Coach grabbed and yanked 7 yr old

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the coach grabs your kid’s arm, gives him a yank and then PUNCHES him? That’s abusive and I would be having a talk with that jerk tomorrow.

Moron, do you really think an adult male punched a 7 yr old? What would that look like? Wouldn't other people notice?

JFC, and you wonder why nobody wants to coach or teach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the coach grabs your kid’s arm, gives him a yank and then PUNCHES him? That’s abusive and I would be having a talk with that jerk tomorrow.

Moron, do you really think an adult male punched a 7 yr old? What would that look like? Wouldn't other people notice?

JFC, and you wonder why nobody wants to coach or teach.

+1

Of course the coach did not punch a kid at practice FFS. Clearly there is something missing in the reporting. 7yos are not reliable narrators as someone else said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop sending your kid. Neither if you is ready for sports.

+1. It’s amazing that anyone would be willing to coach in today’s litigious environment.

[Anonymous]

Why weren’t you there?

[Anonymous]

7 year olds shouldnt be dropped off at practice.

[Anonymous]

Can he draw you a picture of what happened? This has helped me understand exactly what happened to my young child. The account can be verbally incoherent, but you can start to get a sense of the timeline and who was where when you put it down on paper. It can help DC remember more details.

[Anonymous]

Does your kid still want to participate? If so, I would just attend a couple of practices. If he is rough with your kid, he is likely rough with others. The coach's explanation sounds reasonable, but I also would want to go watch practice to see him in action.

[Anonymous]

If these are 7 year olds there definitely was a parent there. Usually all of them at that age. Go watch the next one and talk to someone. Do you not know a single parent on your DC team? This is all so strange

[Anonymous]

I don’t see the problem. Sounds like he was falling, he grabbed the kid, then asked if he was ok and then “fist pumped him.” Your child sounds like a punk. He was crying? For what? Why would he call a fist pump a punch?

[Anonymous]

OP said this was an after school program. I'm reading this as a part of the late care. Wouldn't the school be the one to contact about this?

[Anonymous]

I am an umpire. I was doing an adult slow-pitch game the other night. One of them had this very enthusiastic little girl who loved to go get the bat. However, once she ran out while an adult runner was sprinting home. You better believe I grabbed that little girl so she didn't get run over.

Stuff happens. Not everything is an outrage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the coach grabs your kid’s arm, gives him a yank and then PUNCHES him? That’s abusive and I would be having a talk with that jerk tomorrow.

Moron, do you really think an adult male punched a 7 yr old? What would that look like? Wouldn't other people notice?

JFC, and you wonder why nobody wants to coach or teach.

It happens and you are a moron if you think it doesn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am an umpire. I was doing an adult slow-pitch game the other night. One of them had this very enthusiastic little girl who loved to go get the bat. However, once she ran out while an adult runner was sprinting home. You better believe I grabbed that little girl so she didn't get run over.

Stuff happens. Not everything is an outrage.

Completely different situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a situation I’m not yet decided on how to handle.

My second grader is in an after school basketball club. Today he came home crying, saying that his basketball coach grabbed him by the arm and yanked him, then punched him. I think the punch was a male way of expressing positive emotions. Like a high five.

My husband, who picked up my son, asked the coach about the grab. The coach said he thought my son was falling. Isn’t it normal for kids to fall down in basketball? I see it a lot in soccer and baseball for the same age group (7 yr olds).

I don’t like that an adult grabbed my son. He’s a big guy and probably in his 30s. It just doesn’t feel right to me, and I thought about emailing the person in charge to see if they could remind adults to not touch kids. I’m not sure.

Then take your little cry-baby out of contact sports or you volunteer to coach. If your precious snowflake had fallen and broken his arm you would be yelling about this big man letting your baby fall and now his arm is broken.

Basketball isn't a contact sport, troll.

OP go watch practices until you're comfortable that this coach isn't out of line. My kid is super sensitive and as a result not a very reliable narrator, but better safe than sorry.

Then why do they have charging fouls in BB?

[Anonymous]

OP: Trust your child.