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Post by tothehouse on May 3, 2017 9:42:10 GMT -6
So our JV team is struggling to get kids out for next year.
To compound that...some of the players that are playing aren't eligible...or won't be eligible.
How hard to work to help the ineligible kids during this time? If we had 70 kids out...I probably wouldn't care too much about the kids with bad grades. But I might need them. And...a couple of them are good freakin athletes.
It's been awhile since I was in charge of a team. Trying to figure out my level of caring on this. Thanks.
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Post by carookie on May 3, 2017 10:04:09 GMT -6
If you care about the kids themselves you should care about their grades. Put the individual kid's well being first in your mind and let that be your guide.
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Post by tothehouse on May 3, 2017 10:13:32 GMT -6
carookie. That was deep.  I care about the kids. But I haven't built up a relationship with them yet. We meet as a team in my room on Wednesdays and anyone with bad grades has to pick at least one other day during the week to be in my room at lunch to work on work. I have seen improvement in most kids. Some a little more favorable than others...grade wise. What is difficult is that effort to put into all these guys...more than the effort they are putting into it themselves. We can only do so much. But...that is part of the job description. |
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Post by coachbdud on May 3, 2017 10:32:14 GMT -6
a constant struggle for me here but that is just the kind of school this is
bad school, in a bad area
there are essentially 4 kinds of kids that i have ever met
1. High GPA, self motivated kid
-has always had good grades, gifted, but also works hard
for example my C and LT each have OVER 4.0 GPAs. My Center is applying for a NATIONAL scholar athlete award with his 4.5ish GPA
I leave these kids alone, they dont need anything from me (i was one of these kids)
2. 2.0ish kids... Always in the low 2s for GPA but always make grades. They dont need anything from you, they're never going to the IVY league but you dont have to stress about them making grades, they are always fine and just get through HS with a bunch of Cs/Ds and a few As in their favorite classes sprinkled in
3. Struggling but can change - just needs help in some way. For some kids it is a series of firm kicks to the butt, for some it is a little study hall/ tutoring time. Once they realize someone cares and/or there is help out there... they improve enough to at least play
4. Struggling and refuse to change - you try the same things as with kid #3
but it doesnt matter, there is no improvement and sometimes it gets worse. These are the painful kids to work with. You pour your energy and heart into them and they take a $hit on you
3 and 4 look and act the exact same initially.
You have to try to get through to them, because DAMN does it feel rewarding when you get through to them and see them evolve... working their way up the scale i just laid out.
My RT started HS as a 3... awful grades in middle school (straight Fs)
became a 2... literally got a 2.0 on the dot every semester just to be able to play
he is evolving into a 1.. he has over a 3.0 GPA for him... his mom was almost in tears when she saw his last report card. He grew up.
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Post by chi5hi on May 4, 2017 9:40:09 GMT -6
You can't do it FOR them.
The reality is...it doesn't take very much effort to float through High School with a 2.0. Basically all you have to do is just show up. Furthermore, there are many kids that have no idea what they're going to do after H.S. Its hard for them to see the value in trying to do better. Sometimes the only thing that motivates a kid is to tell him he can't play.
I was very fortunate to work at a school (private) that not only had the "numbers" but also forbade anyone who dropped below a 2.0 in any one class from playing. Of course, kids who attend private schools are usually motivated by the education standards, otherwise they get tossed.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2017 9:52:17 GMT -6
You can't do it for them, but you can offer opportunities to help them. If the school offers after school tutoring, and you nor they are participating in other sports/activities, then get them up there and help them out. If they are coming to off-season workouts, have them do 30-45 minutes of school work before or after the workout. These kinds of things will help turn the 3's in to 2' (according to bdud's scale) and will really separate the 4's away from the program. Also, call home and talk to parent/guardian. Most parents/guardians are receptive to the idea of you helping their child make the grades through high school.
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