95% of youth coaches are good guys, and 95% of complaints about these coaches are playing time/pecking order issues

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Feb 16, 2020
7:16:54pm

SJS Shaky place kicker

95% of youth coaches are good guys, and 95% of complaints about these coaches are playing time/pecking order issues

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SJS

Previous username: San Juan Sun
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Last login: May 12, 2024
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In defense of the "Dad Coach"

2/16/20 5:58pm

Most are good, but some are truly cringe-worthy and even borderline abusive.

Samsonite

2/16/20 6:04pm

My experience has been that VERY few are abusive or jerks. Many play favorites,

Triznaynay

2/16/20 6:08pm

I think a lot of dads are reluctant coaches

Wingnut

2/16/20 6:05pm

I coach most of my kids’ teams because typically 1-2 weeks before the season...

2/16/20 6:52pm

On one team I coached I had a couple dads telling me to stop taking my kid out.

Joe Banks

2/16/20 6:54pm

Oh, I forgot to mention that ‘benefit’ - my kids probably sit out more than...

2/16/20 7:15pm

I'll take aggressive dad coach over aggressive parent...wants to coach but..

ordinary tri guy

2/16/20 7:02pm

This is a good point. Aggressive oblivious parent is just as bad or worse.

kotacoug

2/16/20 7:04pm

95% of youth coaches are good guys, and 95% of complaints about these coaches are playing time/pecking order issues

SJS

2/16/20 7:16pm

I coached my sons in everything...

CoachSpeak

2/16/20 7:26pm

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