People are now starting up "universities" in order to recruit people who will pay to have their student on a "college" sports team. Check out John Melvin University. They have a list of reasons for why they were founded in 2021 (https://www.johnmelvinuniversity.org/history), #2 reason is "Lack of Opportunities: Due to current college athletes receiving an extra year of eligibility and the passing of the One-Time transfer rule, there are now limited opportunities for high school student-athletes." At least they are not hiding it.
Read this about a coach
Your leader may be the reason you have a culture problem.
How do you turn a losing culture into a winning one? START WITH THE LEADER!.
What did he do? — 5 observations
1 - Set the vision for the team. Where there is no vision people will fail.
2 - Build a core leadership team by surrounding yourself with successful coaches and identifying players who model the right values & behaviors.
3- Instill confidence in the team collectively and individually by creating visual monikers, slogans, and giving personal time attention to players.
4 - Identify opportunities to strengthen each player and position on the roster to improve the overall team. Practice makes permanent.
5 - Inspire, motivate, and hype your team through your words in presentations and speeches. Make it all about them: believe in them, correct them and praise them.
@adbono posted:It’s very frustrating for them to be criticized for their performance without getting help from the critic about HOW to get better. There is much more to it than “get bigger, stronger, and faster. Players have a different level of respect for the coaches that teach, instruct, and invest in their players. There just aren’t enough coaches that do it. If your son plays for a coach that teaches the game consider yourself fortunate.
This is so common..."Non actionable advice". So many coaches posting platitudes on social media without knowing what it even means, or how to to get there. As an example you always see something like "concentrate on academics" well, no sh*t. But how about some examples. Take more difficult classes, take your SAT/ACT ASAP, you need "X" score on your SAT/ACT to qualify for academic and athletic aid. Give concrete examples....
@nycdad posted:This is so common..."Non actionable advice". So many coaches posting platitudes on social media without knowing what it even means, or how to to get there. As an example you always see something like "concentrate on academics" well, no sh*t. But how about some examples. Take more difficult classes, take your SAT/ACT ASAP, you need "X" score on your SAT/ACT to qualify for academic and athletic aid. Give concrete examples....
Telling a player to “figure it out” or to “make an adjustment” is not coaching.
I must know the only good coaches out there or I'm spoiled. I've been to a lot of college practices throughout the years and I see coaches working their butts off to help kids, who put in the time. I've never heard a coach tell a kid to "work it out" unless it started with "since you didn't show up at the voluntary practice on Saturday morning, you can work it out on your own." or something along those lines. But when the coaches I know see a kid putting in extra time and trying to get better they go out of their way to help him. But I guess that I know the minority, the good coaches. I will have to get out more and find the ones who are successful without investing in kids.
But I have heard the parents who complained about some of my friends who did not really know that their kid never put in any extra work or asked for help. I sat next to one last year at a game who bashed the coaching staff for about 3 innings. I finally had enough, even though my wife told me not to say anything. I looked at the dad and said I'm not the one to bash the coaching staff in front of. I love those guys. I see them on a regular basis go out of their way to help players. I told them, you need to ask your son about his attendance at the extra stuff that the coaches do. Your son is the last to arrive at practice which he is late at on a regular occasion and first to leave and does not show up at the "voluntary" activities which are not really voluntary.
Why would a coaching staff go out of their way to help someone who is not respectful of the team? I also hear parents complain about coaches that they should have easily known did not develop players. The team never has anyone drafted and does not win. That is the key to know the coaching staff does not develop players. Like a juco that a friend's son went to that has not had a player go D1 in 4 seasons and has not been .500 in those years. No. That coach does not develop players but as I told my friend I told you that before your son went. All the signs were there. But he thought his son would be the exception rather than the rule. I jokingly remind him all the time "Guess you were wrong."
@adbono posted:Telling a player to “figure it out” or to “make an adjustment” is not coaching.
"Work Harder" is my favorite.
If your son is a returning player, he already knows the drill. The player had the opportunity in exit an interview to discuss expectations for the upcoming season. If this didn't happen, HC is not doing his job.
HC has meeting to discuss expectations for entire team for the upcoming season. All incoming players will have a separate meeting with each coach that they will be working with as well as group meeting. Players also have captains that they can speak to for advice. This should be the standard for all programs.
IMO, players should not have to be continuously reminded of expectations or team rules.
Like him or not, I believe Deion Sanders said the real truth this weekend. He was asked about recruiting and he replied that the days of recruiting HS players except the elite ones are gone for top teams in every major sport. He said why would a coach go get a Has player he hopes will make it when he can get a college guy that has proven he can.
If I remember right, the reason for the 1-year sit-out rule for transfers was that all the transferring was causing athletes not to graduate.
So now they're just abandoning the idea that players might actually graduate from college.
@anotherparent posted:If I remember right, the reason for the 1-year sit-out rule for transfers was that all the transferring was causing athletes not to graduate.
So now they're just abandoning the idea that players might actually graduate from college.
It appears the NCAA is abandoning athletes are students. The next step will be they become employees and being a student becomes optional. University employees are eligible to attend classes free of charge.
@RJM posted:It appears the NCAA is abandoning athletes are students. The next step will be they become employees and being a student becomes optional. University employees are eligible to attend classes free of charge.
That would probably be better because kids graduating isn’t even on the radar anymore.
@PitchingFan posted:Like him or not, I believe Deion Sanders said the real truth this weekend. He was asked about recruiting and he replied that the days of recruiting HS players except the elite ones are gone for top teams in every major sport. He said why would a coach go get a Has player he hopes will make it when he can get a college guy that has proven he can.
I was talking to a friend over the weekend who's daughter is a D1 volleyball player. She said many, many coaches have said they aren't recruiting high school kids anymore. Just the lower divisions and the portal.
Then she said, "At least baseball players can go pro, girls volleyball is just that."
@RJM posted:It appears the NCAA is abandoning athletes are students. The next step will be they become employees and being a student becomes optional. University employees are eligible to attend classes free of charge.
I'm in favor of that.
I wonder if they would then only get 4 years?
@RJM posted:It appears the NCAA is abandoning athletes are students. The next step will be they become employees and being a student becomes optional. University employees are eligible to attend classes free of charge.
With NIL, they are independent contractors. I think the next big thing is going to be the IRS intentionally going after college athletes. I cannot believe all of these guys and gals are doing their taxes right or even having someone do their taxes. When my son got one of his better NIL deals, I made him sit back the money for taxes, and it blew his mind how much the government got. I’m sure it will blow up at some point.
@RJM posted:It appears the NCAA is abandoning athletes are students. The next step will be they become employees and being a student becomes optional. University employees are eligible to attend classes free of charge.
Based on some previous readings, it seems the Supreme Court decision forced their hand.
The different version of legislation that is coming from congress will be challenged. Especially Tuberville /Manchin bill.