Coaching Behaviour?

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Jan 25, 2011
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Peer pressure can be a powerful thing..a couple of dirty looks from those who were not at fault, to those who were, can sometimes go a long ways to curtailing behavior/effort issues.
Dirty looks mean nothing. Let girls give them a good old fashioned blanket party.:cool:
 
Jun 19, 2013
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We played for these types of coaches last year. Makes for a miserable season for everyone involved. Grown men who couldn't handle the frustration and emotion of not being the top coaches at the ball park and would take it out on the girls no matter how hard they were trying. Making snide remarks to little girls, turning their back on them and refusing to coach them when up at bat, yelling at them mid inning if the change up came in too high, just idiotic. One girl from last year completely quit after the basically bullied her out of the game - when they were the ones who took her on and thought they could make her a stronger player to begin with. Two others were really close to quitting from just not knowing how to handle adults playing mind games. Thankfully only one of the 3 is coaching this year after a mass exodus.
 
Jul 5, 2016
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I would agree..if I knew what that was...:)

A blanket party - in the Army, you throw a blanket over a guy in bed and beat him badly. I remember many years ago being given a loaded .45 to stand guard over a couple of thugs who thought throwing a blanket party was a good idea. Fortunately, our officers thought it was a bad idea.
 
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Aug 29, 2011
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Obviously they attended the Bear Bryant school for good coaching manners.

Seriously coaches sound like a bunch of d-bags. Might make good drill sergeants in basic training but doesn't sound like a good fit for 12-14 year old girls.
 
Jun 11, 2013
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First off I applaud you DD for running with her teammates. It will go a long way.

I don't see the benefit from making a kid throw up from running too much.

The best coaches fix an issue like this during the game. If a team isn't giving it 100 percent they make changes during the game.
Sometimes these kids just don't have it for one reason or another. They are just kids. If you let them know they need to play
every game hard they will respond.

The sad thing is that they will likely do well next tournament and the coach will assume it was all because of him making them run.
 
Feb 20, 2015
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Sounds like they should coach soccer. Seriously back in the day, we ran for everything. Didn't run fast enough...run some more. Didn't give 100 percent effort (in coaches eyes) run. Obviously very different sports and running is a large part of soccer. We had a practice one day after a game where we were missing a couple of soccer balls. Coach said at beginning of practice...take off and don't stop. I ran 11 miles that night. I was a 15-16 year old and in pretty great shape back then, so it wasn't that bad. A couple of overweight types on the team didn't enjoy it quite so much,but I don't remember any puking involved. And of course they didn't run near as far as I did.

I get the tough love approach they were likely trying out, but that seems a bit much to make 12-13 year old girls run to the point of puking. My dd has been part of a few teams where there was some push ups involved, or sit ups for things like watching the third strike, but I don't ever remember a coach running them.
 

osagedr

Canadian Fastpitch Dad
Oct 20, 2016
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Excerpts from a note that went out to parents after last night's practice..."While actions taken by the coaching staff may not always seem to be in the players/parents best interest we have always asked that you trust the process..." "After last weeks post game run and chat we had a bit of a wake up call for the girls that was not based on lack of ability but more so a lack of effort. We asked that every girl decide if a better effort will help them become a better player/teammate...More importantly if being a better player/teammate is what they really want..." "Parents you have every right to question the way we do things however know that we do have is the best interests of all players at heart..." "Parents, no one learns more in this process than you do. You have 2 options 1) find someone who will listen to your complaints/negative comments or 2) trust the team and get on board and help the process..."
 

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