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Posted on 5/30/15 at 3:13 pm to TheMightyTerrier
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I have and had a blast. Great father son bonding time. It's really fun if you can get assistants that are your friends. You will always have to deal with annoying parents but if you remember it's just about the kids and have fun with them then it's worth it.
No such thing as annoying parents. They are now called idiot parents.
Posted on 5/30/15 at 4:59 pm to Jawja_Joe
Yes, this is my second year. I'm starting to figure out that the coaches don't care as much about teaching kids baseball as they do beating other coaches and getting that All Star coaching slot.
Posted on 5/30/15 at 5:13 pm to Jawja_Joe
22 years. i would hand the parents a note at first of season detailing my "rules". for the most part, I loved it.
Posted on 5/30/15 at 5:13 pm to Jawja_Joe
I coach from the bleachers, I expect my awesome son to pitch every game and it pisses me off my 8 y/o isn't allowed to throw curve balls. One day he will be a pro and I'm gonna flaunt all my kids money in these poor coaches face.
Posted on 5/30/15 at 5:22 pm to Jawja_Joe
I got back into the game 3 years ago as a coach. I do not have a son, so my perspective is a bit different. My advice to you is to 1) read the matheney manifesto, and use that as an operating philosophy and 2) if you do it, have a preseason come to Jesus meeting with the parents and stick to your guns.
I tell them every season that there are 3 things that are non negotiable. Do not call me, text me or email me about any of these 3 things. They are 100% my decision, and if you can't live with these decisions, this is not a team you and your child need to be a part of.
Those things are 1). Batting order 2) defensive positions and 3) playing time.
I have laid it out just like that for everything from league ball to all star teams to travel ball. I've been tested on it one time, my first year back in all stars. I stuck to my guns, and haven't had a problem since.
Best of luck to you. Kids and parents are entirely different that they were when I was a kid.
I tell them every season that there are 3 things that are non negotiable. Do not call me, text me or email me about any of these 3 things. They are 100% my decision, and if you can't live with these decisions, this is not a team you and your child need to be a part of.
Those things are 1). Batting order 2) defensive positions and 3) playing time.
I have laid it out just like that for everything from league ball to all star teams to travel ball. I've been tested on it one time, my first year back in all stars. I stuck to my guns, and haven't had a problem since.
Best of luck to you. Kids and parents are entirely different that they were when I was a kid.
Posted on 5/30/15 at 5:24 pm to Jawja_Joe
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If so, how was your experience and would you do it again? I'm thinking of coaching my son's team next year. Thanks, Jawja
I did it for a couple years when my son was 6, but hated it cause of the parents and how it's run here in Ohio.
It's not how I grew up back home in LA. All kids on the field all the time, everyone bats, no score keeping, give em all trophies.
Now, if it's like that everywhere I don't know. I hope not, but in Columbus that's how it is.
I was asked to coach my stepson's team this year. His first year and he's 5. I said no way
Posted on 5/30/15 at 5:51 pm to putt23
Assisted my buddy a few years ago and loved all the on-field stuff, working with the kids, and the general jacking around that goes with being part of a baseball team.
We had some great parents, but man, we had some over-the-top ones, too.
Example: It's 11-12 year old Dixie Youth ball, three teams in the league. Late in the season, we decided, along with the opposing coaches, that we would start all out 11-year old players, who usually got less playing time. Great deal, right?
Well, we wind up losing, and after, one of our players father comes up and asks what we were doing. We explained we were giving some kids extra playing time and both teams agreed to it. He says "Well you can't do that kind of thing when you're playing for a championship".
We had some great parents, but man, we had some over-the-top ones, too.
Example: It's 11-12 year old Dixie Youth ball, three teams in the league. Late in the season, we decided, along with the opposing coaches, that we would start all out 11-year old players, who usually got less playing time. Great deal, right?
Well, we wind up losing, and after, one of our players father comes up and asks what we were doing. We explained we were giving some kids extra playing time and both teams agreed to it. He says "Well you can't do that kind of thing when you're playing for a championship".
Posted on 5/30/15 at 6:10 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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Well, we wind up losing, and after, one of our players father comes up and asks what we were doing. We explained we were giving some kids extra playing time and both teams agreed to it. He says "Well you can't do that kind of thing when you're playing for a championship".
It's funny too. If you ever, ever think you're a weird/bad parent just coach some youth baseball and then you realize you are doing a great friggin job as a parent.
Posted on 5/30/15 at 7:19 pm to BigPerm30
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They don't keep score
Just when I thought youth sports couldn't get any more pussified
Posted on 5/30/15 at 8:12 pm to Jawja_Joe
For 14 yrs . Baseball & football. I wish I had started sooner.
Posted on 5/30/15 at 8:43 pm to Jawja_Joe
I di. I have 2 sons and coach. I don't do head coach though because my schedule is crazy sometimes.
It's very rewarding and lets you really see the areas where they struggle. That's hard to do just watching games.
Game tomorrow am at 8......sometimes it sucks, lol
It's very rewarding and lets you really see the areas where they struggle. That's hard to do just watching games.
Game tomorrow am at 8......sometimes it sucks, lol
Posted on 5/31/15 at 12:53 pm to PinevilleTiger
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PinevilleTiger
Great advice. I was also lucky enough to coach a bunch of kids that started playing college last year and another group going to play college this year. All the ones that are playing college are playing JUCO. Most of the players I coached for a while played through HS and my last group of kids will play their last year next season.
I have told everyone, including my son, that I don't care what else you do at college you better bring back a degree. Playing sports is fun, but that degree will open a lot more doors.
Posted on 5/31/15 at 12:55 pm to Jawja_Joe
No parents are horrible
Posted on 5/31/15 at 2:12 pm to tduecen
If you do travel ball pick good parents. You will be spending all summer with them so make sure you like them.
Posted on 5/31/15 at 3:01 pm to Jawja_Joe
Baseball parents are trashy
Posted on 5/31/15 at 4:05 pm to CaptainPanic
Coached 13-14's for 7 years back in 90's. Didn't have any kids of my own, just loved trying to teach the game to the kids. Nothing but great things to say about kids and parents. Claim to fame, coached against Juan Pierre when he was a 14 year old all star in Alexandria. Couldn't get him out.
Posted on 5/31/15 at 8:46 pm to Jawja_Joe
I enjoy it being an assistant to 7-8 y/o coach pitch for the last 2 years but as others have said you have to have patience with the bratty kids and their idiot parents. Mostly the parents though.
I coached in Biloxi last year and enjoyed the hell out of it, plus their Little League and other youth sports are fully backed by the city so the rec department maintains the fields and all equipment. All of the parents were loyal to the Little League and wanted to help out whichever way they could.
In Fairborn, Ohio not so much. We get begged via robocall weekly to volunteer to do landscaping and help rent out heavy equipment to maintain or improve the fields which only 4 of the 8 are functional. They call them "work parties". My son's coach asked for volunteers to assist him, I was the only one that raised their hand, we don't have a first base coach most games because our third coach is a head coach for his other sons T-Ball team. None of the moms wanted to be team mom and 2 of them just drop their kids off and leave during the game and come back at the end, my wife can't right now because we have an infant daughter or she would. Then I have a couple of kids who refuse to tuck their jerseys into their pants, which the military/mega sports fan me gets annoyed with. Then I have a couple of kids that beg to sit the bench and only hit because we have to cycle all kids through the lineup if they field an inning or not, and when those kids are benched for the inning they run over to their parents instead of staying in the dugout. No it doesn't work that way and I'm sure your parents didn't fork out $100 for you to just bat and play around the dugout.
What I love are the hard playing kids who enjoy the game and want to play. My son admittedly isn't a good ball player but him and 4 others probably have the best athletic demeanor of any of the kids I've ever seen. Not once do they leave the dugout, go to the bathroom, or beg to play a certain position. They play hard, they get down on themselves if they don't make a good play, and praise others who make good plays and hits. I had to console my best player who was tearing up because he missed an outfield pop fly. I asked him, "would your mom or dad be mad that you missed that?" He shook his head no, I said "Exactly! To know you got down on yourself means you are a great ballplayer and you get it but it's not the end of the world and you can always make up for it" Next thing, he busts an inside the park 3 run home run and I asked him "Are you upset anymore?" he said "no coach, that was awesome!"
I coached in Biloxi last year and enjoyed the hell out of it, plus their Little League and other youth sports are fully backed by the city so the rec department maintains the fields and all equipment. All of the parents were loyal to the Little League and wanted to help out whichever way they could.
In Fairborn, Ohio not so much. We get begged via robocall weekly to volunteer to do landscaping and help rent out heavy equipment to maintain or improve the fields which only 4 of the 8 are functional. They call them "work parties". My son's coach asked for volunteers to assist him, I was the only one that raised their hand, we don't have a first base coach most games because our third coach is a head coach for his other sons T-Ball team. None of the moms wanted to be team mom and 2 of them just drop their kids off and leave during the game and come back at the end, my wife can't right now because we have an infant daughter or she would. Then I have a couple of kids who refuse to tuck their jerseys into their pants, which the military/mega sports fan me gets annoyed with. Then I have a couple of kids that beg to sit the bench and only hit because we have to cycle all kids through the lineup if they field an inning or not, and when those kids are benched for the inning they run over to their parents instead of staying in the dugout. No it doesn't work that way and I'm sure your parents didn't fork out $100 for you to just bat and play around the dugout.
What I love are the hard playing kids who enjoy the game and want to play. My son admittedly isn't a good ball player but him and 4 others probably have the best athletic demeanor of any of the kids I've ever seen. Not once do they leave the dugout, go to the bathroom, or beg to play a certain position. They play hard, they get down on themselves if they don't make a good play, and praise others who make good plays and hits. I had to console my best player who was tearing up because he missed an outfield pop fly. I asked him, "would your mom or dad be mad that you missed that?" He shook his head no, I said "Exactly! To know you got down on yourself means you are a great ballplayer and you get it but it's not the end of the world and you can always make up for it" Next thing, he busts an inside the park 3 run home run and I asked him "Are you upset anymore?" he said "no coach, that was awesome!"
Posted on 6/1/15 at 10:10 am to windshieldman
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I expect my awesome son to pitch every game and it pisses me off my 8 y/o isn't allowed to throw curve balls. One day he will be a pro and I'm gonna flaunt all my kids money in these poor coaches face.
Whoa! You too? Good to meet other parents of elite young athletes.
Posted on 6/1/15 at 10:12 am to Jawja_Joe
It was back in the mid-90s and it was pretty good, BUT the everyone gets a trophy and the parents are the worst!
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