re: Should i speak up and tell the Tball coach he is teaching wrong?

like i said already, some guy made a comment that only the assistant coach could hear, and he got offended and said something back. the guy didn't say it in an assholish way.

When I coached girls t-ball..years ago...the other coaches and I taught the girls to bat left and right..our thought was they didn't know how to bat since what better time than to teach them both sides correctly...these girls are now Jr/sr in high school and some still bat both ways when needed...some like my daughter who is a righty bats left handed

Damn and I purposely said bat instead of swings haha

sack up and ask the coach if he needs any help
I hate fatass dads who do nothing but bitch

I'm volunteering my time to teach your child how to play a sport, bc you don't have the time to be a parent

This guy has volunteered his time to coach your sons team. Offer to be an assistant if you have knowledge that can be shared. Don't complain about his coaching of you don't have the time to do it. He is a volunteer not a paid professional. Teach your son at home and coach his team next year if you don't like it.

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All of y'all saying that he's 6 and it doesn't matter have never worked with little kids on sports things I guess. This is right at the age where they are starting to develop their swings and hand eye coordination ect... It's one thing if he's teaching them a bad grip or something; but hitting the ball out front is a basic function of the swing and it's something that a lot of kids have a hard time understanding. You need to, at the bare minimum, make sure your kid does it the right way

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I'm going to use 17 years as an elementary P.E. teacher,8 yrs as a youth baseball coach and my experience as a father of a 9 yr old and a 6 yrd old to say "YOUR WRONG". There's nothing a t-ball coach can do wrong with a 6 year old that can't be fixed a year later except make the game "not fun". 99 percent of all 6 yr olds will not retain anything in fine detail overnight much less from one season to the next and I'm not even going to get into the difference in hitting a stationary ball versus tracking a moving one through space visually and putting the bat on it. Your pretty much starting from scratch each February until they reach 8 or 9 and by that time they are old enough to adjust to coaching points as needed. Anyone who is stressing about their 6 year old being ruined needs to lighten up.

In regards to saying something to the coach. Volunteer to coach a team or sit there and shut up. It's hard enough to get enough dads who can committ to taking enough time out of their schedule to coach a team so the very few who do step up need to be left alone. If he's not screaming at the kids and your kid is enjoying the game be content and wait for the older years to get here.

Tons of butthurt in this thread

Bottom line is if your kid is having fun I wouldn't worry about it

Basically the situation you are describing happened today. It reminded me of this thread.

After the game...

Me: Hey, coach. I'm xxxx, xxxx's dad. Thanks for volunteering your time to coach. Since you're the only coach this season, it might be tough if something comes up. Feel free to let me know if you ever need somebody to fill in. I've coached in the past and even had a couple of these kids last season.

Him: Thanks for offer. In fact, you're more than welcome to help out either way. I need all of the help I can get out there.

Me: No problem. I'm out here anyway during practices and games, so I could just as easliy be out there helping out as an assistant coach.

Him: Thanks a lot. That sounds great.

Maybe he is teaching them to keep their hands inside the ball? I don't know though.