I’m at a wrestling meet & 1 of my kids notices that Glenelg is spelled the same frontwards & backwards. I say ‘yea thas called a… a…’. I couldn’t think of what it was called so I asked 1 of my other kids i coach ‘Ay, whats it called when a word is spelled the same frontwards & backwards?’. To which he looks up at me & responds…’Racecar?’.
Me & the other kid just look at each other & say at the same time ‘What???’.(Later on we realized it was called a palindrome)
After an hour of teasing we let it go. The last match of the day came around. By this time the kids were tired & sum a lil beat up. But with a lil motivation they came together & got pumped for the last match of the day. They lined up to clap it up for the first wrestler to come out. As he came down the line i stopped him & said”Ay, go out there & wrestling smart,,, no easy takedowns ,,, 1st move,,, & racecar. High 5″. In which he high 5′d me & said “racecar” & then beat his opponent. The kid who said racecar did not like this & was gettin annoyed with every “Racecar” & high 5. After about the 5th or 6th kid came out i looked over at him sulking in the corner so i made the team give him a group hug.
During one of the matches the referees changed. As 1 of my kids was getting close 2 pinning his kid i yelled”Lift his head… bring him in… alright now racecar.RACECAR!”. This made the ref laugh causing him 2 toot on his whistle(which was in his mouth).
I put my head behind my other coach 2 chuckle a bit as he turned 2 me with a smile & said “You’re an asshole”