments to the players during the game. I feel like if I could just communicate better, maybe we wouldn't have gotten killed. I think my stutter was exacerbated by the fact that we were getting absolutely slaughtered. After the game I went up to my assistant coach and his girlfriend, my niece, and told him "so I just talked to the other coach and he said he didn't rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrun any plays". I got stuck really bad. They both laughed at me and my assistant coach mocked my stutter. I've had so many instances like this happen in my life, you'd think it wouldn't affect me anymore. But somehow it still does. I'm a stay at home dad with a 7 month old baby and don't have a lot of opportunities to get out and socialize. I was really looking forward to this opportunity to coach to get out and have some fun. Now I just feel down about the whole thing. Any advice?

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School & WorkEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability

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