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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree coaching boys is different from coaching girls on the whole. Are there kids who are exceptions, sure I was one of them. However, my daughter is not me - she is sensitive and takes things personally. I have watched a different coach in another club destroy her confidence over the past year so we leaving as are a number of others. She doesn’t need to be coddled, she does another sport and the coach isn’t soft on the kids - but they do feel supported.

My H coaches boys and girls in two different sports. He figured out within the first couple of practices they were different. Good coaches meet the kids where they are at and learn over time what helps them succeed. That’s what good leaders do. [/quote]

News alert: boys and girls are different, boys are different from other boys, and girls are different from other girls. My DD plays for a very tough coach who reminds me of my highschool football coach in Texas. Mean SOB, or at least he pretends to be on the field. She probably couldn’t have played for him two or three years ago, but she’s an extremely confident player now and went out of her way to play for him this season, with full knowledge of his style (including by her talking to girls a year ahead of her who played for him last year, and me talking to some of their parents).  She understands that his volume, tone, and words are intended to motivate her, and she uses them in that way. Like anyone, she might develop emotional issues at some point in her life, but it will be despite what this coach has done for her emotional health, not because of it. Her younger brother, on the other hand, would melt in a minute under this coach. Maybe that will change in time, maybe it won’t. But I really don’t understand why some people who don’t know the first thing about my kids and don’t actually know the coaches who get talked about here feel like they are more qualified than my kids or me to decide what is best for them. I guess it takes a village. [/quote]

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