lol, I don’t hear a lot towards me, but the stuff people say towards others kids or coaches is a bit insane.
Any Coaches out there?
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Almost means should have. And honestly, the lower the level, the bigger the headache. I could do a varsity game and hear next to nothing, tommorow I could do a 10u game and I’ll be viewed as someone that’s never even heard of the sport.
I've seen some parents come really close to crossing the line sometimes for games at really young ages. At that age you usually get the younger refs and umps because those kids gotta learn how to do it at some point too so it's better for them to make mistakes officiating younger kids games than older. I also get why some coaches and parents can get a little too competitive and critical too because some of those tournaments they pay good money for their kids to play in so when you get someone that struggles with the rules or calling a consistent game a loss can cost them not playing in as many games that weekend. Luckily my kids just play in rec leagues, they are not good enough that we want to try signing them up for something more competitive yet as skill wise and their lack of passion to play at a higher level is not there. But have seen some tense moments even in rec leagues with parents jawing at refs or other parents too where it gets uncomfortable and you wish they would take a step back and realize it's just a game.
When school begins in the next weeks I will begin my 33rd year of coaching "something" at DM East and the 32nd year of teaching in the DM schools. I am currently the Head girls Track coach (18 years) but have been an assistant for both boys and girls basketball, girls tennis, and football. Working with the kids has kept me young and I enjoy seeing them out of the classroom. Since I no longer teach at East I also help the activities department by running the play clock and shot clock to be visible out of track season. I like to win as much as anyone but running a program where I strive to make sure everyone has a positive experience has become as important to me as qualifying as many events for Drake and State Coed. I enjoy the relationships I have built with kids and love it when former athletes stop by practice to visit. I am not sure how many more years I will coach, but as long as I feel like I am making a difference I will keep doing it. Will admit being on a bus after 9 PM on a school night is not much fun anymore.
I also coached both my boys in club sports and absolutely loved watching them develop and build skills. Both played varsity sports in high school so I did not mess them up too badly!
I also coached both my boys in club sports and absolutely loved watching them develop and build skills. Both played varsity sports in high school so I did not mess them up too badly!
I’ve coached little league and USSSA baseball, football, soccer, and I’ve coached hundreds of kids and families.
Every year in my initial contact I always say if kids are complaining about umpires or anything else I consider them unready to play and they will sit the next inning.
I haven’t had an issue really at all.
My son and my daughter are both in their late 20’s. I coached them both from when they were preschool through 6th grade. Football, basketball, softball, and baseball. Sometimes I was the head coach and sometimes I was the assistant coach. Some team were just rec ball and some were travel ball. I really enjoyed it and I think was was pretty good at it. I miss it.
You may need to reset your goals and just enjoy pushing the few kids that you get out, to improve, and worry less about how the team does overall. Ask yourself some questions, do you still enjoy coaching cross country and what about it still excites you. There is nothing worst than a coach that is not 100% committed and just going through the motions, its not fare to the kids nor you.
When I gave up coaching varsity football, within a year, I found that I missed being around the kids and teaching football, so when the MS 8th grade coaching opened up and they asked me to take it, I jumped at the chance. Allowing me to get my football coaching fix, teaching the game., while still being around the kids. It also helped that we were very competitive, because its was just your 8th grade kids verses ours not your 4 grades verse ours, which the school I was at was rarely going to win that battle.
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Along with other parents, I Coached all 3 of our daughters in youth/club Basketball, Soccer and Volleyball. Somehow, in all those years we had the best, most supportive parents, and not one single problem with a girl or a parent and it certainly had nothing to do with my coaching accumen! Those were some really great times and great memories. Was super busy for sure, but definitely miss those days now!
I played little-league, was a lefty, couldn't hit much. I drew a lot of walks. I still recall, fifty-some years later, the time my dad called me out on strikes.
Steeeeeeeeeeeeerike Three!
This says alot about youth sports these days. I was pretty much "voluntold" to help coach Little League one year. I was upfront with the parents from day one. Told them I volunteered to coach their son and if I heard any of them trying to coach from the stands, that I would personally come out and give them my hat and the team scorebook and that I would take their seat in the stand. Laid the ground rules early an never heard a peep all that season.
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Survey: Managing parents among top reasons youth coaches quit
Most of America's youth-sport coaches are feeling burned out and fed up with verbal harassment and abuse, mainly from parents of athletes, according to a national survey released Thursday by the U.S. Center for SafeSport.
My father coached multiple sports (football, baseball, weight lifting) and I was lucky enough to get to see the inner workings of film study and inter coach planning. Thought I might try it myself but never have beyond some youth league things long time back. Always seemed like a rewarding job
I never really had problems with parents. Coached girls basketball when my daughter was maybe 4th-8th. Then helped coach baseball about the same ages, but wasn't the main coach some of that time.This says alot about youth sports these days. I was pretty much "voluntold" to help coach Little League one year. I was upfront with the parents from day one. Told them I volunteered to coach their son and if I heard any of them trying to coach from the stands, that I would personally come out and give them my hat and the team scorebook and that I would take their seat in the stand. Laid the ground rules early an never heard a peep all that season.
Survey: Managing parents among top reasons youth coaches quit
Most of America's youth-sport coaches are feeling burned out and fed up with verbal harassment and abuse, mainly from parents of athletes, according to a national survey released Thursday by the U.S. Center for SafeSport.
I'm sure there were parents that didn't like how I did things, but nobody ever complained to me that I can remember. About the only thing I had to help communicate is that there were parents that really didn't understand what it took for a kid to be good in terms of practice. We'd get maybe 3 hours a week to practice youth girls basketball, and had mostly kids that played a little, but not a ton. So you had to use that time to do some drills and fundamentals, but you also had to spend a lot of time being a functional team for the tournaments that were going on most weekends. A lot of parents just really didn't understand that my daughter could shoot and handle the ball because she spent hundreds of hours on her own doing it. I think a lot of parents thought like a 5th grade kid that can't do any of those things well was going to become extremely skilled after showing up to a few practices.
Otherwise parents were great and very appreciative. Even when we had behavior or bullying problems, parents always seemed to have my back. Very lucky to have that.
