So what, in this asshole's mind, constitutes "not good enough" for a kid playing ball? I thought it was about having some fun and batting/catching/throwing a ball around. This clownpuncher apparently is one of those "win at all costs" coaches, eh?
WTF, does he have to increase his winning percentage so he gets picked up by the NY Yankees as their new head coach?
The minute my son's coaches take this attitude, we're outta there. I don't see that happening, because all of the practices and games that I've been to already (like 4 or 5 now), the coaches just let them have fun and run around and hit and throw. They all seem to laugh and have fun, and there's no big emphasis on being "good enough" to play.
Last year we had Nicholas in youth soccer. He had one of "those coaches" that yelled at the kids (they're 4 freakin' years old, fer chrissakes), the parents on the sidelines yelled at the kids, and none of the kids looked like they were having any fun. They reacted out of fear, it occured to me. Fear of dissapointing their parents, fear of dissapointing the coach, fear of just not knowing what they should be doing. Nick wanted out of it pretty quickly, so we were gone after the second practice/game. His view of soccer is clouded by that experience now.
A shame, since I was pretty good at it as a kid growing up in Italy, and wanted to share the sport with him. Now we just kick the ball around the back yard and play with the local kids out in the street. He likes it a ton better this way.