Comments on: ILH rules against curtailing coaching restrictions

By: Kekoa

Kekoa — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 00:43:00 +0000

Club coaches are terrible! They only worry about winning at all cost, they teach no defense concepts and they tell the parents what they want to hear so they can get their money. The ILH coaches have to continuously break bad habits when we get the players back.

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 23:37:51 +0000

15-20+ years ago I could kind of understand the restrictions. Nowadays it really makes no sense as I’ve encountered students that have the desire to one day play college ball. I had a former player of mine who was 10 years old and she told me she wants to play college volleyball. If she wants to play for her upcoming high school coach then so be it. I coach at the intermediate level and I’m glad I don’t have any restrictions to the kids that I coach. I build my school program based on the kids who play for me in club ball. They may not all play for me but at least they get inspired to play and it helps build up my program.

By: Lee Lamb

Lee Lamb — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 04:40:48 +0000

The rationale Wagner uses doesn’t hold up. In fact, one has nothing to do with the other. This policy doesn’t prevent kids from playing all year round. They can easily go to any club and play year round.

The only logical explanation is that they don’t want coaches demanding that their student-athletes play for them year round. But that should be solved at the school level. If you don’t want a coach demanding that student-athletes play for them all year, find a different coach. A coach whose values line up with the school’s.

Finally, the decision to play year round should be up to the kids and parents. Families don’t need the school system telling them how to parent.

Stop regulating what doesn’t need to be regulated.

By: Good Story

Good Story — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 05:35:28 +0000

@Brd Dog
It just doesn’t do it Justice in English …but round these parts we call them “fiapoko”. As your friendly neighborhood Samoan to explain.

By: Brd Dog

Brd Dog — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 03:11:25 +0000

Some athletic administrators are incompetent. Thank goodness not many feel the same as this AD. The last I remember we still live in a free country. Why should anyone restrict a kid from participating, enjoying, and benefiting from the most qualified person who can teach them? Why? It makes no sense. It is like depriving a math student of his math teacher by concocting restrictive periods. Of course it is nice to see athletes play more than one sport if that’s what they want to do, but it is not cool to legislate away their opportunities to do so against their free will. There’s got to be a name for people who think they know what is good for others.

By: Rebel

Rebel — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:38:38 +0000

Interesting comment from MP’s Wagner, because their some of their programs push the letter of the law. Baseball and basketball come to my mind. Especially, baseball, many players know if they play other sports it will affect their playing time.