Kids Hockey
I'm about to embark upon coaching my 10th kids hockey team since the 98/99 season. During this time, I've coached my eldest six times, his brother once, and our daughter twice. It's the middle one's turn again. He's 17, and will be playing his second year of Midget "A" in the GTHL.
This is tryout time - a time of year I loathe completely. It's bad enough that I might be put in the position of telling some kid he's not good enough to play for us, but the absolutely worst part is the parental politicking that goes on.
Actually, it goes beyond parents, and into some "adults" that are part of the show too, be they other coaches, managers, and/or club owners.
My daughter has a t-shirt from one of her tournaments that reads: "Hockey - invented by men, perfected by women".
I'd like to add a third line to that: "...and screwed up by adults".
This is tryout time - a time of year I loathe completely. It's bad enough that I might be put in the position of telling some kid he's not good enough to play for us, but the absolutely worst part is the parental politicking that goes on.
Actually, it goes beyond parents, and into some "adults" that are part of the show too, be they other coaches, managers, and/or club owners.
My daughter has a t-shirt from one of her tournaments that reads: "Hockey - invented by men, perfected by women".
I'd like to add a third line to that: "...and screwed up by adults".
posted by Somnambulist57 at
7:57 PM
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