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[quote=Anonymous]I also coached rec for a few years. The really young ages (4 - 5 yr olds) are not even worth discussion as that is glorified babysitting. However, once around late elementary / early middle school it was frustrating with the mix of kids and parents.  I tried incorporating everyone, including the habitual late arriving kids and no shows.  If I had to do it again, I'd likely have the disrupters run laps the entire practice while I worked with the interested kids. At least they'd get exercise. However, I do have to say that several of the attentive kids did end up making travel teams the next year and a few are playing on their HS teams now as freshman, so that is satisfying knowing I may have contributed a little bit to their continued interest and relative success in this sport.

I just wish at the youth level, [i]especially pre-teen[/i], more coaches thought of themselves as teachers of the game and of hard work and overcoming obstacles, vs. just trying to win games, recruit the "best" players, and rankings.  They'll be plenty of time for that other stuff once the players are in their HS years.[/quote]

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