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So to sum it up, poachers are lower than whale poop and should be tarred and feathered.
Communication is the key to keeping families on a team.
Communication is the key to keeping families on a team.
Players leaving a team is hard to pass judgment, you don't know all the circumstances. I think it is pretty low to try to poach players from other teams. I have seen coaches pass out business cards to players and parents after a game. NOT COOL!!!! Not only will I not poach a player, I would be skeptical of any coach that would. If you are on that team how do you know he will not replace you if they can find a better player mid season. We commit to our players for a year, then have open tryouts. If the players are not what you want, keep looking. Don't give them a spot until you can find someone better.
what about players that that fill in for teams that need players for winter indoor tournaments then that team offers them spots on there roster??
Same thing as poaching in my book Doomleader. Stick a boot up their @ss!!!!
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Agree
My oldest DD will be playing school ball (middle school) for a coach that is a complete @sshole. This is the type of coach who (and I have seen this) will wait until some girls she does not like come to practice without sliding gear on and then call a sliding practice and laugh at how effed up they get. She is everything I hate in coaches, but my DD needs to learn that this type exists and she better be mentally tough enough to push through.
That which does not kill us only makes us stronger.
And if a child wants to be successful in the athletic world they need to understand what it means to compete and what it takes to succeed. The earlier these lessons are learned the easier it is for them in the long run. And that IMO is the great lesson athletic teaches. It just gives immediate feedback, which allows for a steeper learning curve.