I have had it with ball-n-stick sports!
Last night I had to take one son to football practice, then drive my other over to hockey practice. Now this is not my complaint. Heck, hockey is not the problem either. I stayed for Jason's hockey practice because it started later and only lasts for 1 hour.
Cody's football practice on the otherhand is a 2+ hour ordeal.
Here is the scenario -
Jason's hockey practice is over and it went great. Time to go get Cody @ football practice. I pull up to see that there was a scrimage going on. NOT! Evidently, the team messed up a play 2 or 3 times and the assistant coach was furious. He stopped the scrimmage and took the boys over to another part of the field and proceded to yell at them and make them run wind sprints as punishment. I mean a lot of yelling. Now - I know that football is tough blah blah blah, but these are 5th grade boys in a beginning recreational league. 1/2 the team was crying their eyes out and this S.O.B. was still yelling and making them line up for more sprints.
I yanked my son out of practice immediately! I also called the coach and had a long heart to heart with him. What a bunch of crap!
I have had it with traditional sports like football and baseball. Hockey I'll keep, but these morons that are "coaching" these boys in football need their butts kicked. It isn't the NFL. :think:
BTW - My son still wants to play, it is his decision and I'll back him up to a reasonable point. If the coaches don't show some improvement I'll yank him off the team asap. This is supposed to be fun and educational for these young boys... :|
-jeffd
Last night I had to take one son to football practice, then drive my other over to hockey practice. Now this is not my complaint. Heck, hockey is not the problem either. I stayed for Jason's hockey practice because it started later and only lasts for 1 hour.
Cody's football practice on the otherhand is a 2+ hour ordeal.
Here is the scenario -
Jason's hockey practice is over and it went great. Time to go get Cody @ football practice. I pull up to see that there was a scrimage going on. NOT! Evidently, the team messed up a play 2 or 3 times and the assistant coach was furious. He stopped the scrimmage and took the boys over to another part of the field and proceded to yell at them and make them run wind sprints as punishment. I mean a lot of yelling. Now - I know that football is tough blah blah blah, but these are 5th grade boys in a beginning recreational league. 1/2 the team was crying their eyes out and this S.O.B. was still yelling and making them line up for more sprints.
I yanked my son out of practice immediately! I also called the coach and had a long heart to heart with him. What a bunch of crap!
I have had it with traditional sports like football and baseball. Hockey I'll keep, but these morons that are "coaching" these boys in football need their butts kicked. It isn't the NFL. :think:
BTW - My son still wants to play, it is his decision and I'll back him up to a reasonable point. If the coaches don't show some improvement I'll yank him off the team asap. This is supposed to be fun and educational for these young boys... :|
-jeffd