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re: PSA: If you’re a parent who doesn’t head coach or help run the league
Posted on 6/18/25 at 2:25 pm to Jon Ham
Posted on 6/18/25 at 2:25 pm to Jon Ham
Every activity for kids is the same, whether it's sports, scouts, theater, dance, 4-H, swim team, whatever. Parents fricking suck. It has always been hard to get volunteers, but it has gotten progressively worse since covid.
They won't volunteer to lead, but will talk shite.
They won't show up to build sets, clean up, help out, or work fundraising events. But they will sit in their fricking cars the entire time.
They won't volunteer to chaperone to get ratios to required levels, but will complain will trips get canceled.
We have started to require parents to have a minimum contribution, where we are allowed to so. How hard is it to donate 1 fricking hour on a Saturday? We've also started tracking fundraising to the family level, allowing it to offset fees. The families that don't do shite have to pay more out of pocket.
I have 3 active kids and I travel for work, yet some fricking stay at home tennis mom will tell me she is too busy to help. Like she can't take time out of her affair with her tennis coach to support her kid for an hour?
Maybe I am salty, but I did just spend 7 days at camp supervising 30 kids, surrounded by a thousand other kids doing kid shite.
They won't volunteer to lead, but will talk shite.
They won't show up to build sets, clean up, help out, or work fundraising events. But they will sit in their fricking cars the entire time.
They won't volunteer to chaperone to get ratios to required levels, but will complain will trips get canceled.
We have started to require parents to have a minimum contribution, where we are allowed to so. How hard is it to donate 1 fricking hour on a Saturday? We've also started tracking fundraising to the family level, allowing it to offset fees. The families that don't do shite have to pay more out of pocket.
I have 3 active kids and I travel for work, yet some fricking stay at home tennis mom will tell me she is too busy to help. Like she can't take time out of her affair with her tennis coach to support her kid for an hour?
Maybe I am salty, but I did just spend 7 days at camp supervising 30 kids, surrounded by a thousand other kids doing kid shite.
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Posted on 6/18/25 at 2:27 pm to Jon Ham
If you aren't a politician, don't complain about how the government is run
Posted on 6/18/25 at 2:27 pm to Jon Ham
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Jon Ham
Sir
This is a Wendy’s
Posted on 6/18/25 at 2:30 pm to concrete_tiger
It’s pretty clear from this thread the concept of volunteering is completely lost on people. The OP is 100% right.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 2:42 pm to NukemVol
I volunteer coached for many years. In my experience, you have a parent meeting before the season starts and set goals and expectations on the season. You set a practice schedule, tell the parents what dates you plan on going to tournaments and lay it all out before them. Then you tell them what the cost would be per player and let them decide if they want to participate.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 2:50 pm to Jon Ham
If we are talking about rec ball (and it sounds like we are), the OP has a point. Some parents have figured out that Little League is the cheapest babysitting service in history and then have the gall to complain that it isn’t perfect. 10 games plus 10 practices at 2 hours each is a minimum 40 hours of the coach’s time, and I promise you that he is doing much more than that behind the scenes. As a parent you get all of that, and you feel a sense of ENTITLEMENT because you paid $250. The coach is a damn volunteer here and doesn’t see a penny of that either. Get out there and start helping, or quit complaining.
I feel you OP. I coached many Little League teams, and for the most part, the parents are fantastic and it’s a very rewarding experience. But a small number of parents make you want to never sign up to coach again. LINK
I feel you OP. I coached many Little League teams, and for the most part, the parents are fantastic and it’s a very rewarding experience. But a small number of parents make you want to never sign up to coach again. LINK
This post was edited on 6/18/25 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 6/18/25 at 2:56 pm to NukemVol
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Who do you think you are paying, the volunteer coach? They volunteered, probably after a commissioner begged for somebody after nobody else volunteered.
This guys gets it.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 3:00 pm to Jon Ham
Why don't you tell this to your teams parents instead of coming here like a passive aggressive bitch.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 3:07 pm to Jon Ham
Sounds like someone can’t handle being a leader
Time to step down, boss
Time to step down, boss
Posted on 6/18/25 at 3:07 pm to Jon Ham
My Bryntyn's home runs is what sells tickets and keeps the concession stand selling nachos and frito pies.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 3:23 pm to Jon Ham
Youth sports is no longer about the kids but rather the parents reliving their own youth hoping for a better result.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 4:23 pm to Jon Ham
Maybe if you didn't suck at coaching we wouldn't have to help.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 4:27 pm to Jon Ham
As long as my Yeti is full of nice cold Gin, I ain't complainin'. I mean, I AM complaining, but its quietly and under my alcohol laden breath as soon as your back is turned.
Posted on 6/18/25 at 4:32 pm to Jon Ham
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complain about practice schedules
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complain about practice schedules
Should be set before the season at a time that accommodates the majority
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changes made to the schedules.
Volunteered for 6 seasons (3 asst, 3 head coach) and I always hated rescheduling, but if I'm the only one volunteering and have a scheduling conflict that day, tough to the parents. If they don't like it, they can always run practice. I did when I was an assistant.
The problem I've noticed recently, is the Dads that show up to every practice and every game, and don't want to assist running practice despite me asking. It can suck sometimes being the only volunteer coach running a tee ball practice with 13 kids or a flag football practice with 11.
This post was edited on 6/18/25 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 6/18/25 at 4:33 pm to Jon Ham
If you're a head coach who doesn't have nine kids of your own to make a team you might not want to piss off the other parents and kids too much.
Or get your kid into tennis.
Or get your kid into tennis.
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