[HonkyTonkMan]

D-licensed coach here as well. In many ways, I favor the "street ball" model where the kids self-organize and figure it out rather than the parents and coaches hovering over.

Parent pressure, relentless training schedule, financial constraints, travel all contribute to fatigue, stress, etc. And we pay for that!

[EQAndyBuzz]

Ice Hockey coach here. Every year I am accused by parents of holding back their kids from going to the NHL because of my own inadequacies as a former player. I need to remind them that their kids are playing house hockey in south Texas.