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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been around this now for many years.

Not sure who is worse, the coaches or the parents. But I will say this, the parents have emotion as an excuse. They are not the supposed professionals in this relationship. The coaches have two jobs: 1) To teach the kids; 2) to communicate in a professional and thoughtful and open manner to their paying customers (the parents). At the older ages at the higher levels they should also connect top kids with college coaches. Winning is tertiary, but nice to also achieve. If they are doing the first two things it is likely that will be true too. [/quote]

The coaches in this area are by and large excellent and far better than when I played. The parents are far worse. I am one of them and part of the problem. I think we need to temper our expectations for how our kids will turn out and substantially raise our expectations for how much our kids should be accountable for their own development. The same is true in education. The same chronic expectation of perfection for others to produce great results for our kids with minimal stress and accountability for our kids in classrooms is played out in athletics. There has never been a better infrastructure for success in athletics and education matched with an equally impoverished environment at home for breeding autonomy, independent decision making, and excellence. [/quote]

Yes![/quote]

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