(S23) - PT 4 - The Butterfly Effect

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Kai’s career and future in the NSFL could be very different, even non-existent, if it wasn’t for a position switched, more a position affirmation, in high school. From when he first picked up the sport early on after moving from Japan to Hawaii, Kai’s speed and quickness saw him played at running back just as much, if not more, that at wide receiver all the way through his middle school days.

The change was due to his high school coach, Bruce Lee, believing that Kai showed more promise playing snaps at wide receiver than he did as the speed back of the team. With hindsight, this move by coach Lee most certainly can be said to have gotten Kai to where he is. Being able to focus on one position and its challenges, Kai eagerly took the affirmation of his position as a chance to become the best, in his high school team, hopefully his college team, and if he could home in his skill enough, land a spot for a NSFL team.

If coach Lee decided to keep Kai splitting time in both positions, or thought that he would perform better as a running back, it is likely Kai may not have been able to live up to the NSFL standard and not enter the league, regulating himself to amateur leagues within Hawaii and falling back on his Psychologist degree to be a full time psychologists. One decision buy his high school coach made sure Kai wasn’t in an office helping people with mental illness, but rather an elite and premiere athlete in one of the top sporting leagues worldwide.