Abusive college coaches and youth soccer

January 30, 2010 · Filed Under Uncategorized 

A great article here about how parents are stepping up to abusive college coaches and so are athletes. Coaches are under more pressure to treat players with respect.

What a concept. Treating players with respect. Many college coaches only care about one thing…winning. And any athlete that they think can’t help them can suffer a lot of abuse.

I felt that many of the college coaches were abusive and really were good at recruiting. Some were able to push and inspire. Most just pushed to intimidate.

Coaches need to treat their athletes with respect at any age and at any level. I believe that this is the way to:

  • Get the best performance from the athletes
  • Have more athletes enjoy the sport for longer
  • For athletes to learn the valuable life lessons that sport brings
  • Have a positive influence on youth coaches
  • Make sport, fitness and exercise a lifelong activity
  • Probably save the hearts of the coaches themselves

Once again, this is a great article. I encourage you to read it here:

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