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Post by gldnglv165 on May 11, 2007 7:53:18 GMT -6
Sitting kids is a lot easier to do if you are confident it won't affect the outcome of the game. Sometimes I have decided to bite the bullet and sit a kid, just to send a message. Absolutely true. We typically struggle to get 22 to practice to do any scrimmaging. When a few guys screw around, are late, or get in trouble during a week, it is very tough to get the nerve to take away playing time and leave yourself vulnerable in a game. Hoptions, the bench idea is great. I've printed out your post and am going to pitch that idea at our next coach's meeting. We are really looking for answers out here to discipline without "corporal punishment." While I do not agree that push-ups, up-downs, etc. should be outlawed from punishment, the whole situation out here has really got us exploring this topic like never before. Individual punishment may work with taking away playing time. Things like leaving trash on the field, in the locker room, or multiple guys screwing around, I think require team discipline such as push-ups, running stairs, etc. |
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Post by captain31 on May 11, 2007 11:26:56 GMT -6
What would you guys think about using punishment where everyone on the team EXCEPT the offender runs/ bear crawls/ etc.? This seems like the peer pressure to do the right thing and guilt at having to watch your teammates run would get to the kids awfully quickly. Of course, this could seriously backfire if there is one kid who despises everyone else on the team...
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Post by hoptions on May 14, 2007 6:29:49 GMT -6
If the guilt does not get to him his teammates might...You just have to have a conscious eye and ear out during practice and school to make sure the kids don't do anything stupid...
Remember hazing is worse than corporal punishment. And people sue school districts and coaches all the time for both.
Hoptions
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Post by captain31 on May 14, 2007 13:37:34 GMT -6
That's a good point. I was thinking the other kids might get to the offender from a peer pressure standpoint, but I suppose you want to watch out for things like that and cover all the bases.
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Post by coachjim on May 15, 2007 5:40:51 GMT -6
Once again I agree with Hoptions. I had a couple of kids last year that enjoyed watching others be punished and would act up just to "run to the fence," because they didn't want to do blocking, they wanted to run, because they can. The rest of kids wanted to beat the crap out of them. Its like the real world, some people enjoy delivering pain, discord, and misery to those around them as if that is their goal in life. And they weren't always adults, they were kids once, and I bet that's when it all started. I'll be singling out the kid who acts out this year and not the team, maybe when he grows up, he'll know the consequences of his actions and be different.
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