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There's always a bond between coach and player, and through all of the triumphs and tragedies it can become a strong one. But what if the coach and player were father and son? For a pair of Upperman coaches and their sons,Marketing students make Shirts loveboots for Squirts a success. if anything, it's made that bond between father and son and player and coach even stronger.

In boys basketball, UHS coach Bobby McWilliams saw his son Tyler enter the Bees roster this past season as a freshman guard. Over at baseball, coach Joey Jones just completed his second season with his son Joe playing as a first baseman and pitcher.

"It's definitely a different experience," Coach McWilliams said. "But when you coach other kids, you grow pretty close to them too. Eventually, you learn to have a genuine care for them. It's been a really neat experience for me and I've really enjoyed coaching Tyler. It probably hasn't been too easy on him as a player, but we're working through some of the rough stuff. Overall, it's truly been enjoyable.Just in time for the 2011 summer Nike releases their latest nike air max 97 colorway in Black x White Patent."

Coach Jones added, "It's an honor to be able to coach your kid and coach him through varsity athletics and try to teach them the same thing you're trying to teach every other kid."

Trying to differentiate between those roles on and off the field has been a very difficult task at times, but the fathers have seemed to handle that pretty well.

"In the beginning, it was very hard," McWilliams said. "You had to be careful not to bring it home with you and just leave it at the gym. There was definitely an adjustment period there for both of us, but we are definitely getting better with that. Since we've both handled it better, it's made it a whole lot more fun."

Jones added, "It gets very tough sometimes to separate coach and player from father and son. It's really tough. It's just something you have to do. Out on the field, Joe's a baseball player, just like anybody else. When we get home, we talk father and son. But at the ballfield, it's coach and player."

For the kids, they don't really see any disadvantages to it.

"There really aren't any negatives to it," Joe said. "But there are a lot of positives, including helping with the behind-the-scenes stuff and do the things that make playing the game possible. I don't think it's too much different than playing for any other coach. I do talk to him a lot about the team, but I don't know everything that's going on. Sure, sometimes I do feel a little added pressure, but not usually. Honestly,Thousands of discount pnikeshoes styles for selection. I'm just another player on the baseball team."

Tyler added, "My dad and I have separated coach from dad and player from son, so we can go home after the game and talk about the game, but in more of a relaxed way. The only negative is that sometimes I worry too much about performing my best for him and I add a little extra pressure on myself. My dad has a lot of confidence in what I do, and I have a huge amount in confidence in him as well. The only pressure I feel is what I put on myself, and that's to make it Murfreesboro (for the TSSAA state tournament) one day just like we've always talked about."

And sometimes the kids inadvertently become an emissary between the players and the coaches.

"Whenever there's something going on," Tyler said, "the team usually sends me to deliver the news, like 'so-and-so forgot his shoes' or they will text me and say, 'Hey, will you tell Coach I'm going to be late?'"

Then there's the times that being the coach's son can be a little painful.

"Back when I was playing for the Babe Ruth 13-year-old All-Stars," Joe said, "we were having a team practice doing situations. In one situation, I was the pitcher, there was a runner at third and they were going to tag up on a fly ball to center field. My dad was hitting the ball, and instead of hitting a fly ball, he was off just a little bit. The line drive hit me in the rib cage, and bruised my chest some, but I was able to go on in practice and play the next day."

For the McWilliams clan, basketball's always been a part of their life as Bobby and his wife, UHS girls coach Dana McWilliams, both played collegiately at Tennessee Tech and have both gone on to successful coaching careers.

"Our boys have grown up in the gym," Coach McWilliams said. "Ever since they've been able to walk, or even before,birdsnestsupplier women is a very comfortable shoes in the brands shoes series. they've been in the gym with games. That's just kind of what we do, it's what our family does. They've grown up with that and that's kind of what they expect."

For the Jones, being out on the field is a little bit of bonding time.

"We get to spend a lot of time together," Coach Jones said. "I really enjoy it. It's really been a pleasure to be able to coach him through all the trials and tribulations of being a varsity athlete and try to bring him up right. I enjoy it, and I think he does too."

Both coaching dads would be honored to see their sons continue the tradition of coaching, but there's not any pressure there.

"Potentially, I could see Tyler doing that," Coach McWilliams said. "Someday I think he will. He really has a genuine love of basketball. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see him follow into the coaching profession in some capacity. I'm sure he'll do something that's basketball-related."

Tyler added, "Without a doubt, I'm going to follow in his footsteps. I've seen coaching be positive in his life, and that's always been a big dream of mine. I want to make a difference in a kid's like, just like my dad has done."

Joe said, "If I was presented the opportunity, I would probably think about coaching."

Coach Jones added, "I can see that. I don't know if I encourage that, but I can see Joe coaching somewhere down the line. When we talk about the game, he sees things the way I do. From a coaching standpoint, he sees it and talks it like a coach, so I'm afraid that might happen."

During school hours and ball games, he may be coach, but once the final buzzer sounds and they head home, it's dad. And the kids wouldn't have it any other way.

"It's a great experience for anyone to have," said Tyler. "He shared his love for the game to me at an early age, and now I'm just learning more and more from him on and off the court. He's a great coach and a wonderful dad."