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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 4725473, member: 1026"] Yes, I posted then deleted something about 1 negative experience I had with someone else coaching my kid, unfortunately that's unavoidable. And all parents are naturally inclined to be most (sometimes only) interested in their own child's welfare and a select few don't really get the big picture about teaching life lessons, sacrifices of being on a team. But those are the exceptions, majority of kids & parents are great. My last year coaching my older son, I asked for and got 11 really nice recommendations from every parent on the team, which helped me continue to coach his younger siblings. The Good and bad coaches are part of the life lessons. The world nowadays is kids aren't going to play sports on their own, so parents have created the monster of youth leagues & travel teams & that's is the sports option. Better to embrace and try to make it a little better even if its on the margins. There are horror stories that dominate conversations, but in most sports the parent coached team experience is good to average and FAR cheaper & just as good as non-parent coached sports at the youth level. One of my kids has played AAU basketball for easily 15+ different seasons now (fall, spring, summer etc) and the coaching & other issues there are as problematic as parent coaching yet it is always THREE times the cost. [/QUOTE]