I played youth sports growing up (mostly the 90s). Amazed at what it is now.

Jul 16, 2020
7:18:01am

CosmoK All-American

It seems like your options are "training for the Olympics!" or "rec league of uninterested kids with whiney parents."

One thing I've never done is complained to a coach. Anybody coaching is a saint.

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CosmoK

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Well my son’s baseball season is over and so is my managerial career.

mobomanjoe

7/16/20 5:56am

Little League is bad. Try swim team. That’s people with money acting like Little

Iman23

7/16/20 6:13am

Swim teams are bad...

1984coug

7/16/20 6:15am

Why?

Cougarrr

7/16/20 7:20am

Summer swim teams- usually have novice coaches and soccer moms yelling at them

1984coug

7/16/20 7:23am

Then get a good one. Or just a former swimmer. As long as they aren't abusive,

Linkcoug

7/16/20 8:00am

Summer swim teams are different than USA year round

1984coug

7/16/20 8:45am

The advantage of the swim team is there is not much complaining about who plays

Blue Heart

7/16/20 12:11pm

Sports with clocks are awesome! “The clock don’t lie” is what my former coach

cougfanz

7/16/20 12:41pm

Haha. Pass.

mobomanjoe

7/16/20 6:26am

Huh? Having coached HS football and now I have a swimmer on a club team I don't

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

7/16/20 6:43am

I played youth sports growing up (mostly the 90s). Amazed at what it is now.

CosmoK

7/16/20 7:18am

We've had 3 kids swim. Great experience. Much better than team sports.

Orem58thBall

7/16/20 8:21pm

Where did they swim?

1984coug

7/16/20 11:00pm

Dimond High

Orem58thBall

7/24/20 9:17am

You rock for being the parent that volunteered. I did that for many many

SouthernBlueBlood

7/16/20 6:15am

I've got a kid on my Tball team whose dad played in the majors briefly. He's

dYrtbYkerYder

7/16/20 6:16am

But you are a hero

PortlandBlue

7/16/20 6:35am

RE: But you are a hero

mobomanjoe

7/16/20 6:47am

Thank you for sacrificing of yourself for those kids. Your son will remember it

Big Daddy D

7/16/20 6:40am

This. Your kid's memory of it will be very different than yours.

shoganai

7/16/20 7:00am

Pro tip: treats are on the parents

whirl

7/16/20 6:40am

Pro tip: team treats are done when tee ball ends

SJS

7/16/20 6:58am

Not my problem. The parents can work that out. They'll spend their energy

whirl

7/16/20 7:09am

Lol, you’d think so, but no. That group has so much capacity to complain.

SJS

7/16/20 7:31am

Only response needed: get out here and coach yourself or shut up

MormonThug

7/16/20 6:43am

Those same whiny, complaining people are the ones who make FB games

Division Bell

7/16/20 6:48am

RE: Well my son’s baseball season is over and so is my managerial career.

Oat'n'bow

7/16/20 7:04am

Obviously this is much more of an indication of the parents than anything else.

brazilcoug

7/16/20 7:06am

Sounds brutal sorry to hear. Where do you live?

wisconsincougs

7/16/20 7:06am

Yea that’s brutal

cougfanz

7/16/20 7:08am

RE: Well my son’s baseball season is over and so is my managerial career.

gwill

7/16/20 7:18am

But how big was the trophy they got?

gwill

7/16/20 7:23am

The worst thing about sports isn't the kids, it's ALWAYS the parents. ALWAYS

RockyBalboa

7/16/20 7:28am

Advice from 7 years coaching my son's bb teams

jsaskew

7/16/20 7:31am

You should send this in an email to all the parents.

kccougar

7/16/20 7:35am

Just remember, no good deed goes unpunished

thejimmer

7/16/20 7:57am

I’m well aware. I guess we just forget.

mobomanjoe

7/16/20 8:26am

Parents in sports suck.

nslcougar

7/16/20 8:31am

What a nightmare...sorry but not unexpected.

ordinary tri guy

7/16/20 8:33am

I coached for 18 years, I can check all those boxes minus the last comment

7/16/20 10:29am

Just my two cents on going back...

ordinary tri guy

7/16/20 1:12pm

Club/travel teams that don’t have parent coaches have been awesome for us

cougfanz

7/16/20 1:18pm

AF_Puma

7/16/20 8:47am

Yes, parents suck

Peter Venkman

7/16/20 9:01am

I was a first year coach this year as well. Here’s something I did that worked:

GilaHank

7/16/20 9:06am

Wow. Bunch of whiners. Sounds like you did well in a tough spot.

bluecheese

7/16/20 9:19am

Parents can ruin youth sports. City league parents are the worst of the bunch.

Busting Coveys

7/16/20 9:24am

The parents at my kids' activities drive me absolutely nuts.

Roko's Basilisk

7/16/20 9:27am

Baseball is the hardest in that respect.

HenderCoug

7/16/20 9:35am

Lessons I learned from coaching multiple sports, both rec and comp.

Bin01015

7/16/20 9:45am

You’re a good man. When I was your age I got into coaching the same way you did

Bullrider

7/16/20 9:50am

Sorry to hear your experience, you are a great man, and your kid and those kids

Blue for Life

7/16/20 10:35am

5th graders don’t need treats and most development should take place at home

SlantRoute

7/16/20 11:32am

You just inspired me to write my son's coaches and tell them how much I am

cougstyle

7/16/20 12:47pm

I need to rewatch The Badnews Bears.

ditch

7/16/20 1:35pm

Yep. Baseball is the worst

MaxxPower

7/16/20 2:53pm

You are a saint; great reminder for everyone

Extra Biscuits

7/16/20 3:26pm

Parents are the hardest part of my job and I work with tons of behaviorally

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