When I coached lacrosse, from “very rec league” to pretty competitive levels. In the program, I was known as the coach who would sometimes pepper my talks with cursing so it’s not like the kids who played for me never heard it. Also, I don’t think it hurt them too much because most of them are playing are varsity lacrosse at their respective high schools.
That being said, how did calling the kid that name help in teaching what is actually a important concept in hockey, i.e. you need to go into the corners?
Do you rant and rave and yell at your employees or co-workers? If not, why is it okay to do that when you coach?
I get your point, but you have to understand the context. I was teaching a concept for almost a month. The age group I was coaching should have learned the concept 4 years prior.
Every hitting drill we ran the kid would find a reason to beg off. He would go to the back of the line, run the drill too slow and do everything he could to avoid being hit.
My assistant coaches worked with him individually, and I utilized every resource I had to teach this player. He was a great kid and a good player. My captains spoke with him, I spoke with him and I had other coaches speak with him. I rented ice on my own dime to bring him and a couple of my tougher players out.
The easy way out was to just cut him and after using every motivational tool in my arsenal, out of frustration I told the kid to stop being a **** and get in there and make something happen.
And that’s when the SHTF.