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[quote=Anonymous]My jv kid just came back from a tournament at his HS and he is over how his coach has been talking to him and other players this season. Here are some things he told me.

-At the varsity tournament tonight the JV team was reffing. After one of the games was over, one of the varsity members was fooling around, came over and took a jv kid’s snack, so the kid ran after the varsity player to get his snack back. Just a little horseplay after the game. The jv coach yelled at  him in a seriously stern tone, “Sit and stay.” And then added: “Just like a dog.” DS said it sounded like he was giving a command to an animal. A serious dis. The JV kid was so angry he had to leave the tournament early because he seriously wanted to quit or give the coach the middle finger and maybe get kicked off the team.

-A few months back coach said to a different friend: “You are like a robot. Do I need to open up your head and rewire some gears so you will talk more?”  I know this kid. He’s a valuable player on the team and his personality is more laid back/quiet. To me, this sounds like an unnecessary personal attack.

-A few weeks ago another teammate, a good friend of my DS, had asked the coach to video him so he could see his technique, etc. When watching the video, the friend asked my kid  to come over and watch with him, tell him what he thought. When my kid walked off, the coach said to the other kid, “Why are you two always hanging out together? Why don’t you just take him out on a date?”  Don't even know what to say about this - seriously wth?

-Another time, I guess for punishment for not doing well in a tournament, the coach told the team to meet up at a local park after school, they had to find their own transportation, no bus. Two of the kids arrived about 2 minutes before the start time and coach yelled at them. They told coach they had to wait for their ride (neither of them have licenses yet). He said, well, you should have walked then. The HS is at least a 40 minute walk from that park and on a busy commuter road.

-That same day one kid threw up because the coach had them running up and down a big hill for about 2 hours on a relatively hot day. Also said coach was dropping the f-bomb a lot and one mom at the park told him to cut out that kind of language around her little kid.

Kid who was talked to like a dog tonight is angry and asked his club coach (unaffiliated with HS) what he should do. Club coach said tell the varsity coach or AD what he's observed but not to attach names to the incidents. Kid also asked me what I thought about that idea (he's also a good friend of my son - I drive them to a lot of the club sporting events). But I'm not sure how to advise. I told him for now to sleep on it and he can discuss with my son tomorrow.

Thoughts?

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