Coach grabbed and yanked 7 yr old

[Anonymous]

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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?

You are very dumb. If it were a contact sport, then charging wouldn't be a foul. Seriously, just go back to baseball or whatever your kid plays.

Just because it's not allowed doesn't mean it doesn't happen. It's actually expected and happens frequently. If you've played competitive basketball, you'd know that players get elbowed in the face and ribs, intentionally and unintentionally. They trip over one another or get hit in the head from blocks or fouls. It's a very physical and contact sport.

Golf is a non-contact sport.

[Anonymous]

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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?

You are very dumb. If it were a contact sport, then charging wouldn't be a foul. Seriously, just go back to baseball or whatever your kid plays.

Just because it's not allowed doesn't mean it doesn't happen. It's actually expected and happens frequently. If you've played competitive basketball, you'd know that players get elbowed in the face and ribs, intentionally and unintentionally. They trip over one another or get hit in the head from blocks or fouls. It's a very physical and contact sport.

Golf is a non-contact sport.

The terms contact sport and non-contact sport have meaning. And basketball is a non-contact sport. You called it a contact sport and are not tripling down because you're the kind of person who can't say "that's not what I meant, I just meant sometimes contact happens," but it doesn't become more true the more you babble on.

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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?

You are very dumb. If it were a contact sport, then charging wouldn't be a foul. Seriously, just go back to baseball or whatever your kid plays.

Just because it's not allowed doesn't mean it doesn't happen. It's actually expected and happens frequently. If you've played competitive basketball, you'd know that players get elbowed in the face and ribs, intentionally and unintentionally. They trip over one another or get hit in the head from blocks or fouls. It's a very physical and contact sport.

Golf is a non-contact sport.

The terms contact sport and non-contact sport have meaning. And basketball is a non-contact sport. You called it a contact sport and are not tripling down because you're the kind of person who can't say "that's not what I meant, I just meant sometimes contact happens," but it doesn't become more true the more you babble on.

The Ohio Dept. of Health and many other sport organizations prove you wrong.

https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/high-school/odh-contact-sports-definition-ohsaa/95-4fb42b56-7954-4a4d-9ebf-4c0bd299077f

[Anonymous]

Does your child want to go back? Or does he refuse?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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?

That’s not what happened. The kid was not falling and it wasn’t a fist bump. Do you always make up facts to suit your world view?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:7 year olds shouldnt be dropped off at practice.

+1 unless another parent agrees to be responsible for your kid too. Parents need to watch to keep an eye on the coaches and to make sure their kids aren’t misbehaving. The drop offs in my program are the most disruptive and most likely to get in fights with other kids.

[Anonymous]

Your kid sounds like he loves drama, just like you. Calling a fist bump a punch?! Ridiculous. I’m sure the coach tried to stop his fall by grabbing his arm so he wouldn’t get hurt or hurt others in his fall. Then asked if he was okay and gave him a fist bump as they got back to the game. I don’t recommend sports for your child (or you).