Anonymous
09/01/2024 08:28
Subject: Impact of coaching during youth on a parents attitude.
OP, I get what you’re saying. In today’s world, your kid is expected to work on basketball skills year-round with travel teams and private coaching. They’re expected to come to HS ready to play and win games.
Anonymous
08/31/2024 16:58
Subject: Impact of coaching during youth on a parents attitude.
Dude, don’t try to save the world by being super dad coach. Some kids have the athleticism, hand eye coordination and sports iq to play high level high school sports and some don’t. You can see it from an early age. the kid that is good at basketball is also good at soccer, football and baseball. They’ll specialize in adolescence but could generally be good at whatever they choose. Don’t do this. You weren’t good (neither was I) and being a positive dad coach is a valuable contribution to the community, but dont start acting like you’re going to develop athletes.
Anonymous
08/31/2024 13:20
Subject: Impact of coaching during youth on a parents attitude.
Anonymous wrote:In high school, I had the classic in group out group style coach. He played his stars and wasn't going to do anything to develop the other players. Treated me like a practice prop.
He loathed me because I was tall, but didn't have skills. Couldn't catch the ball, couldn't shoot, couldn't jump. I blame it on my dad, but the coach did precious little to help. As a parent now, I am reading the coaches manuals and books. I have a book on developing post players laid it out. To paraphrase "Tall players seldom have a complete set of skills, here is how you develop catching. Here is how you develop jumping. Here is how you develop shooting...."
It wasn't anything extra-ordinary. I mean there were some yelling at practices, nothing like that one coach that started throwing balls at a player. Pretty common coaching paradigm. Anyway, I suspect there are many parents that may have had similar experiences in their youth. When you think about it there aren't very many stars and a whole bunch of scout teams even players that get to play but are just role players.
I know coaches aren't paid much usually doing it because they like the games. Other hand isn't that in the same category as being a B minus player. I mean maybe coaches don't feel that is fair being characterized as such, but then again what's wrong with being a B minus player.
Then as now, coaches don't see their job as taking raw material and making you better.
They see their job as assembling the best team they can and winning games.
Practices are for practicing things that require the whole team to do, things players cannot do on their own.
You are expected to work on individual skills individually.
Anonymous
08/30/2024 07:04
Subject: Impact of coaching during youth on a parents attitude.
Unless you are now going to become a coach yourself and make sure other kids won't experience what you did, I don't get the point of your post.
Anonymous
08/30/2024 07:01
Subject: Impact of coaching during youth on a parents attitude.
There is no need to post your stream of consciousness on DCUM. Your little story is neither newsworthy nor profound.
Anonymous
08/30/2024 06:53
Subject: Impact of coaching during youth on a parents attitude.
I had great coaches as a kid! The variety of approaches is part of the benefit of playing kid sports imo.
Anonymous
08/30/2024 06:45
Subject: Impact of coaching during youth on a parents attitude.
Anonymous wrote:Blaming your father for handing down the wrong set of genes? For not instructing you in your sport?
Most coaches are not that bright, OP. They're not going to think deeply about education or development or anything. They have other jobs and other interests apart from casually coaching a group of uninteresting kids.
You sound very dim.
If you can do better, be glad you have that intellectual interest and the finances and time to devote to this hobby.
Because at the end of day... it's all just a game...
What's wrong with the analogy I presented. I as a kid didn't practice much. I didn't do very well. Coach didn't like me.
Coach coaches casually.... doesn't develop players can't get kids interested, they aren't very good. B minus. Not going to throw the ball at them but there be no respect for that.
Anonymous
08/29/2024 21:06
Subject: Impact of coaching during youth on a parents attitude.
Blaming your father for handing down the wrong set of genes? For not instructing you in your sport?
Most coaches are not that bright, OP. They're not going to think deeply about education or development or anything. They have other jobs and other interests apart from casually coaching a group of uninteresting kids.
You sound very dim.
If you can do better, be glad you have that intellectual interest and the finances and time to devote to this hobby.
Because at the end of day... it's all just a game...
Most coaches are not that bright, OP. They're not going to think deeply about education or development or anything. They have other jobs and other interests apart from casually coaching a group of uninteresting kids.
You sound very dim.
If you can do better, be glad you have that intellectual interest and the finances and time to devote to this hobby.
Because at the end of day... it's all just a game...
Anonymous
08/29/2024 21:00
Subject: Impact of coaching during youth on a parents attitude.
So, you weren’t a great player and blame your father and coach for that and now as an adult you are trying to make yourself feel better about your lack of success by reading coaching manuals?
Quality of coaching varies widely and that’s just a fact of youth sports. Best practices for coaching also changes over time with regards to how to relate to kids and hard skills for that sport. For example, growing up playing ice hockey there was very little emphasis placed on stick handling. Now, that’s a huge part of the game/what’s taught.
Quality of coaching varies widely and that’s just a fact of youth sports. Best practices for coaching also changes over time with regards to how to relate to kids and hard skills for that sport. For example, growing up playing ice hockey there was very little emphasis placed on stick handling. Now, that’s a huge part of the game/what’s taught.
Anonymous
08/26/2024 09:28
Subject: Impact of coaching during youth on a parents attitude.
In high school, I had the classic in group out group style coach. He played his stars and wasn't going to do anything to develop the other players. Treated me like a practice prop.
He loathed me because I was tall, but didn't have skills. Couldn't catch the ball, couldn't shoot, couldn't jump. I blame it on my dad, but the coach did precious little to help. As a parent now, I am reading the coaches manuals and books. I have a book on developing post players laid it out. To paraphrase "Tall players seldom have a complete set of skills, here is how you develop catching. Here is how you develop jumping. Here is how you develop shooting...."
It wasn't anything extra-ordinary. I mean there were some yelling at practices, nothing like that one coach that started throwing balls at a player. Pretty common coaching paradigm. Anyway, I suspect there are many parents that may have had similar experiences in their youth. When you think about it there aren't very many stars and a whole bunch of scout teams even players that get to play but are just role players.
I know coaches aren't paid much usually doing it because they like the games. Other hand isn't that in the same category as being a B minus player. I mean maybe coaches don't feel that is fair being characterized as such, but then again what's wrong with being a B minus player.
He loathed me because I was tall, but didn't have skills. Couldn't catch the ball, couldn't shoot, couldn't jump. I blame it on my dad, but the coach did precious little to help. As a parent now, I am reading the coaches manuals and books. I have a book on developing post players laid it out. To paraphrase "Tall players seldom have a complete set of skills, here is how you develop catching. Here is how you develop jumping. Here is how you develop shooting...."
It wasn't anything extra-ordinary. I mean there were some yelling at practices, nothing like that one coach that started throwing balls at a player. Pretty common coaching paradigm. Anyway, I suspect there are many parents that may have had similar experiences in their youth. When you think about it there aren't very many stars and a whole bunch of scout teams even players that get to play but are just role players.
I know coaches aren't paid much usually doing it because they like the games. Other hand isn't that in the same category as being a B minus player. I mean maybe coaches don't feel that is fair being characterized as such, but then again what's wrong with being a B minus player.