Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t there a coach like this at every club? Why do they coach?

These guys probably don't make a lot of money in their day jobs, so they need the extra income. They probably have some built up resentment against "rich kids" that do travel.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t there a coach like this at every club? Why do they coach?

These guys probably don't make a lot of money in their day jobs, so they need the extra income. They probably have some built up resentment against "rich kids" that do travel.

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t there a coach like this at every club? Why do they coach?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s a girls coach that fits this description. He’s a giant man-baby child. Yelled at 8-10 year old girls after losing their WAGS tournament final in a razor thin close game. He’s going to be in for a rude awakening at the end of the season when half the team leaves (and numbers are already thin). My advice to you is to take your dollars to another club and let the upper management know why you left. Hurting their pocketbook is the best revenge.

Ah yes, I unfortunately know exactly who you're talking about. He's the worst and no better with his other young team. Lovely man. So motivational and uplifting. Only made three girls cry on the drive home from a blow out preseason game because he did nothing all game but scream at a few kids and afterward told the girls they basically sucked and better start trying. Complaining in writing and with numbers is my best advice.

I am interested in knowing which club this is along with the others. My DD is doing well at rec and ready for the challenge of travel, but hearing this about coaches is scary. Our rec coaches have all been so nice. Hearing this is quite a turn off. Are a lot of travel coaches this way even at the young ages?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it worth mentioning how a coach’s negative attitude is impacting the entire team to anyone in the club organization? This is a group of 14 to 15 year-old girls and it is really hurting the team dynamic, performance and many girls are suggesting they may not come back even for the spring season. I’m not referring to constructive criticism or even making real time corrections in a game- that would actually be appreciated. It is truly a shame as this is a group of girls that really like to play. I’m not even sure what the organization would do with this point as it appears it is difficult to replace coaches. It’s just as if this man has never dealt with a teenage athlete. I’m assuming few have had success in a similar situation but thought it was worth a shot to put it out there to get thoughts.

Can you be more specific about what this “negative attitude” is? Like examples?

- 10 min lecture telling the team they played horribly after a loss. Pressuring the girls to say what each other did wrong instead of what they could do to improve.
- stays silent/fuming half the game and screaming the same words over and over the other half of a game. The girls end up tuning him out.
- putting girls down in front of the team for missing practice for other sports saying that’s why they’re so terrible re their performance, when he tells parents he encourages other sports so they can be well rounded
- Tells the girls how out of shape they are while bragging about how he played in high school for minutes on end instead of using that time to get a little extra conditioning practice in
- putting down team members behind their backs to other players, causing a rift between girls

Mind you I realize I am completely biased at this point because this has been going on for a while….

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s a girls coach that fits this description. He’s a giant man-baby child. Yelled at 8-10 year old girls after losing their WAGS tournament final in a razor thin close game. He’s going to be in for a rude awakening at the end of the season when half the team leaves (and numbers are already thin). My advice to you is to take your dollars to another club and let the upper management know why you left. Hurting their pocketbook is the best revenge.

Ah yes, I unfortunately know exactly who you're talking about. He's the worst and no better with his other young team. Lovely man. So motivational and uplifting. Only made three girls cry on the drive home from a blow out preseason game because he did nothing all game but scream at a few kids and afterward told the girls they basically sucked and better start trying. Complaining in writing and with numbers is my best advice.

I am interested in knowing which club this is along with the others. My DD is doing well at rec and ready for the challenge of travel, but hearing this about coaches is scary. Our rec coaches have all been so nice. Hearing this is quite a turn off. Are a lot of travel coaches this way even at the young ages?

Yelly and toxic? Not really. Horrible and demoralizing passive aggressively? Mostly, yes

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s a girls coach that fits this description. He’s a giant man-baby child. Yelled at 8-10 year old girls after losing their WAGS tournament final in a razor thin close game. He’s going to be in for a rude awakening at the end of the season when half the team leaves (and numbers are already thin). My advice to you is to take your dollars to another club and let the upper management know why you left. Hurting their pocketbook is the best revenge.

Ah yes, I unfortunately know exactly who you're talking about. He's the worst and no better with his other young team. Lovely man. So motivational and uplifting. Only made three girls cry on the drive home from a blow out preseason game because he did nothing all game but scream at a few kids and afterward told the girls they basically sucked and better start trying. Complaining in writing and with numbers is my best advice.

I am interested in knowing which club this is along with the others. My DD is doing well at rec and ready for the challenge of travel, but hearing this about coaches is scary. Our rec coaches have all been so nice. Hearing this is quite a turn off. Are a lot of travel coaches this way even at the young ages?

Yelly and toxic? Not really. Horrible and demoralizing passive aggressively? Mostly, yes

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s a girls coach that fits this description. He’s a giant man-baby child. Yelled at 8-10 year old girls after losing their WAGS tournament final in a razor thin close game. He’s going to be in for a rude awakening at the end of the season when half the team leaves (and numbers are already thin). My advice to you is to take your dollars to another club and let the upper management know why you left. Hurting their pocketbook is the best revenge.

Ah yes, I unfortunately know exactly who you're talking about. He's the worst and no better with his other young team. Lovely man. So motivational and uplifting. Only made three girls cry on the drive home from a blow out preseason game because he did nothing all game but scream at a few kids and afterward told the girls they basically sucked and better start trying. Complaining in writing and with numbers is my best advice.

I am interested in knowing which club this is along with the others. My DD is doing well at rec and ready for the challenge of travel, but hearing this about coaches is scary. Our rec coaches have all been so nice. Hearing this is quite a turn off. Are a lot of travel coaches this way even at the young ages?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s a girls coach that fits this description. He’s a giant man-baby child. Yelled at 8-10 year old girls after losing their WAGS tournament final in a razor thin close game. He’s going to be in for a rude awakening at the end of the season when half the team leaves (and numbers are already thin). My advice to you is to take your dollars to another club and let the upper management know why you left. Hurting their pocketbook is the best revenge.

Ah yes, I unfortunately know exactly who you're talking about. He's the worst and no better with his other young team. Lovely man. So motivational and uplifting. Only made three girls cry on the drive home from a blow out preseason game because he did nothing all game but scream at a few kids and afterward told the girls they basically sucked and better start trying. Complaining in writing and with numbers is my best advice.

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Anonymous wrote:You should talk to the coaching director now since it is still early in the year. Don't make your daughter suffer all year with this. We have SO been there at a big club. 3 years, 3 coaches. All the same behavior. Finally the club hired a coach from another club. It is so refreshing to see what a real coach is like.

Also, if the club tells you they will "work" with the coach, it is BS. They don't. The same stuff continues. So you leave at the end of the year or earlier if you kid is miserable. But I will say one of my kids quit the sport because the coach was so bad. Just watch that it doesn't get that bad. I should have known...

Which club?

Anonymous wrote:There’s a girls coach that fits this description. He’s a giant man-baby child. Yelled at 8-10 year old girls after losing their WAGS tournament final in a razor thin close game. He’s going to be in for a rude awakening at the end of the season when half the team leaves (and numbers are already thin). My advice to you is to take your dollars to another club and let the upper management know why you left. Hurting their pocketbook is the best revenge.