This is just my observations. I have reached out to Coaches to get my EF school league started (2nd school league new school district). The truest fellow Coaches have came through via through teams, EF agendas, bases, visits,all with the intent of spreading the EF philosophy to our youth.
Many have again recommited to sending what they could and again thanks
(Coaches if you have donated in the past please do not concern yourself for there is enough Coaches out there to for our youth. I am sure I am not the first Coach to attempt this.
I am looking for that fellowship that I read about in the post, I have not met all the Big name Coaches out there yet, But I have met many ER, RM, JG, KL, NR, JD, GD, GH, KB, N1, KC
, CS, WW, and others.
They all had the big hearts to match them. If nothing else send a couple of pencil written plays
Thank you for the replies, but my heart gets heavy when there is a scattered response when I attempt to do things to help our youth, to give them options other than the streets. This EF thing helped me and I hope to pass it on.
Think of this ask a kid who a certain NFL star is and they will run the list, then ask a kid who a certain EFL Coach is (not your sons/daughters) lol and then you will see that we must nurture and pass this on. We are the children of the EF beginning and as men we must make sure it never ends.
This why I came back and yes I have only played 1 major tournament, and attended 2 but I felt like I was back home with my crew(friends/family) getting ready for some fun competition
This EF hobby has revigorated my sense of purpose. When us Coaches telephone eachother for the meeting point before we go to our league games, there is nothing like the feeling of being a part of something so special!!1
I read a brothers post a while back and he made an all out call for the younger generation to comeback for he felt something was missing in his EF experiences(dont want to miss quote you my brother)
This is what I do: I teach a karate program 3 days a week, I race slot cars and buzz with my 2 youngest children every night I get the chance. I recently went on ebay and purchased some teams and boards inspite of the fact that I am only working 3 hours a day and collecting partial unemployment (due to a budgetary reasons at my old job): I DJ, and collect HO slot cars. I have never forgot why I am alive..God spared me from the streets and I made a concious decision to give something back" and i know by way of evidence that many Coaches feel the same way.
I know many of us have been burned by scammers and hustlers and perhaps this is why the response was minimal and hey if that is it, then it is better than any wrongful assumptions. If you have read this far thanks and I left this on my post because it will be viewed at a later date and by then many of us will just take a retrospective view and say
we are all aging and if we do not pass this back to the rightful inheriters of EF;the PS2, Xbox, and Wii generation will steal them away as it did my oldest son until he just enrolled in Norfolk University in VA and called me and said "...guesss what dad...they have a EF league on campus
:rolleyes: " I love this thing of ours and maybe he can find the love for it too and that day will come when we play a full game and converse as Coaches:rolleyes: If you wish to start a HO racing club at a school or in your community, I have plenty of Xtra track to donate.
any donations can be sent to:
Coach Karim-c/o Cambridge School Ef Club
1308 Centennial Ave #320
Piscatway, NJ 08854
as soon as God makes me a full timer I will give you an address directly at the school
If it is His will, it shall happen