Kid's sports - The Sequel

lookout123 · 03-13-2008, 02:28 PM

Lil Lookout and two of the boys on the team go to school together and I've become friends with the parents. For the last month or so, I've picked the 3 boys up after school and taken them to the field (which sits empty) to just play and kick the ball around.

The club director was embarrassed when he stopped me yesterday and informed me that I can't bring them to the club field anymore because after the game on saturday someone complained that it's unfair that I practice my kids more than once per week. A coach who shall remain nameless and childish demanded equal field time. Freakin' loser coach. Sad thing is that if he had asked if he could bring his kids up and play with us it would have been fun.

So I will now be taking the boys to the park instead.

Flint · 03-13-2008, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

...someone complained that it's unfair that I practice my kids more than once per week...

. . . I cannot comprehend the thought process behind this. . . . What is the world coming to?

lookout123 · 03-13-2008, 02:55 PM

On the one hand I can understand the complaint. Field time is a commodity because they are indoor fields. Each team gets one hour practice per week. If one coach started practicing 3/4 nights per week, his team would probably pick apart the opposition simply because they'll be more comfortable on the ball. (Nevermind the fact that half of his current team had never touched a ball before a year ago, so I DID take them to the park a couple nights each week to teach them the very very basics.)

On the other hand, that isn't what I've been doing at all. I've been picking 3 little boys up from school and letting them kick a soccer ball around for an hour. By his reasoning I'll have to make sure that those 3 don't play soccer at recess. Wouldn't want to be unfair to the kids that don't go to school together and all.

Whatever. Like I said in the last game report the coach has been a bit nutty from his juice. I expect him to really get his team pumped up for the next time we play them. We'll see how that works.

03-13-2008, 02:28 PM	#1
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Lil Lookout and two of the boys on the team go to school together and I've become friends with the parents. For the last month or so, I've picked the 3 boys up after school and taken them to the field (which sits empty) to just play and kick the ball around. The club director was embarrassed when he stopped me yesterday and informed me that I can't bring them to the club field anymore because after the game on saturday someone complained that it's unfair that I practice my kids more than once per week. A coach who shall remain nameless and childish demanded equal field time. Freakin' loser coach. Sad thing is that if he had asked if he could bring his kids up and play with us it would have been fun. So I will now be taking the boys to the park instead. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

03-13-2008, 02:55 PM	#3
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	On the one hand I can understand the complaint. Field time is a commodity because they are indoor fields. Each team gets one hour practice per week. If one coach started practicing 3/4 nights per week, his team would probably pick apart the opposition simply because they'll be more comfortable on the ball. (Nevermind the fact that half of his current team had never touched a ball before a year ago, so I DID take them to the park a couple nights each week to teach them the very very basics.) On the other hand, that isn't what I've been doing at all. I've been picking 3 little boys up from school and letting them kick a soccer ball around for an hour. By his reasoning I'll have to make sure that those 3 don't play soccer at recess. Wouldn't want to be unfair to the kids that don't go to school together and all. Whatever. Like I said in the last game report the coach has been a bit nutty from his juice. I expect him to really get his team pumped up for the next time we play them. We'll see how that works. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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