Verbal Abuse From Coach

[davidw]

Originally posted by mick
Do players hafta take it?

I think they cannot, are not able to take it.
The children are soft. Their ears hurt or are injured to easily.

Let them all go get on a soap box and complain about their feelings to a bunch of people they do not know, a bunch of people that have never seen this interaction.
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Let them go to their coach, their parents, their school officials and express their concern.

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The post reads:
"My coach is always calling us stupid, and other stuff. When we make a mistake he yells profane language at us. I'm getting tired of this and don't know what to do. What would you all do?"


This post says nothing about during a game and under our auspices. It reads to me like this is happening during practice. The way to stop a coach from yelling is to quit goofing off, to quit screwin' up or to start askin' some available authority for advice. Quitting is a very poor option.
mick

I don't know how old this person is, though he/she sounds fairly young. I think age would come to bear in this matter. All he/she was asking for was advice--not being sure what to do and probably being somewhat immature (which is not necessarily a bad thing). Expecting a young person to have consumate communication skills on how to effectively approach a coach and resolve a personal and very potentially volatile situation like this is expecting a great deal.

I also read nowhere their intent to quit, only that the abuse was getting tiring.

It all seemed pretty open to me; an innocent request for ideas and help.