Bad coaching

Being a "professional" has no bearing on whether the coach
is an [censored]. I've seen plenty of professional coaches I
wouldn't have my kid anywhere near.

I've done some youth coaching in various sports...I'm fine
for low level sports where the teaching is on gross
skills. As the skills increase and become more refined,
Irrecognize I simply lack the experience and knowledge and
defer to people who have focused their lives more on the
individual sport. I can still help with keeping kids
upbeat and focused.

The whole "professional" argument gets silly at times. Is
a pro coach a good thing for a team? Sure. Can pros be as
bad or worse than the amateurs? Absolutely, and the shame
is they should know better. Does not being a pro make a
person a poor coach? Hell no! Much like teachers, having a
certification is a good thing, but in and of itself it
doesn't make someone a good coach/teacher. Simply because
the extra training is good does not mean someone without
it is bad.

In fact, without a doubt the biggest [censored], most
megalamaniacal coaches I've ever seen were "professionals."

I thnk the pro-professional argument gets overstated by the
professionals

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I had a bad coach in basketball and a bad one in baseball.
Neither was a professional coach.

martin

In article <[email hidden]>,
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Quoted message said:

Being a "professional" has no bearing on whether the coach
is an [censored]. I've seen plenty of professional coaches I
wouldn't have my kid anywhere near.

I've done some youth coaching in various sports...I'm fine
for low level sports where the teaching is on gross
skills. As the skills increase and become more refined,
Irrecognize I simply lack the experience and knowledge and
defer to people who have focused their lives more on the
individual sport. I can still help with keeping kids
upbeat and focused.

The whole "professional" argument gets silly at times. Is
a pro coach a good thing for a team? Sure. Can pros be as
bad or worse than the amateurs? Absolutely, and the shame
is they should know better. Does not being a pro make a
person a poor coach? Hell no! Much like teachers, having a
certification is a good thing, but in and of itself it
doesn't make someone a good coach/teacher. Simply because
the extra training is good does not mean someone without
it is bad.

In fact, without a doubt the biggest [censored], most
megalamaniacal coaches I've ever seen were
"professionals."

I thnk the pro-professional argument gets overstated by
the professionals

"Martin W. Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I had a bad coach in basketball and a bad one in
baseball. Neither was a professional coach.

martin

And yet another flavor of this issue - [censored] coaches are
not necessarily unsuccessful. Some of the heavy hitters in
that department are world renowned.

- Al

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In article <[email hidden]>,
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Being a "professional" has no bearing on whether the
coach is an

[censored].

Quoted message said:

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I've seen plenty of professional coaches I wouldn't have
my kid anywhere near.

I've done some youth coaching in various sports...I'm
fine for low level sports where the teaching is on gross
skills. As the skills increase

and

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become more refined, Irrecognize I simply lack the
experience and

knowledge

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and defer to people who have focused their lives more on
the individual sport. I can still help with keeping kids
upbeat and focused.

The whole "professional" argument gets silly at times.
Is a pro coach a good thing for a team? Sure. Can pros
be as bad or worse than the amateurs? Absolutely, and
the shame is they should know better. Does

not

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

being a pro make a person a poor coach? Hell no! Much
like teachers, having a certification is a good thing,
but in and of itself it doesn't

make

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

someone a good coach/teacher. Simply because the
extra training is good does not mean someone without
it is bad.

In fact, without a doubt the biggest [censored], most
megalamaniacal

coaches

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I've ever seen were "professionals."

I thnk the pro-professional argument gets overstated
by the

professionals

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"Martin W. Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I had a bad coach in basketball and a bad one in
baseball. Neither was a professional coach.

martin

And yet another flavor of this issue - [censored] coaches are
not necessarily unsuccessful. Some of the heavy hitters in
that department are world renowned.

- Al

Absolutely...and when dealing with adults or near adults on
an elite level, it may well work. Unfortunately, I've seen
far too many youth and high school coaches in all sports
use those guys as role models when dealing with kids. Just
a few weeks ago I saw a kindergarten boys soccer team
(we're talking herd ball, a cloud of dust with a ball in
the middle type soccer) and it was obvious the two dad
coaches were trying to run a practice for five year olds
the way they remember their high school football coaches
running practices...barking, yelling, berating small kids.
Really sad.