HS sports and complaining parents

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My youngest of 2 just had their final season of HS sports at a large NOVA public. One boy, one girl over 6 years and 4 sports. Both kids made it to the Varsity level. I am shocked by how negative the parents have been across the board, but mostly very critical of the coaches. I don't understand why. We had decent coaches, all great people to be around. Some winning seasons and some not, but no matter, a majority of parents complained incessantly. I stood up for the coaches often, but eventually I tried to sit alone. Over 6 years, maybe 3 kids were recruited, so the stakes weren't high. Anyone else dealt with this? I'll miss watching my kids play but glad to get away from the negativity in the bleachers.

That’s 100% anxiety

[Anonymous]

You are lucky that you have good coaches. Ours are either embarrassingly bad, mean or a combo of both. I have yet to meet a skilled coach at our HS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are lucky that you have good coaches. Ours are either embarrassingly bad, mean or a combo of both. I have yet to meet a skilled coach at our HS

Rumor has it that the WS JV baseball coach is stepping aside

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are lucky that you have good coaches. Ours are either embarrassingly bad, mean or a combo of both. I have yet to meet a skilled coach at our HS

Rumor has it that the WS JV baseball coach is stepping aside

It's not a rumor- it is true. But, I believe it's due to a combo of change of day jobs and some health issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Favoritism is the main culprit. Parents of favored kids never get it.

This is the answer. Doubly so when the favored kids are RELATED to the coaches.

[Anonymous]

LAX
My son came to public school from a small private.

Tried out 9th grade made varsity.


By 10th grade parents were stopping him in the parking lot to complain he took their sons spots. It was awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our DD often joked about how shocking it was how bad her HS team was considering how many exceptionally skilled girls were on the team.

Our coach truly had no strategy, provided no feedback or guidance, let queen bees rule practice, and did not play the best players (not even talking about my own kid, there were other girls on the team that were low drama, hard workers, and far better players than some of the starters).

And I never ever complained about the coach to other parents. It was what it was. Everyone who cared about the sport competitively just put their head down and made it work until club season started back up.

You're just completely delusional. Her HS team was bad because all players on the team were bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our DD often joked about how shocking it was how bad her HS team was considering how many exceptionally skilled girls were on the team.

Our coach truly had no strategy, provided no feedback or guidance, let queen bees rule practice, and did not play the best players (not even talking about my own kid, there were other girls on the team that were low drama, hard workers, and far better players than some of the starters).

And I never ever complained about the coach to other parents. It was what it was. Everyone who cared about the sport competitively just put their head down and made it work until club season started back up.

You're just completely delusional. Her HS team was bad because all players on the team were bad.

The part where she wrote her DD often joked went right over your head.

My biggest complaint - the years when parents would criticize the kids during the game. "What is she doing? How did she miss that ball? etc". The attitude in the stands changed so much for the better once the kids of those parents weren't on the team anymore.