Recovering from an elbow in the nose

On Saturday my sweet boy Noah had his last regular season basketball game. During halftime shoot-around, he took an elbow from a team mate. You could tell it hurt but he didn't want to cry.

Coach puts him in to start the second half and Noah is out of it. He isn't hustling. He's not really paying attention to the game. He's not guarding his guy. He's checking to see if his nose is bleeding. He's kind of in the game but mostly not. He's going through some of the motions but most of his time is being spent touching his nose and checking, "am I bleeding? am I bleeding? am I bleeding?" He did this for 3 minutes of a 6 minute quarter.

Coach calls a time out to go over something and Noah emerges out of it a new man. The coach didn't call the time out for Noah, but it still provided a change of pace for Noah. Whatever coach said, Noah was back in the game and forgetting about his nose.

He was back to guarding, being aggressive, and sprinting down the court like he always does.

do you need to call a time out today? Do you need to just stop what you are doing and reassess your situation...maybe get your bearings? When are times when you find your self going through the motions, wondering if you are bleeding, checking your vitals instead of being lost in the joy of just playing?