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re: Parents of the OT: Youth Sports
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:41 am to BigEdLSU
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:41 am to BigEdLSU
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We're running wishbone and they're teaching kids several positions each.
Son was breaking down plays during the saints game this weekend. Can't do much but smile and grin.
I've heard that the key to South Panola's success as a high school powerhouse in Mississippi was in the mid 90s, Ricky Woods, the head coach of the high school team started training the pee wee coaches to run his plays and learn his terminology.
By the time they got to high school, they knew all of the stuff and could focus on making everything perfect. They won 89 straight games at one point and have won 8 of the past 11 state championships.
Converesly, in Madison, where I live, the high school team is the Georgia of high school football. Great talent, great facilities - and that one state title last century.
If you go to the youth football games here, its like all of the teams are trying to win the Super Bowl. 8-year old coaches setting up cameras to film future opponents for breaking down film. All about winning that 8 year old championship. Trick plays, spread offenses, complex defenses, etc.
While South Panola's 8 year olds is starting to run the five plays that they will be running in 10 years when they beat Madison Central again in the playoffs.
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Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:47 am to BigEdLSU
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I've had coaches try to get me to commit a kid to a single sport. Do not allow.
You and I don't a agree on much you big ole crazy...but we sure as shite agree on this! haha
I was a very good athlete as a kid, and I'm sure that if there were travel teams and year round leagues and high end coaching I'd have wanted to do that. In retrospect though, I can't imagine what I'd have chosen...which is kind of the point now.
I made great friends playing sports...and not all of them played every sport, but many did. The idea of missing out on playing everything I could and the experiences I had because of the diversity of both the sports, players, people I met in the hopes that specialization at 6 or 7 would have yielded some scholarship, professional or Olympic end goal seems like a bad trade off to me.
The mileage of others clearly varies...
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:47 am to hendersonshands
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Letting your young child play tackle football is irresponsible parenting.
He was riding a dirtbike at 3 without trainng wheels and killed his first deer at 5, that was probably irresponsible of me also..... Sorry I'm not raising a pussy....
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:49 am to TexasTiger01
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He was riding a dirtbike at 3 without trainng wheels and killed his first deer at 5, that was probably irresponsible of me also..... Sorry I'm not raising a pussy....
Can he read yet? How well?
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:50 am to TexasTiger01
I'm sure that'll help him when he has to retire from his construction job early because of his brain injuries.
This post was edited on 8/26/14 at 10:52 am
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:52 am to anc
Preaching to the choir. IMO youth sports should have input from local hs coaches.
Normally you get left with a pissing contest instead.
Normally you get left with a pissing contest instead.
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:52 am to The Third Leg
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Can he read yet? How well?
Advanced reader and goes to an acedemic summer camp. Just because I support his desire to have an active lifstyle as I do, doesn't mean I neglect his eductaion.
This post was edited on 8/26/14 at 10:53 am
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:53 am to TexasTiger01
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acedemic
Too bad your parents neglected yours.
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:54 am to anc
I say give it a go. If she really likes it, sign her up for crawfish aquatics so they can teach her proper technique.
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:56 am to hendersonshands
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Too bad your parents neglected yours.
Based on a single mispelled word.... Why you so mad brah?? You must have been cut from the team as a child...
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:58 am to TexasTiger01
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Advanced reader and goes to an acedemic summer program also. Just because I support his desire to have an active lifstyle as I do, doesn't mean I neglect his eductaion.
I support kids being rough, using tools, and getting hurt - I think it's good for them. They should be rough and rowdy and sports are a great channel for this behavior.
Parents should also value education more than all these things combined.
Posted on 8/26/14 at 10:58 am to TexasTiger01
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Advanced reader and goes to an acedemic summer camp. Just because I support his desire to have an active lifstyle as I do, doesn't mean I neglect his eductaion.
It appears that your 6 year old could probably teach you a thing or 3
Posted on 8/26/14 at 11:00 am to TexasTiger01
You misspelled "misspelled." Kind of funny IMO. It's very Texas of you to only be able to insult someone on the merits of their youth football career.
Posted on 8/26/14 at 11:00 am to tgrbaitn08
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Advanced reader and goes to an acedemic summer camp. Just because I support his desire to have an active lifstyle as I do, doesn't mean I neglect his eductaion.
Maybe I should type a little slower.... I'm going to leave it as is, to make you guys feel that you're smarter than I.... This post was edited on 8/26/14 at 11:02 am
Posted on 8/26/14 at 11:05 am to anc
I know those swim meets are boring as hell. Except for when my girl is swimming..
Posted on 8/26/14 at 11:06 am to anc
Chances are if u start competitive now which seems really young, she'll tire out on it quick. She might be too young to realize how big a committment it is.
I wouldn't push her this young.
I wouldn't push her this young.
Posted on 8/26/14 at 11:10 am to anc
Just because she is on a team that has 2 practices a day 6 days a week does not mean she has to commit to all of them. If she has a gift for swimming then nurture it, but don't make the mistake that it is an all or nothing commitment. I swam year round as a kid but I did not do morning practices and missed many afternoons playing other sports. I did it because I enjoyed it, not because I thought I would be in the Olympics one day.
Posted on 8/26/14 at 12:29 pm to The Third Leg
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Few of these kids can get games together on their own as they've never had to do so. Kids need to learn self-regulation and self-governance.
Ballin in the street was the best. Didnt matter the sport. One day it was basketball, next day baseball, roller hockey, or football. Then we had smear the queer, ghost in the graveyard, kickball, and neighborhood airsoft when a little older. We organized every kind of game under the sun. Best part is one of my good friends from those days was my roommate at LSU. But kids do get rather organized and do it quickly on their own. Its typically the team with the overbearing, jack arse coach that has kids picking daisies and counting clouds.
Posted on 8/26/14 at 8:30 pm to anc
Tell me how many Olympic Swimmers were swimming year round at age 4, yeah zero. Teach her the techniques, speed will take care of itself
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