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[quote=Anonymous]In general, parents don't want to coach for a variety of reasons, including (1) they don't really know the sport, (2) their child wants to play on a team with their friends and if the parent coaches, the team will be split up, (3) they don't want to deal with complaints from other parents, (4) they aren't comfortable with other people's kids.  My DH stepped in at the last minute to coach our son's basketball team a few years ago and ended up with the kids that didn't have an established team.  He did a great job coaching, but the teams in the league were completely unbalanced, and my DH clearly got the less skilled players.  I have substituted for our daughter's coach on a couple of occasions, but don't want to coach 7-8 year old girls because frankly, I am too intense for that age group and I don't have an interest in making little girls cry.  Given that I don't want to coach, I do my best to support the coach, bring my kids to practices and games on time, let them know if we will miss an event, and make sure my kids know that they have to listen to the coach.[/quote]

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