Could not agree with you more. I have been coaching youth Baseball since 1986, prior to me getting married or having children myself (in that order) This article is nothing more than a hatchet job on Dad's who not only give their time to their own kids but usually 11 other children who in some cases their parents could care less.
This guy obviously wishes his Dad would have taken the time and interest in his sports endeavors, that's obvious from his article
This year both my boys have played on 2 different teams, local Little League and Traveling AAU (competitive) teams. One is 9 and the other is 11, one might ask, is this tooo much Baseball? They never missed a practice or a game for either of the teams they played on and both are on the A and the A/B honor roll at school. Yes it was very busy, and both my Wife and I consider it a labor of love for our children. Our children love the game and they help keep us straight on practice and game times.
To try and tarnish Dad's and Coaches of youth league sports, who spend a lot of time with theirs and other kids in sports programs as some kind of Hot Headed, Regimented, Drill Seargent trying to makeup for their own frailties through their children is ignorant at best. He appears to be justifying his own fathers lack of interest in him when he was a very impressionable boy.
Are their Dad's in youth sports like the ones he mentioned? - yes there are, but they are a very extreme minority and seem to get more attention. Unfortunately, there are more Dad's like his who seemingly could care less. Thus, not even encouraging a child in a wholesome activity he is obviously interested in - what a shame. Mom's in my experience are 10x more animated than the Dad's.
Is the Authors issue, Dad's or Coaches or Dad's who coach? or is it his Dad?
As a Coach, a Dad and a Coach Dad, I find it very offensive to catagorically lump everyone giving their time, talent and treasure in the same pot.
That's Profiling! - and Profiling is Wrong! - ROTFLMAO
Yeah, I think Freud would have a blast with this author.
I couldn't agree with you more. I coached baseball, basketball and soccer for over 10 years...sometimes my sons were on the team and other times I coached for the love of coaching. I treated my players well and parents wanted their kids to be on my teams. For some of the players I was the only father figure they would ever know. I paid entry fees and sent some of the poorer players to camps. There are coaches that are not meant to be coaches, but what I have found is that they don't last very long. A lot of my players are young adults and to this day still address me as "coach". Thanks for your comments.