Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Soccer Coach and Humanitarian

I want to discuss a great man.  My daughter's soccer coach is a part owner of one of the most amazing facilities available to friends and family.  Called Stringtown, this facility boasts a ride-able train, swimming pool, indoor soccer field, three outdoor soccer fields, sports court, sand volleyball, batting cages, and racquetball courts.


(If you are good friends with the coach, you can also use a magnificent home theater, fire pit, and a game room with ping pong, air hockey, fooseball, and pool, not to mention watching your favorite sporting events, and I mean events on the 5 large screen televisions in the room.)

When my son turned 16, we hosted his party at Stringtown.  Needless to say, with a ton of food, this location kept over 60 teenagers happy for a Friday evening.

My daughter's soccer team has benefited from this facility for the past three years.  Being able to practice during the winter in the indoor soccer facility is quite amazing.




This is also quite important since my daughter's team plays Futsal during the winter months.  (Futsal is played on a small field about the size of a basketball court.)  This practice facility allows to keep practicing long kicks used on a regulation soccer field when focusing on foot skills playing Futsal.  Sometimes when a soccer team finishes up a Futsal season and begins Spring season on regulation fields, it takes a game or two to get back in the swing of things playing on a much larger field.  With this indoor facility, that change is minimized.

The beauty of Stringtown is that you can use all of the facilities for free.  Coach has never asked for any fees of any kind.  He has hosted bi-yearly soccer team parties for the girls and parents/families.  He regularly hosts large parties for religious and civic groups.  Basically, he is a very kind and compassionate man.

My daughter's coach is a successful contractor and real estate broker.  He rode the housing wave in the mid to late '90s and early 2000's. I consider him a very fortunate and smart man!

I am grateful for coach and all the time he spends with my daughter's soccer team.  He is truly a great man!
Till next time,
Bill

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