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Not really. It is all just a rehash of a bunch of tired old cliché's about how parents get in the way of their own children. Funny how the solution always seems to come back to getting out of the way of coaches and letting them do their thing. In a youth sports world where coaches are now more entrepreneurs than benevolent volunteers that isn't the answer either.
The fallacy in all of these tired arguments is you can't beat nature. Athletic success is a function of the body and abilities an athlete is born with combined with the motivation they develop. All parents AND coaches can actually do is influence the end product not make it. The truth is both groups typically do more to screw things up than make them happen.
What really has happened in sports is we have tried to replace what is essentially natural selection with "programs" and "systems" that often end up just increasing participation numbers and passing them through on a conveyor belt (often with profit as the prime motive) instead of narrowing down the herd to the best and brightest and focusing resources on them.
Until we fix this "everyone gets an at bat" mentality in sports and get back to supporting the ones who bring the most and want it the most all articles like this do is support a never ending blame game. In the end who an time for any of it.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostNot really. It is all just a rehash of a bunch of tired old cliché's about how parents get in the way of their own children. Funny how the solution always seems to come back to getting out of the way of coaches and letting them do their thing. In a youth sports world where coaches are now more entrepreneurs than benevolent volunteers that isn't the answer either.
The fallacy in all of these tired arguments is you can't beat nature. Athletic success is a function of the body and abilities an athlete is born with combined with the motivation they develop. All parents AND coaches can actually do is influence the end product not make it. The truth is both groups typically do more to screw things up than make them happen.
What really has happened in sports is we have tried to replace what is essentially natural selection with "programs" and "systems" that often end up just increasing participation numbers and passing them through on a conveyor belt (often with profit as the prime motive) instead of narrowing down the herd to the best and brightest and focusing resources on them.
Until we fix this "everyone gets an at bat" mentality in sports and get back to supporting the ones who bring the most and want it the most all articles like this do is support a never ending blame game. In the end who an time for any of it.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostNot really. It is all just a rehash of a bunch of tired old cliché's about how parents get in the way of their own children. Funny how the solution always seems to come back to getting out of the way of coaches and letting them do their thing. In a youth sports world where coaches are now more entrepreneurs than benevolent volunteers that isn't the answer either.
The fallacy in all of these tired arguments is you can't beat nature. Athletic success is a function of the body and abilities an athlete is born with combined with the motivation they develop. All parents AND coaches can actually do is influence the end product not make it. The truth is both groups typically do more to screw things up than make them happen.
What really has happened in sports is we have tried to replace what is essentially natural selection with "programs" and "systems" that often end up just increasing participation numbers and passing them through on a conveyor belt (often with profit as the prime motive) instead of narrowing down the herd to the best and brightest and focusing resources on them.
Until we fix this "everyone gets an at bat" mentality in sports and get back to supporting the ones who bring the most and want it the most all articles like this do is support a never ending blame game. In the end who an time for any of it.
Costs are up, grades are up, 1/2 don't finish , etc. Meanwhile , since the 1970's , many in the rest of the world have passsed us by Academically.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAgreed, if the goal is to nurture and develop the elite at the top of the pyramid. Unfortunately, there is much less $ to be made in weeding out paying customers with players that won't make it past HS JV, let alone Varsity, D3 college, D1 bench warmers, etc.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAgreed, if the goal is to nurture and develop the elite at the top of the pyramid. Unfortunately, there is much less $ to be made in weeding out paying customers with players that won't make it past HS JV, let alone Varsity, D3 college, D1 bench warmers, etc.
All this innuendo about only the best kids should be competing / participating in X activity sounds more and more like the old Soviet bloc model.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostCouldn't you say that Higher Education in America has also evolved in the same direction ?
Costs are up, grades are up, 1/2 don't finish , etc. Meanwhile , since the 1970's , many in the rest of the world have passsed us by Academically.
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Typo should be
You could not say that in this thread. In Massachusetts our schools/students rank highly amongst other states and countries
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostTypo should be
You could not say that in this thread. In Massachusetts our schools/students rank highly amongst other states and countries
Just look at the communication skills on display here.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostPeople pay less attention to education than soccer in this state.
Just look at the communication skills on display here.
The frequent contributors to this message board are club insiders. The overwhelming majority of soccer parents value education first and frequently run into issues when soccer interferes with studies.
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