Our first contributor is Courtney Booth, Patient Services Coordinator. Five days a week you can find Courtney hidden behind the high cubicle walls of Dankmeyer’s Linthicum office, working diligently to provide the best customer care possible. When she is not busy attending to patients on the phone, working with insurance companies, or sorting through prosthetic and orthotic coding during the day, you can find her running around with 3rd and 4th graders on the lacrosse field. Now that her daughter is old enough, Courtney can share her longtime passion with 9-year old Grace.
Courtney started playing lacrosse at the age of eight in Annapolis and was immediately hooked on the sport. Holding a lacrosse stick came naturally to her and she continued to play for many years. Now, as an adult, she has gotten back into the game - not running up and down the field chasing the ball, but from the sidelines as a coach! Here is a little bit about Coach Courtney and her lacrosse team Storm.
‘I started coaching my daughter’s Sticklettes team last year. This is the first level of lacrosse for 5-7 year old girls. Coaching was something I had always considered but never really took the leap. When the lacrosse organization came up short and needed coaches, I was asked to volunteer. Of course, I couldn’t turn down the smiles and pleas from my 8-year daughter and decided to try my hand as Coach Courtney. Now in my second year of coaching, moving up to the Peewee level as my daughter continues to progress, I have found a new way to love lacrosse all over again. We practice two days a week and play games against other teams all across Anne Arundel County. Coaching has been an excellent way to relieve stress, clear the mind, and have some fun. It has also been a perfect way to work in exercise - trying to keep up with a bunch of 8- and 9-year old spunky, energetic girls.
Not only has coaching made a positive impact in my life physically and mentally, it has been a great way to give back to the community and meet some new friends. As our wonderful season comes to an end, it has been extremely rewarding to see the girls improve over the last ten weeks using the skills and fundamentals I have been teaching them. I look forward to continuing on as Coach Courtney for many years to come. GO STORM!!’