quote:Originally posted by ironhorse:quote:Originally posted by tmmbj:
OK- enough on the mile thing. What about telling multiple parents that they will NOT instruct your child? Is this OK. Believe or not I coached for 6 years in high schoola around the state of Texas, from AA-AAAA. We never told parents, "You know what we are going to fill out a line up and not coach your kid, if you got a hicup in your mechanics or swing you are **** out of luck".
Again just looking for feedback because we will get private instruction and always have, but what about kids that do not have the means? Should a coach not impart there wisdom upon a 15-18 year old? Not to instruct is crazy. What if the offensive Line coach told the players he will not instruct on tech and they need to get private lin drills and such? Is this good?
My advice is to tell your kid not to try out. You are either the kind of parent coaches can't stand or the kind of kid that makes so many excuses he isn't fun to coach. Play s****r.
Ironhorse- why the hostility? So what you are saying if a parent (you assume I am a parent of a high school kid, I am not) has a question about the program and a philosophy, then they are bad and the team does not need them? That is odd to say the least. This board has very good baseball minds and lots of coaches. I am not a great baseball coach/mind. I am looking feedback. Lots of folks responded about the 6 minute mile and now I get it and support it. I asked another question about how much instruction a basebal coach should give and your intellegent response is DON'T PLAY. That is stupid and I hope you are not a coach. If the majority of folks on this board say it is acceptable for a coach to tell a parent he will not instruct them, I will go with it, just like the 6 minute mile thing. You have added no value to the topic but negativity. So tell me Ironhorse, if you had a kid entering high school and the coach told you that he will not instruct your child on anything, how would that sit with you?