This morning we had morning practice at 6am, which of course no want ever wants to attend since it's so early in the morning. We have 18 girls on the team and only 8 girls ended up showing up. We sat around the pool deck waiting and getting ready to hop in the water to do a swim set. As our coach sat there on deck with us telling us what our swim set was going to be, I heard him mumble that he was 'hungry'. I really did not want to be at practice, and I know no one else wanted to be there either. I knew my coach's favorite restaurant was Franks so I simply suggested we should all do a team bonding and go out for breakfast instead of doing a swim set. I could tell my coach was actually thinking about it.
So...he decided to take us out and everyone was thankful since he decided to pay for all of us too. my persuasion worked on him because I convinced him how much he himself wanted breakfast and especially breakfast from Franks. It worked out in all of our favor!
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What a simple but great example! You were able to see your coach's biggest value(at the moment), and capitalize on the kairos. You knew that once you started practice that it would harder to persuade him to stop practice, and go out to breakfast. You also showed him you shared in his decorum of the moment, that you not only wanted breakfast but breakfast from Franks. Finally, you capitalized on the ethos of team bonding make him believe that eating food as a team would help you bond more than practicing and working on plays.
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