Top Twenty-Eight Most Common Complaints Against Basketball
Coaches From Parents By Mike Saylor , Head Varsity Basketball Coach, South Vigo High School
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- Why doesn't my kid ever get a
chance to play? (The coach watches
the player play everyday in practice but, the parent doesn't consider that
a chance.)
- We feel like the coach is
picking on my kid. (This is a classic - everyone feels that they are the
only one getting yelled at.)
- My kid should be getting more
shots. How is he going to get a scholarship taking so few
shots? (Usually spoken by a parent
who wants their kid to be ALL-STATE more than he wants your team to WIN
THE STATE.)
- Why is my kid not getting much
playing time? He is better than almost all of those other kids!
- Why is my kid not starting, he
was an all-star every year up until now?
- Why is my kid not starting, he
was on an AAU team that went to the nationals?
- The coach is killing my kid’s
confidence. (Usually applies especially if their kid played well at the
last level they played at but is not playing well now.)
- My kid doesn't get to play
because of politics. We just don't have big money.
- The coach already has his
team. He plays favorites.
- The coach takes out my kid
after one mistakes every time and not the other players. (It's amazing how many kids think that
this only happens to them on the same team).
- The coach isn’t playing my kid
with the right combination of players. (Usually applies especially if
their kid is getting playing time but not playing well).
- The players have talent but the
coach doesn't know how to use them. (Usually used against a coach who has
talented but individualistic players).
- The schedule is too weak!
(Usually used against a coach if their team loses quickly in the
tournament).
- The coach allows the kids to
shoot too many threes (Especially applies, if their kid is a post player).
- The coach should play the young
kids (Usually applies especially if their kid is young).
- The coach should play the older
kids (Usually applies especially if their kid is older).
- My kid comes out of the game
and nobody tells him what he did wrong. How can he get better?
- The coach has them do too much
in the off-season "that's why they're burned out".
- The coach doesn't have them do
enough in the off-season "he's not developing the talent".
- They don't lift enough weights
- Look how skinny the players are.
- They are not playing as a
team. (Applies especially if their
kid isn't getting very many shots).
- I gave all this money and time
to the Booster Club and my kid still isn't playing?
- My kid is a "Good
Kid" and should be playing in front of those problematic kids.
- This coach can't win the big
one!
- The team has "no
discipline".
- The coach doesn't know how to
use time-outs.
- The coach told my kid not to
play another sport.
- I've got a kid that used to
love basketball but now he's talking about quitting. (Usually applies to a player who had a
history of starting and/or playing most of the time before but now isn't
playing much.)
THIS LIST WAS COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL POLL TAKEN BY BASKETBALL COACHES FROM
ALL OVER THE USA. ALL COACHES TEND TO HEAR THE SAME THINGS YEAR AFTER
YEAR ALL-THE-WHILE PARENTS TEND TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT THE COACH
ARE UNIQUE AND EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT.
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