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05-18-2022, 09:29 PM | #2 | |
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Great contrast, the Gal that coached our Rec team actually had Goal Keeper gloves for whomever played Goal Keeper and you didn't play without them. Thsi Coach not only didn't have gloves, I bought some for the team however, he was ready to send my Son in at Goal Keeper without the gloves because my Son couldn't get them on by himself. Then he gave me a dirty look when I wouldn't let my Son go in without them and ran over to help him get them on. I'm not so sure this guy is Coaching for the right reasons. Maybe his heart is in the right place but his head isn't. |
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05-18-2022, 09:56 PM | #3 | |
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Yep, there are always two sides to these stories. Also, youth coaches get a bad rap. Having coached a ton of youth football and basketball for the last five years, I’d say that most of the time it’s undeserved. I have not had too many complaints, generally because I’m coaching them age appropriately. With that said, I had my first playing time complaint this spring….. after one freaking game. It annoys me when lazy parents, who literally don’t do sh*t except pass on crappy athletic genes and then expect to live vicariously through their kid expect you to “get their kid more involved”, despite being the slowest and least aggressive kid on the roster. Any way, youth coaches take a lot of shots from parents. My advice to those parents is to get off your ass and coach your own team if you don’t like it. |
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05-18-2022, 10:01 PM | #4 | |
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The best Coaches I have had in my life were the ones who taught you to expect to win but did not put winning above all. They taught you how to be good at the sport you were playing, how to always give 110%, how to be a good team player and how to push yourself. Winning was just a byproduct of all of that. And I always won the most under the coaches that focused on everything but winning at all costs. |
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05-18-2022, 10:07 PM | #5 | |
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And my experience is more on the daddy coach side. Paying a coach is a different matter. |
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05-19-2022, 08:09 AM | #6 |
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Location: Jan Quadrant Vincent 16
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I coached all 3 of my kids soccer teams and also coached my son's basketball teams. One or two of the soccer parents were jerks. They complained about practices and other things like that. Hey, if you don't like it, you could have chosen to coach. I dedicated my time to do that because they needed coaches and I volunteered to help. The first time I did it, I had no clue what I was doing. But I learned things over the years.
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