Posted by: Mike () on Sun Mar 16 16:35:55 2008

i do not agree with the coaches who do this. After a bad throw or missed catch, the kids
run or whatever and when they get back to practice, they don't want to run again so they
are scared, very hesitant, and are afraid to make a mistake.

I bet if you ask any player in the pro's if they are afraid to make a mistake, I bet you that
they all say NO, 100% of the time.




> > 11-12 yr travel team. Coach disciplines bad throws or missed catches with laps or
push ups. I believe in conditoning and also laps or pushups due to goofing off or lack of
effort but never cause a kid misses a ball or makes a bad throw. Sometimes they spend
more time with discipline then they do with practice. Am I new era wrong or somewhat
correct.
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> Georgia. Coaches have different styles which they believe to be effective. It appears the
coach is trying to make the kids concentrate better. Thus the laps and pushups as a form
of punishment so to speak. But the laps and pushups will also improve the kid's
conditioning. So in effect there are redeeming qualities to that approach.
>
> Granted that coach is using his version of tough love. But some kids respond better
when they know there are consequences to there actions. And though people are human
and make mistakes, a team must raise its level of play in order to improve and or win at
higher levels of play. Thus you have to look at sports as a game but also a way to teach
that those who make the fewest mistakes while playin as a unit generally come out ahead
and or prosper. It is not necessarily fair but how life works.
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> As such, much of life is playing by the rules of the game you decide to play. And if you
play, you should play to win. But everyone has to develop his own level of contentment.
Some are more serious than others. Some parents live through their kids eyes and
sometimes take the game to serious at the detriment of others. But that is not to say they
are not trying to give their kid the best chance to be a winner. The key is to have fun and
let sports be a stepping stone to being a better person. And if you happen to get a
scholarship or play professionally that's all the better.
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> Good Luck
> THG