Kid's sports - parent's perspective needed

Clodfobble · 12-10-2007, 03:13 PM

Is there any possibility that you are humbly refusing to acknowledge the role your own coaching may be having in making these average kids magically become great players? Or maybe it's just that the other coaches really suck. I played on a softball team once that lost every single game, by a minimum of ten points. In retrospect, I have realized that we were just as average as the other teams, but we had suck-ass coaches who took the whole "we're just here to have fun" thing to the extreme of never helping us improve. (We had girls throwing with the wrong leg forward, for example, and they never said anything, through the whole season.)

Perhaps you could hold practices together with the other team(s), that way the other kids can learn from either you or your awesome kids, whichever it really is.

lookout123 · 12-10-2007, 03:26 PM

Both of those coaches are ultra competitive "win at all costs" types. I play against both of them in the adult leagues. Collaboration is unlikely. One of them would like to physically injure me, the other has specifically said I'm a lousy coach and shouldn't be allowed to waste kid's time.

Honestly, they are each better "skills and drills" coaches than I am anyway. My main goal is to teach kids how to think on the field and have fun. You may be able to dribble fast, pass straight, and shoot hard, but what good does it do if you aren't sure which one to do in a given situation?

kerosene · 12-10-2007, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Perhaps you could hold practices together with the other team(s), that way the other kids can learn from either you or your awesome kids, whichever it really is.

I like this idea...perhaps mix all the kids up in scrimmages...then see how they perform. I think this would make it feel less antagonistic for the kids of other teams.

kerosene · 12-10-2007, 03:30 PM

Ah, nevermind. Too late.

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lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Both of those coaches are ultra competitive "win at all costs" types. I play against both of them in the adult leagues. Collaboration is unlikely. One of them would like to physically injure me, the other has specifically said I'm a lousy coach and shouldn't be allowed to waste kid's time. Honestly, they are each better "skills and drills" coaches than I am anyway. My main goal is to teach kids how to think on the field and have fun. You may be able to dribble fast, pass straight, and shoot hard, but what good does it do if you aren't sure which one to do in a given situation? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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12-10-2007, 03:13 PM	#1
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Is there any possibility that you are humbly refusing to acknowledge the role your own coaching may be having in making these average kids magically become great players? Or maybe it's just that the other coaches really suck. I played on a softball team once that lost every single game, by a minimum of ten points. In retrospect, I have realized that we were just as average as the other teams, but we had suck-ass coaches who took the whole "we're just here to have fun" thing to the extreme of never helping us improve. (We had girls throwing with the wrong leg forward, for example, and they never said anything, through the whole season.) Perhaps you could hold practices together with the other team(s), that way the other kids can learn from either you or your awesome kids, whichever it really is.

12-10-2007, 03:30 PM	#4
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Ah, nevermind. Too late.

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