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Post by John Knight on Oct 22, 2015 4:53:58 GMT -6
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Post by KYCoach2331 on Oct 22, 2015 5:59:31 GMT -6
Awesome to see this on here. The author of that I'm friends with the daughter he is writing about (had multiple classes in high school and went to youth group together). But yes it's a good read, if everyone raised their kids the way the author has the world would be a much better place. |
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Post by coach31 on Oct 22, 2015 8:14:27 GMT -6
Thanks coach,
Shared with AD and plan to use it in coaching meetings in off season
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Post by Defcord on Oct 22, 2015 11:44:04 GMT -6
I like the article, especially as a parent-coach. I will say though that in my experience most coaches do care more about the kids and their futures than the schemes and winning.
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Post by fcboiler87 on Oct 23, 2015 8:00:57 GMT -6
I had a parent post this article to our Facebook page and it they insinuated we should be taking note. I was almost offended and then I thought back to the fact that it was a parent who probably doesn't pay any attention to what we are really doing.
It is a great article and is certainly what we are about. We hold kids to high standards. We've had to suspend and get rid of numerous kids in the name of these things. We are constantly preaching and are often able to show the impact of your off the field decisions. Football is about life in so many ways. Many of our guys are buying in and understand that with all they've seen.
Perhaps the parents should take note!
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Post by silkyice on Oct 23, 2015 8:54:18 GMT -6
Just read the article. It doesn't makes sense. They pose the question that shouldn't sports prepare kids for life after sports, but yet it sounds like that is EXACTLY what sports did for their daughter. Just confused on their point.
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Post by coachd5085 on Oct 24, 2015 7:46:34 GMT -6
I had a parent post this article to our Facebook page and it they insinuated we should be taking note. I was almost offended and then I thought back to the fact that it was a parent who probably doesn't pay any attention to what we are really doing. It is a great article and is certainly what we are about. We hold kids to high standards. We've had to suspend and get rid of numerous kids in the name of these things. We are constantly preaching and are often able to show the impact of your off the field decisions. Football is about life in so many ways. Many of our guys are buying in and understand that with all they've seen. Perhaps the parents should take note! Chances are the parents didn't understand the article. |
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Post by coachd5085 on Oct 24, 2015 7:49:13 GMT -6
Just read the article. It doesn't makes sense. They pose the question that shouldn't sports prepare kids for life after sports, but yet it sounds like that is EXACTLY what sports did for their daughter. Just confused on their point. I don't think they were trying to show that their daughter's experience was contrary to that theme, but rather that THEY as PARENTS didn't think that at the end of their daughter's career they would be focused on the person she had become as opposed to the player she had become. That at the end, he wouldn't have been thinking "my kid needs to take the crucial shot because she has matured and can handle the result" but rather "I hope my kid makes the shot and is the hero...or my kid should take the shot because she is the best... |
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Post by John Knight on Oct 24, 2015 11:50:18 GMT -6
my kid is better than your kid, at losing.
Hahaha, just kidding. It is all about what is really being learned in programs that do it right.
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Post by silkyice on Oct 24, 2015 13:04:32 GMT -6
Just read the article. It doesn't makes sense. They pose the question that shouldn't sports prepare kids for life after sports, but yet it sounds like that is EXACTLY what sports did for their daughter. Just confused on their point. I don't think they were trying to show that their daughter's experience was contrary to that theme, but rather that THEY as PARENTS didn't think that at the end of their daughter's career they would be focused on the person she had become as opposed to the player she had become. That at the end, he wouldn't have been thinking "my kid needs to take the crucial shot because she has matured and can handle the result" but rather "I hope my kid makes the shot and is the hero...or my kid should take the shot because she is the best... Makes more sense now. If that was the actual intention, I would have liked just one sentence affirming that is what happened or affirming the coaches in some way. Need to re-read the article to see if I missed that, but have spent too much time on the article already. |
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Post by coachd5085 on Oct 24, 2015 13:10:14 GMT -6
silkyice I think the headline was just a provocative one. It was not a very fitting one.
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