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You don't think this stuff goes on with girls? Go to a higher level softball tournament sometime, you will see coaches and parents every bit as crazy as these people.
You are right, it absolutely is now, but I do think that girls are given more opportunity to not participate, whereas the other thread (and this show) shows how even mediocre boys are still being forced into this stuff by their parents. I am fairly certain that the amount of boys travel teams far outweigh the amount of girls teams, plus for softball there is baseball, basketball is for both, but football? There is nothing comparable.
I take it you've never heard of Cheer Perfection? As for a counter for football, there is volleyball and cheer for girls.
A friend played Division I, and was coaching kids football in Texas. He was the O-Line coach for a team of five-year-olds. Apparently the team had the full complement of specialized coaches. My buddy didn't even have a kid on the team, or any kids for that matter. He was recruited to coach for the team because he played O-line in college. Crazy.
Don't forget gymnastics. There are girls who are spending two and three tiimes as many hours in the gym as these little kids are spending on the football field.
I'm not surprised that a youth team, even a 5yo team, is looking for guys with football experience. O-line is the hardest thing to coach in youth football, because no one wants to do it. There is no glamour there and the line doesnt score TDs or make spectacular runs or catches.
I didn't watch the show, but the Broncos were another level.
bigbottom said:
That coach definitely seems the most unhinged.
He's not only the Coach ofthat particular team in his little Broncos organization. He is President of the whole Broncos organization.
They dont have a minimum play rule based on what I have read about the league they play in.
The team Broncos "Momager" said her kid only played one snap and the other coach says "Hopefully next week we can get everybody in."
You can be competetive and play all of your kids. These guys are just terrible coaches.
Agreed. The tragedy is that he runs the whole Bronco organization. So if they are doing this crap at the 8-9 level what are they doing to their 10-11's?
Obviously do what you think is right but I can tell you for a fact that crap wouldn't be tolerated in a Pop Warner environment. At least not in Charlotte. We have bounced entire organizations here in Charlotte over stuff like that and that coach would be done. For life.
I agree and I loved watching football. I didn't play any youth football, just when I got to junior high and then high school (didn't play in college). When it comes to my sons, I honestly don't care if they play football or not, at least not until they are in junior high/high school although nowadays that means they will be so far behind it won't matter.
I am not trying to start an argument with ya here but I find the bolded about lots of yelling to be counter intuitive to the whole developing kids. I get it, football is a physical combat sport. I just don't see the need for the belittling, berating and yelling of 8 and 9 year olds. I have never coached football. I have coached other sports lots of times. We get into our kids and motivate them but we aren't yelling and screaming at them. I guess I just don't get it and this show shows the absolute worst of what it all is. I won't watch it and help support this crap by giving the viewer rating one more person.matuski said:
Exactly. I'd also bet that every "yelling" coach thinks their yelling is "different" because "it is always focused on develping kids". They can see how wrong it is when they witness other coaches, but they don't do it like other coaches. They do it the "right" way.
You dont know the context of the "yelling." I coach and I run an org. Sometimes the yelling is done to get the attention of the players. It's never done to belittle a kid. I yell praises as well. Should I not do that either. Many times a yell is to make sure the child and his parents, seated 20 or 30 yards away can hear it too. When we practice we are just one team of 6 practicing on a field with 150 boys ages 5-15. I also have another 125 cheerleaders doing their thing within earshot of our football practice are. Its very noisy at our field. I've never yelled or screamed directly in the face of one of my players nor would I ever.
I agree. "Yelling" doesn't have to be a negative thing. It's very common to yell words of encouragement. "Yells at" gives it a bit more of a negative spin.
Have you looked into flag football leagues?
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