[GeronL]

?

You can always remove the child from the team.

[Darksheare]

For a second there I saw that as “Help! I ate my kids homework”.
Then saw “ate the coach” which made me go O_o.
Then I started laughing.

Yes, I have seen some coaches that just needed to be launched from a trebuchet.
Not much you can do about it, usually.

[PGR88]

Thank Jesus for giving you the opportunity to practice patience and forbearance.

[AppyPappy]

It’s not about you.

[Veggie Todd]

Or maybe you could volunteer to be an assistant coach and see how hard the job really is.

[Portcall24]

For those that didn’t read the article:

Dad, I don’t want to play anymore. Coach Mack hates me.”

“Maddy, he doesn’t hate you,” as you try to convince yourself as much as her. “Did you learn anything?

“Well, I learned what the high post is, and a back screen, cross screen, and down screen as well,” she says through the sobs that are diminishing into whimpers.

“Well that’s good. How does your skill level compare to the other girls on the team?”

I think I’m going to be a starter.

Imagine that your child has potential that you can see. Do you go with a nice friendly, easy going coach but hasn’t won a title in years? Or do you go with a coach that sees the potential that you do but knows only hard work will got get points on the board?

[TexasCajun]

Last Resort

[cdga5for4]

For those of you who haven’t read the article, it’s a fictional account of a girl’s first step into girls travel basketball. There is certainly some hyperbole in the account, although there are some points that many of us can relate too as well.

The point of the three-part blog post is that as parents we need to find out ways to make the best of these situations, and the later posts will discuss ways to do so effectively.

[Mears]

Keep your mouth shut or remove the child from the team.

This is life.

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[Mastador1]

My grandsons soccer coach was the type that there really should be no winner and made the kids hold back if they were were up by too much, one was too much for him. Later during football My Son in Law coached my grandsons team and they played against the soccer coaches football team. My grandsons team rolled over his like an express train, I thought the coach was going to cry! Children need to be taught fairness and sportsmanship, but most of all that winning is good not something to be ashamed of. My daughter and son in law swore to check out every coach from now on before they let him near their son.