We have the same sign at our local soccer fields except the last line says "no scholarships will be awarded today"
Reminds me of an episode of Impractical Jokers. In the link below the "daughter" is really an actress so for those of you who have never seen the show, don't be too upset.
Reminds me of an episode of Impractical Jokers. In the link below the "daughter" is really an actress so for those of you who have never seen the show, don't be too upset.
I wouldn't want to be scouted by the Brewers. Most of the coaches have their kid on the team.
This may be the truest statement I've read on the internet.dogs>people by a wide margin
I can match that. My son sat the bench for three years in high school with some limited playing time. I could see he was easily one of the best players on the team, but I didn't want to be that dad. Finally in his senior year he started and played every game (at first base although he was a better catcher). He then went on to play catcher at the D-1 level. You're right, some coaches are morons.I have coached a number of youth sports and I know how hard it can be, but sometimes coaches need to be called out. There are appropriate ways to do this. Email I think is one good way.
There was a situation when my daughter played lacrosse (11-12 years olds) and the coach would simply not play her. I know why, it was because she was the slowest girl on the team. However, this was a "B" team in the club and was supposed to be a developmental team, not the top competitive team. Practices were Friday evenings and my daughter went to every practice. I watched the practices and saw about half the team would not regularly attend practice. I wrote to the coach and did not demand that she play more, but just asked if this was the way it was going to be so we could stop wasting everybody's time. The coach wrote back with some BS and cc'd the club president. Five minutes later I receive another email from the coach saying that she will be playing in the rest of the games. I guess the club president agreed with me.
The next game she played the entire game and scored 3 goals, they won by 2. It was a sweet vindication.
Parents are the worst at youth games over any other level. As an official, there's really no sanction you can give to a parent at that level. In high school or collegiate competition, you have the game manager toss them. In youth at the Y or whatever, there's nothing like that. I had a guy attempt to physically assault me over not calling a youngster (3 & 4th grade league) who actually collected a rebound, hunched over the ball, and stepped on the end line (going the other direction) as the new defenders were running down the court to set up their defense. The boy who rebounded was on the spectrum, yet this clown was screaming that he was out of bounds. After the game he approached me, I thought he was coming over to apologize, he was actually coming over to tell me I was the worst referee ever and getting in my face. The other parents watched it happen and did nothing. Third and fourth grade rec ball. In State College. That was my last game there. I'll take varsity or even adult league rec over that nonsense.
I can match that. My son sat the bench for three years in high school with some limited playing time. I could see he was easily one of the best players on the team, but I didn't want to be that dad. Finally in his senior year he started and played every game (at first base although he was a better catcher). He then went on to play catcher at the D-1 level. You're right, some coaches are morons.
We have the same sign at our local soccer fields except the last line says "no scholarships will be awarded today"
True story. One of my favorite tasks was meeting with the parents of a boy or girl who was cut after tryouts for a varsity squad. A father once admonished me that my baseball staff had committed a biblical error in cutting his son...."Now we'll never know, he could have been the next Babe Ruth."
It was sarcasm.Sounds terrible. How could that be one of your favorite tasks?
Last decade or so has been tough on you....poor guy.At our soccer fields someone added the line "it's soccer - bring something to read"