I’ve been thinking for a while about ways to expand the blog, make it more interesting and hopefully more entertaining and enlightening. Sometime last night, in the middle of 39 1/2 hours in front of a television watching the NCAA Tournament, it hit me.
Who is better at getting behind the scenes of what really happens in the world of high school sports than the people involved? What goes through a player’s mind during the course of a tight game? Why did a coach make a certain decision? What is it like for a parent who coached youth sports to be on the other side, watching his or her son or daughter perform? At a time when attendance is dropping, what compels certain students to show school spirit and go out several times a week to support his or her classmates?
To help answer these questions, I am going to share the blog this spring with some players, coaches, fans and parents in the Stamford area to complement the commentary and breaking news I try to offer here.
I am working out the details, but the idea is to have a male and female athlete, a coach, a fan and a parent write a weekly blog entry to share their thoughts with the readers here. I have already received a few commitments and I’m in the process of trying to finalize the lineup in the next few days.
Depending on the guest bloggers’ wishes, we will come up with a schedule for them to post their thoughts here each week, hopefully starting sometime by the beginning of April.
If anyone out there has any ideas on what you would like to read about from the bloggers, please pass them along. If there is enough interest and the bloggers are willing, we could even do some question and answer sessions.
I hope to have more news sometime soon. In the meantime, any feedback on this project is welcome.
