Two weeks ago, my 14-year-old daughter sat out practices leading up to her rep sport-team’s season opener.
Which made her livid. She possesses a competitive zeal that scares me sometimes.
A tendon sprain behind her right knee kept her from jogging, let alone running, without piercing discomfort. Suddenly at practice the night before the game, however, she declared herself pain-free — and convinced me, her coaches and her team’s trainer and physiotherapist as much.
So, she practised that night without incident, then played — fabulously — in the next day’s opener.
But a week later, guess what?