Mourning the loss of the seasons

Football, Netball, and rugby were for when it was grey, wet, and muddy.

Tennis, athletics, and cricket for when the sun and the strawberries came out.

Not now. Preparation for the new season begins before the old season has finished. There is no old and new, just constant.

Like a fix. A morning without coffee, a day without a phone.

Professional sport is dependent on money. It can’t live without it.

But, you, the grassroots coach, what’s behind your fix?