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Before DFP I would have never thought HS coaches cared so little about winning……
That would only be petty if the coach who ran tryouts said she didn’t have good enough endurance..Use to have DD wear her 6 minute mile tee shirt to tryouts. It's not a great feat but it sends a message.
They hand out letters like candy here. Girls can even letter for attending proms. To your point though I agree it’s hard to be a star, or even a starter in multiple HS sports theses days. DD played HS bball through sophomore year and the rest of the team all played AAU making the competition for playing time fierce. She liked bball, but she loved softball so it was a no brainer which to give up when the time commitments became too great to do both.Volleyball isn't suppose to overlap softball but it does a little or a lot depending on coach. DD played VB this year at her HS and will probably do the same next year. She was a every game starter. By the middle of the season she never left the floor. (17 girls on the team) But there is no way she can play Varsity (weekend tourneys would be way to time demanding plus this is serious VB and she doesn't put in the time to earn a Varsity spot) and perfectly fine with me. It is a great sport for entertainment value. The good ole days of getting 2 or 3 Varsity letters are long gone.
Me either. Darn HS coaches.Before DFP I would have never thought HS coaches cared so little about winning……
Are you serious?! If so, Good Gawd!!!...Girls can even letter for attending proms....
I don't know if it is just our area, smaller more rural school vs anywhere else but here they think they know everything and parents know nothing. When you observe, and I mean as objectively as you can it is obvious they are favoring their kids and other teachers kids over everyone else. All I can figure is they are giving those kids a boost for college because those kids were on varsity since 8th grade and that helps get them noticed more. Winning is secondary to that I think. I asked one coach if they ever read any other coach's books to learn and thus help the effort and the reply was "I don't need a book to tell me how to coach" which is pretty arrogant talk considering I didn't see any titles in the trophy case. So the sad truth is that we as parents need to have strong overwatch of our kids in HS sports and guide them away from bad scenarios when we can. In my day (I am old) HS coaches were all about winning, at all costs at my school.Before DFP I would have never thought HS coaches cared so little about winning……
There is a happy medium. My HS bball coach, who in general was a tyrant, let Chris Herren do what he wanted, on and off the court. A little discipline at that point could have saved him from years of struggles. Of course what he was doing (off the court) wasn’t exactly the same as missing practice for another sport hence the happy medium part..In my day (I am old) HS coaches were all about winning, at all costs at my school.
So do you actually think it is better for the team’s chances of winning in the long run to take this stance or are you trying to teach the whole “no I in team” thing (which some may see as connected to the first motivation ..) Or something else? Whatever the answer, your team, your rules. Just curious as to the motivation. Honestly instilling the idea that choices often come with (negative) consequences might be the best answer I could come up with if I was going the “life lesson” route with motivation..I don’t care how good of a player you are if you missed my practice for another sport, you would not play in the next game. I’m OK as a coach with my sport not being a priority for you, just don’t expect it to be a priority for me to play you.