tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post6185539443424801888..comments2024-03-26T17:55:50.539-04:00Comments on Cranky old man: YOUTH SPORTS COACHESjoehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-28892911937336934232012-04-23T19:50:12.830-04:002012-04-23T19:50:12.830-04:00"Stranger Danger" is a myth - the most d..."Stranger Danger" is a myth - the most dreadful threat to a child's well being comes from within the family circle!<br /><br />Whatever you do - don't let Dad go to junior's Little Athletics meet!JohnDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608216150220329902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-88684613495031303632012-04-23T19:49:23.576-04:002012-04-23T19:49:23.576-04:00That's a long-ass comment!
Sorry. Couldn't...That's a long-ass comment!<br />Sorry. Couldn't resist.<br />We've done Little League and soccer. My husband coaches, referees, and umpires and I am a score-keeper and teach the score-keeper clinic. We've had a few issues but nothing this bad! But...point taken. Parents need to learn their place in youth sports!Michael Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070442945458114572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-32724973387285325232012-04-23T17:28:59.402-04:002012-04-23T17:28:59.402-04:00Wow...that mother has some nerve! Seriously. Jus...Wow...that mother has some nerve! Seriously. Just wow.<br /><br />My husband coaches soccer for our children's teams. Thankfully he has never had any parent like the ones you've described. And he's been doing it for years. So I guess we've been lucky. What he does encounter are bratty kids who are used to getting their way. My husband is a no-nonsence type of guy, so when some kid pops off to him or won't go along with the practice, my husband just sits him out on the sidelines. The kid can kick and scream all he wants, but unless he can cooperate he cannot join practice. My husband always said to me, "I'm not here to babysit." If a parent asks why little Johnnie is sitting out, my husband tells them the truth and so far he's never had a problem with a parent. The kids learn this pretty quick in the first few practices, and at the end of the season he always has a team full of kids who cooperate well. Some parents even thank my husband and tell him that they are impressed with how well their child "minds" when he's at practice. <br /><br />Two of my children volunteer to referee our younger children's soccer games. My son Alex is only 12, and he's out there being a ref for my 8 year old daughter's soccer game this season. I am always nervous for him. I know that he knows the game well enough to do the job, but I'm just always worried that some parent will crush his spirit by yelling at him if he makes a call that they do not agree with, or God forbid if he should make a mistake. I'm always at the games that he refs for....just DARING someone to pop off to my kid. I listen to every comment from the sideline (well, I try to. I can't be everywhere at once) and IF someone were to say anything rude or negative to my son, I'd walk up to them and say something like this: "I don't see YOUR butt out there volunteering to ref this game. Why pick on a 12 year old who is doing his best? What, do you want to make him feel awful so that he won't want to ref another game for us? We are always short volunteers and without a center ref we have no game. So just chill out with the negative comments. This is 8 year old soccer, you know, not World Cup."Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04446770591516588794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-76329289019322323992012-04-23T16:29:03.302-04:002012-04-23T16:29:03.302-04:00These parents have no idea how mortified most of t...These parents have no idea how mortified most of their children are when they interfere in this way. Good for you, Cranky, for coaching when you had to put up with s**t like this.The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-7586745684852847932012-04-23T16:27:17.821-04:002012-04-23T16:27:17.821-04:00Eeeeek!
Competitive sports stress me out anyway, ...Eeeeek!<br /><br />Competitive sports stress me out anyway, but to have to deal with that. *shudders and runs back to her nice, safe, community circus where everyone works together and there is no competition other than to improve yourself*Eccentricesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350166822047688150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-56323704361576515272012-04-23T15:20:21.626-04:002012-04-23T15:20:21.626-04:00I'm not a sports person, but when our son was ...I'm not a sports person, but when our son was small and on a baseball team I was enlisted as our teams third base coach. My wife was enlisted as first base coach. The first time our team was up at bat, three players ended up on third base and the umpire threw two of them out. Me and the missus were never asked to help out again. I wish this wasn't a true story.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-38409698018924643932012-04-23T11:51:23.705-04:002012-04-23T11:51:23.705-04:00Wow! What terrible stories. I would have told th...Wow! What terrible stories. I would have told the first mom that she should make "PLANS" to be a better MOTHER!!! And in the second instance, I'd probably be a viral YouTube sensation (and a felon).<br /><br />Of course you did the right things, but I'll bet you chewed a hole in your tongue.<br /><br />Taking it a step further, it's my opinion the problem with our schools today isn't with the teachers or the administartors or due to lack of funding. It's parents not doing their job as parents. Step up or shut up, parents!<br /><br />SLowandslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08608734222483888884noreply@blogger.com