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Terri Covey (Coveyte)
Junior Member
Username: Coveyte
Post Number: 6
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 1:41 pm: |       |
As stated in the Coaching section for August, "Many sport seasons are starting up again and one of the challenges facing coaches is picking their teams." How do you pick your teams? What methods are used? How do you avoid causing an athlete to become discouraged and quit sports when they aren't selected? I believe team picking plays an important role in whether a student learns to love or hate sports/PE, and whether the athelete 'sticks with it.' Please share.
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aro2023
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 1:10 am: | |
Good Service |
Paula Summit (Summit5)
Member
Username: Summit5
Post Number: 30
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Monday, August 29, 2005 - 9:21 am: | |
When I collected information on the students, such as name, grade, parent contact, etc., I had them write why they wanted to be on the team. I also did exit interviews, as difficult as that sometimes is...
I did not do this in my early years of coaching, and I think it would have eliminated some of the problems with the parents.
I coached girls varsity soccer, track and field, & gymnastics. I also coached modified gymnastics (7 & 8th grade), where we tried not to cut any students, but I would often have conversations with the highly unskilled about their role on the team. |
Mike Hachey
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 8:01 pm: | |
Let me offer some thoughts as a parent / taxpayer of a student-athlete regarding cutting policies. If my son / daughter meets reasonable academic standards, displays proper conduct, makes practices, and then is denied the ability to play on a team, I see a problem. I desire for my child the ability to participate in school sports for a variety of well-understood reasons. My town cannot expect me to financially support school sports while denying my child the right to participate. School sports must be inclusive, not exclusive. If you want the ability to administer tough cut policies, then plan to carry the entire sports budget on activity fees, and I'll take the money I save and put my child in a private program where he / she gets to play. |
william atlas (Billatlas)
Junior Member
Username: Billatlas
Post Number: 11
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 12:09 pm: | |
I understand where Mike is coming from, but when you make a statement like that, you should have a remedy. Example, I live near a city school that is one of the largest in our state (3000 students). When 300 of those boy students want to play basketball what do you do. 45 uniforms (3 levels) and two gyms. What's your answer? |
Sean William McElhone (Swm4575)
New member
Username: Swm4575
Post Number: 1
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 1:45 pm: | |
Most of the time cutting students from a team is necessary. Getting cut from a team is something that is hard for a student but they will get over it.I made the basketball team every year, but was cut twice from the baseball team. It is tough but its a part of life |
Aubree (Aubree_held)
Junior Member
Username: Aubree_held
Post Number: 4
Registered: 10-2012
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - 5:18 pm: | |
What is used to determine wheather to cut a student from a team or not? Don't you think it will affect their feelings about the sport and physical education? I know my brother got cut from a high school basketball team, when he could have been very good, and never tried out again, but luckily he would play at the local YMCA. However, not all students are like this and would completely quit being physically active. How could you prevent this but still end up cutting them from a team if need be? |
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