No problem with it who cares ! A coach is a coach they don't play ! Sound like you have a confidence issue its not a big deal! It's very hard to find a good coach so if you have a parent coach they might be very good leave it !
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostFrom what I've seen, clubs stink as administrators. So, managers are needed so they can be freed up as coaches.
Not saying it's right, just what I've seen.
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At the high school varsity level or club level U14 and older it's a bad idea. Favoritism and bias toward the parent-coach's kid is unavoidable and inherent. Too much at stake at this level. Parent-coaches can't seem to help themselves and take advantage of their position. We've all heard about club parent-coaches getting calls from college coaches about a player only to have the parent-coach change the subject to their own kid. Nobody wants a parent-coached team except the parent-coach themselves. I've never seen it work.
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Parent coaches are the absolute worst at the middle and high school levels. At least in club soccer, you can pick up and move.
Doesn't matter how talented your kid is or how hard they work; the coaches kids and friends play the most minutes.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostParent coaches are the absolute worst at the middle and high school levels. At least in club soccer, you can pick up and move.
Doesn't matter how talented your kid is or how hard they work; the coaches kids and friends play the most minutes.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostNo problem with it who cares ! A coach is a coach they don't play ! Sound like you have a confidence issue its not a big deal! It's very hard to find a good coach so if you have a parent coach they might be very good leave it !
Who decides if they are very good?? (Same rule applies to question marks) The parent/coach?? The kid?? Do other parents get a say??
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Every parent-coach thinks they're the one and only parent-coach who doesn't favor their own kid.
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Every coach comes with biases. With parent coaches it is just easier to see. In NewSpeak, they might use the word "transparency" and call it a good thing. Find me one coach who arrives in a vacuum, coaches in a vacuum, and lets the chips fall where they may. Doesn't happen! Everyone has friends, bosses, owners, neighbors--who knows who any given coach is beholden to?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostEvery coach comes with biases. With parent coaches it is just easier to see. In NewSpeak, they might use the word "transparency" and call it a good thing. Find me one coach who arrives in a vacuum, coaches in a vacuum, and lets the chips fall where they may. Doesn't happen! Everyone has friends, bosses, owners, neighbors--who knows who any given coach is beholden to?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostEvery parent-coach thinks they're the one and only parent-coach who doesn't favor their own kid.
I haven't heard one complaint. I do feel like the parents are happy. We win more than we lose and my daughter's team seems to become more skilled relative to our usual competitors over time. Most of the teams we play against are NOT Daddy coaches. Maybe I care more for the team because it's my daughter's team, and it's the place where my daughter is learning her soccer skills so I try harder because I have a vested interest.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThat would be me. My kid gets mad because I don't give equal treatment due to my concern of having a bias. But because I coach more than one team and my kid tags along to all the practices, she's one of the best on her team. Not the very best, but one of the best.
I haven't heard one complaint. I do feel like the parents are happy. We win more than we lose and my daughter's team seems to become more skilled relative to our usual competitors over time. Most of the teams we play against are NOT Daddy coaches. Maybe I care more for the team because it's my daughter's team, and it's the place where my daughter is learning her soccer skills so I try harder because I have a vested interest.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThey burn your effigy in the parking lot before games. Don't be fooled. Parents will never complain to your face.
We moved my daughter up to a club team the next year, and the team she left behind went from winning every game to only winning a couple. My daughter still plays for a top club, and will play in college. The kids of the more nasty parents are either sitting on HS JV or not playing at all.
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