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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We had a game where the opposing coach was a screaming lunatic throughout the game and then absolutely lovely to the boys afterwards, complementing each one on their particular skill. Still sort of scratching my head. [/quote]

I don't think thats bad (depends on what he said to the boys during the game). I don't think there is anything wrong with a coach telling his team "during the game, I'm going to be on you to do your best for yourself and help the team win", and after the game taking the approach "everybody did something today well, everybody worked hard, we're in this together".

Kids can learn to be competitive without needing to be cutthroat, they can learn that in playing a sport and in life, coaches and others have expectations of them, and they can learn win or lose, playing and working hard is ultimately the most important thing.
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Up-thread, someone used the perfect term for this sort of coaching (constant screaming at players throughout the game):

"joy-stick coaching"

It is where the coach controls the game from the sidelines through yelling out and re-positioning players.

Shouldn't kids learn the game strategy on their own or practice positioning at practice?[/quote]

I certainly don't believe in joy sticking but, due to number of players that come to practice (or are even rostered), you might not have enough players to scrimmage 7v7 or 9v9 or 11v11 at practice, so you can't practice positioning as much as you would like. Therefore, games are a great opportunity to teach, correct, and to coach.  You can't let the game be the teacher like that ol' phrase goes most of the time especially for younger ones. So I understand when my son's coach yells out to him about his positioning...and more importantly, so does my son.[/quote]

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