CYA Basketball: Why don't more parents volunteer or get involved?

[Anonymous]

I am Asian but I live in Mclean and not Chantilly. I thought Asians people play tennis and not basketball, or at least that is what I see in the Mclean area. You can go to any tennis courts in Mclean, whether middle, high school or Fairfax county recreation parks, you see mostly Asians on the tennis courts. Lot of Asians play tennis at Langley HS on weekends.

I don't see any Asians at the basketball courts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This sounds horrible but in that area, it’s because Asian parents rarely volunteer but they want to sign their kids up to play. They will sometimes volunteer for school activities that directly benefit their own child but almost never fr sports. So in Chantilly, 50% of your potential coaches will never volunteer. That’s why there are at least three parents in every age group who coach soccer, baseball, and basketball.

Bingo! That’s pretty much what I was getting at but didn’t want to call out any specific group.

Recent Asian immigrant parents may have English language issues that hold them back. Not all, but could be more than you realize depending on where you are.

not only that, they may have absolutely 0 knowledge of the sport. Don’t worry about them, just do as much as YOU can.

Don't stereotype.
300 million people play basketball in China- it is their national sport. It is growing in other Asian nations.

There are some AMAZING players in China, but to be fair, most of the Chinese adults that I see playing in the US are terrible --- there are a bunch of guys near us who play pick up together occasionally at the park near us, and, while I admire their willingness to get out there, it's a strikingly different looking game than when the regular guys play (most of whom have been playing since childhood and many of whom recently played in college).

No, there's been only ONE, not some, good player out of China, who happens to be 7-5 with parents who're national level athletes.

That's one out of two billion people. So please one exception doesn't become the norm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This sounds horrible but in that area, it’s because Asian parents rarely volunteer but they want to sign their kids up to play. They will sometimes volunteer for school activities that directly benefit their own child but almost never fr sports. So in Chantilly, 50% of your potential coaches will never volunteer. That’s why there are at least three parents in every age group who coach soccer, baseball, and basketball.

Bingo! That’s pretty much what I was getting at but didn’t want to call out any specific group.

CYA parent here and non-Asian.

Definitely cultural issues. DH and I have to swap doing the book/clock. We are the only two who willingly do this.

Well, I’m Asian and DH and I are the only two who willingly do the book and clock too. Also the team parent because no one else, black, white, or Latino, will ever volunteer to do it.

[Anonymous]

CYA has many Indian families and players, not Asian

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am Asian but I live in Mclean and not Chantilly. I thought Asians people play tennis and not basketball, or at least that is what I see in the Mclean area. You can go to any tennis courts in Mclean, whether middle, high school or Fairfax county recreation parks, you see mostly Asians on the tennis courts. Lot of Asians play tennis at Langley HS on weekends.

I don't see any Asians at the basketball courts.

Our league has rec tennis and the Asian parents love to sign their kids up but never volunteer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This sounds horrible but in that area, it’s because Asian parents rarely volunteer but they want to sign their kids up to play. They will sometimes volunteer for school activities that directly benefit their own child but almost never fr sports. So in Chantilly, 50% of your potential coaches will never volunteer. That’s why there are at least three parents in every age group who coach soccer, baseball, and basketball.

Bingo! That’s pretty much what I was getting at but didn’t want to call out any specific group.

CYA parent here and non-Asian.

Definitely cultural issues. DH and I have to swap doing the book/clock. We are the only two who willingly do this.

Well, I’m Asian and DH and I are the only two who willingly do the book and clock too. Also the team parent because no one else, black, white, or Latino, will ever volunteer to do it.

Have ether of you ever volunteered to coach?

[Anonymous]

For most people, you’re more inclined to coach if you played the sport yourself growing up. Also, Asian Americans may feel hesitant to coach because they know some parents would be disappointed and skeptical of an Asian American coach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For most people, you’re more inclined to coach if you played the sport yourself growing up. Also, Asian Americans may feel hesitant to coach because they know some parents would be disappointed and skeptical of an Asian American coach.

Baseless

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For most people, you’re more inclined to coach if you played the sport yourself growing up. Also, Asian Americans may feel hesitant to coach because they know some parents would be disappointed and skeptical of an Asian American coach.

Baseless

Racism, prejudice, and bias baseless? Unfortunately not.