Reply to Best Coaches in the area? Northern VA, DC, Maryland for girls?

Forum Index » Soccer

Reply to "Best Coaches in the area? Northern VA, DC, Maryland for girls?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=soccerx3kidsss][quote=lojack74][quote=SDC][quote=soccer_dc][quote=SDC][quote=soccer_dc][quote=SDC][quote=soccer_dc][quote=SDC][quote=NotMessi]Did Rae Ann Taylor leave Loudoun?  Don't see her on the website anymore.[/quote]

She was fired. [/quote]

What happened? Bad behavior? Going to another club and bringing players with her? Hard to imagine what else could be done to get fired mid season[/quote]

Officially, it was "bad behavior".  Unofficially, that meant whiny parents with kids on the bench who were unhappy.[/quote]

She was fired because parents were whining about kids playing time? huh?[/quote]

Unhappy parents caused this, yes.[/quote]

How? Did the unhappy parents make up false accusations of the bad behavior or did it really occur? [/quote]

You have to know Rae Ann Taylor to fully understand, but some people call it tough love/tough coaching.  Some call it abuse.  But all boiled down to their snowflake not being treated like a princess.  It's not black and white, but when parents threaten legal action, the club reacted.[/quote]

And this is how we end up with pro players thinking the abuse that's been happening to them since youth soccer, and still happening in the pros, is OK. I don't know about the coach you're talking about, but I have seen coaches absolutely berating players. That's not coaching. That's not tough love. And calling it abuse is not being a snowflake. It's is very black-and-white. Not a lot of grey area when it comes to abuse. My $0.02.[/quote]

I hate when parents don't understand what constitutes abuse. What is considered abuse by a coach?
Usually, this involves a coach telling an athlete or making him or her feel that he or she is worthless, despised, inadequate, or valued only as a result of his or her athletic performance.Youth Soccer has an endemic on their hand with this and what Loudoun did with Rae Ann Taylor was the right thing. More clubs should really do some quality control and follow suit. Now the real problem is that the club is hush hush about what really took place so anything on here is pure speculation. They have come to an agreement to part ways amicably without discussing it further so that she can go and get another job and continue her pattern of behavior. Nothing excuses abuse. Know your audience and who you are teaching. Being soft has nothing to do with it. I'd like to see all these parents get berated on the daily at work and see how it affects their day to day confidence and image of themselves. Good coaches are aware of what they say and how it impacts their players. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics