I am new to this forum but not to coaching. A close friend had a comment which really upset me and I come here looking for some opinions. A bit of my background. I have been coaching the softball majors for 7 years, to include running fall & winter clinics. My main area of coaching is pitching. I have invested over a thousand dollars out of my own pocket for indoor practice balls, weighted tee's ball baskets, pithing mats, screens and many other training aids. Why.. I simply enjoy coaching. I started coacing when my first daughter was involved and stayed with it with my younger daugter.
Now to my point of my concern. A so called close friend, who is very involved with soccer decides to sign up his daughter with softball. At the conclusion of the first practice, which he was present to watch his daughter,he has this comment. "Hey you know what I noticed, there was no women there just you and the other coach" I replied, yea, what's your point? he replies" Your crazy what if one of the girls got hurt or you brushed by one of the girls which seemed to be taken wrong" 'You really need to have a female at every practice" After my blood presure settled down, I replied...for that very comment is why LL loses coaches. I also told him he should take it up with the president of LL. He replied "Oh I will"
I got to tell you, I am at a point where I just want to walk away, the wind of coaching was ripped right out of me.
What do you think?
Thank you!!
Coach J
Now to my point of my concern. A so called close friend, who is very involved with soccer decides to sign up his daughter with softball. At the conclusion of the first practice, which he was present to watch his daughter,he has this comment. "Hey you know what I noticed, there was no women there just you and the other coach" I replied, yea, what's your point? he replies" Your crazy what if one of the girls got hurt or you brushed by one of the girls which seemed to be taken wrong" 'You really need to have a female at every practice" After my blood presure settled down, I replied...for that very comment is why LL loses coaches. I also told him he should take it up with the president of LL. He replied "Oh I will"
I got to tell you, I am at a point where I just want to walk away, the wind of coaching was ripped right out of me.
What do you think?
Thank you!!
Coach J