Anonymous wrote:
No. A coach has a duty to coach the kids on their team. Period. This is what is wrong with travel soccer. Too many coaches loyal to themselves or their club or their reputation vs. serving their paying customers. You should not get into youth coaching to: make a profit; feed your ego; “get wins”. You should get into coaching to: teach kids how to play the game; help kids mature and grow as people; and when relevant help a kid get to the next level of play.
I agree with this, but realistically, I can also see why he would invest more energy in kids that are staying with the club. I have no idea why your daughter told him she was leaving. That wasn't necessary or helpful to her. They can always fill her spot at tryout time - not trying out tells them the information that they need to know at that point.
You can at least make it a teachable moment. Put your two weeks notice in, see the rest of the season out, don’t burn your bridge and move on. Grass is not always greener on the other side. Sometimes it is. But you always can come back across that bridge if its no burned down.
It's not a job, they don't need two weeks notice. At the tryouts, they are looking to see if anyone is better than your kid anyway. It's good to leave on a positive note (not trashing the club, saying that you appreciate what your coach and the club did for you), but it is not required to give a certain amount of notice in advance of the tryout that your child will not be attending. At the end of the day, while it is great to be polite, the club's interest is in what is best for the club, not your kid as an individual.
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