- Apr 11, 2016
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10. HC doesn't like to respond to emails, calls, or text.
9. Every practice has the same boring drills: e.g., 30 mins of throwing back and forth, 60 mins of scrimmage where most players stood there idol.
8. Coaches keep telling players who have private lessons how to bat/pitch, and each coach overrides the previous coach's "lecture".
7. Lots of yelling and correcting during games when team is fielding. (One coach told the 2B to step to her right 2 steps, a few secs later another one yelled at her and tell her to step to her left 2 steps.)
6. Players made the team because of relationship with HC, not because of skills.
5. HC calls only certain pitches b/c he doesn't understand the other pitches (such as only fastball and change-ups.)
4. HC states that the goal is to develop the girls' skills, so winning isn't important. In reality when the team loses, coaches get upset. (Big warning sign: If your DD normally doesn't cry but cried after the coaches "debrief" after a losing game, you know the coaches had said something.)
3. HC gets upset that players have play dates outside of team practice and his little buttercup wasn't included.
2. There are more than 3 dad-coaches, and HC is one of them. (How about 5 dad-coaches in a team of 11?!)
1. *drum rolls please* HC texts you that the team is dissolved and his buttercup is already on another team! (Ok, venting.)
Feel free to add to this list.
*Note: I understand that most of the coaches are volunteers. I get it. I had coached before myself. It takes time and efforts. But if you sign up to coach, keep in mind that this is a kids' sports. Parents on TB pay a lot of money for their kids to play. They also spend a lot of time to go to practices, games, and private lessons. If someone doesn't know how to be a good coach or refuse to go to the coaches training clinics, then be the assistant coach and ask someone with experience to HC. I've met a lot of great coaches out there, and none of these apply to them.
9. Every practice has the same boring drills: e.g., 30 mins of throwing back and forth, 60 mins of scrimmage where most players stood there idol.
8. Coaches keep telling players who have private lessons how to bat/pitch, and each coach overrides the previous coach's "lecture".
7. Lots of yelling and correcting during games when team is fielding. (One coach told the 2B to step to her right 2 steps, a few secs later another one yelled at her and tell her to step to her left 2 steps.)
6. Players made the team because of relationship with HC, not because of skills.
5. HC calls only certain pitches b/c he doesn't understand the other pitches (such as only fastball and change-ups.)
4. HC states that the goal is to develop the girls' skills, so winning isn't important. In reality when the team loses, coaches get upset. (Big warning sign: If your DD normally doesn't cry but cried after the coaches "debrief" after a losing game, you know the coaches had said something.)
3. HC gets upset that players have play dates outside of team practice and his little buttercup wasn't included.
2. There are more than 3 dad-coaches, and HC is one of them. (How about 5 dad-coaches in a team of 11?!)
1. *drum rolls please* HC texts you that the team is dissolved and his buttercup is already on another team! (Ok, venting.)
Feel free to add to this list.
*Note: I understand that most of the coaches are volunteers. I get it. I had coached before myself. It takes time and efforts. But if you sign up to coach, keep in mind that this is a kids' sports. Parents on TB pay a lot of money for their kids to play. They also spend a lot of time to go to practices, games, and private lessons. If someone doesn't know how to be a good coach or refuse to go to the coaches training clinics, then be the assistant coach and ask someone with experience to HC. I've met a lot of great coaches out there, and none of these apply to them.