Post by coachb0 on Aug 3, 2013 11:06:07 GMT -6
hey coaches, i wanted to read an article about motivation, when i clicked this link: www.afmservers.com/share/?p=1494
after reading it, i was very disappointed. now i have to calm down, by venting my anger here. i hope i get some coaches (but this board might be the wrong place) to think about, how blaming kids for being like kids is wrong. i'm sorry, if you feel i'm stealing your time here.
my first critique is, that human beings need attention. its a natural thing. psychologists today say, the experiment that frederik the 2nd did, where he imprisoned children without any contact to see if they would develop a natural language, shows that the children died, because they got no attention and feeling of security. now today this natural disposition to catch attention of course is stimulated by the internet and socialmedia. this is right then: "This is just one of the ways they cry out for attention in ways that we never could when we were players." and kids these days have a lot more options to occupy oneself. theres a lot more going on than football, thanks to the internet you can participate. but can you blame the kids for it?
the author arguments that he was a very motivated etc player (and refers to "many other coaches" being the same as him), thus everything/everyone used to be better in the past. i dont even go into how scientific this kind of empirical inquiry is.
my explanations for why many coaches are said to be more motivated, when they played, are those:
1st (the bad explanation): coaches dont want to admit (or dont remember right), that they werent as motivated, disciplined and good as they are saying today. ego and nostalgia.
2nd (the better explanation i think): because they had so much love for the game and were so dedicated, they became coaches, when their active carrer as a player ended. now they examine the kids with bad measurements.. not everybody is motivated like they were as players.
luckily the blaming leads to a constructive way of dealing with this, the author speaks about how we as coaches have to challenge this situation. at least hes dealing with the kids and not just blaming them. but nevertheless the explanation, he gives, fails.
now as i'm pretty young, i can't really falsify his statement, that kids were more motivated back in his day. but i think i have good explanations for why it seems to him like this.
i would like to ask you coaches, if you have any other explanations for why it seems to me, that many coaches blame the kids (our headcoach always said: "all i can do is call the right plays. you cant blame me for the players not executing it".) instead of taking responsibility. do i just have bad luck with the coaches i work with or is it a common problem?
bo
after reading it, i was very disappointed. now i have to calm down, by venting my anger here. i hope i get some coaches (but this board might be the wrong place) to think about, how blaming kids for being like kids is wrong. i'm sorry, if you feel i'm stealing your time here.
my first critique is, that human beings need attention. its a natural thing. psychologists today say, the experiment that frederik the 2nd did, where he imprisoned children without any contact to see if they would develop a natural language, shows that the children died, because they got no attention and feeling of security. now today this natural disposition to catch attention of course is stimulated by the internet and socialmedia. this is right then: "This is just one of the ways they cry out for attention in ways that we never could when we were players." and kids these days have a lot more options to occupy oneself. theres a lot more going on than football, thanks to the internet you can participate. but can you blame the kids for it?
the author arguments that he was a very motivated etc player (and refers to "many other coaches" being the same as him), thus everything/everyone used to be better in the past. i dont even go into how scientific this kind of empirical inquiry is.
my explanations for why many coaches are said to be more motivated, when they played, are those:
1st (the bad explanation): coaches dont want to admit (or dont remember right), that they werent as motivated, disciplined and good as they are saying today. ego and nostalgia.
2nd (the better explanation i think): because they had so much love for the game and were so dedicated, they became coaches, when their active carrer as a player ended. now they examine the kids with bad measurements.. not everybody is motivated like they were as players.
luckily the blaming leads to a constructive way of dealing with this, the author speaks about how we as coaches have to challenge this situation. at least hes dealing with the kids and not just blaming them. but nevertheless the explanation, he gives, fails.
now as i'm pretty young, i can't really falsify his statement, that kids were more motivated back in his day. but i think i have good explanations for why it seems to him like this.
i would like to ask you coaches, if you have any other explanations for why it seems to me, that many coaches blame the kids (our headcoach always said: "all i can do is call the right plays. you cant blame me for the players not executing it".) instead of taking responsibility. do i just have bad luck with the coaches i work with or is it a common problem?
bo
