Sports Thoughts #3: How to Spot a Terrible Coach

It's easy to spot a good coach - energy, passion, enthusiasm, dedication, connection with their athletes, knowledge...and it's just as easy to identify a Terrible coach.

1. Terrible coaches "Tell and Yell" - they don't listen to their athletes or learn from them.

2. Terrible coaches impose their motivation on their athletes - rather than listening to them and taking time to understand the motivation of the athlete.

3. Terrible coaches talk in absolutes - they speak in terms of "always" and "never" and "musts" instead of creating, innovating and developing new and effective ways of helping athletes to achieve remarkable things.

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[tomatofox]

this is literally the coach i was stuck with for two seasons... but now i switched coaches

[jameskeating]

Motivating n insulting is big difference problem solve . Keep doing the same thing expecting a new result is insanity . The main goal is to win the ball game even if we lose every game

[lisanapoli]

I had a terrible coach like this in high school. He bullied me, gaslit me, and picked on me, needlessly. Not a good coach at all. My heart breaks for kids who are mistreated by their coaches.

[gmansard]

The greatest coach I had was in high school swimming, now 45 years ago. Quite young, was right out of college himself. We already had a decent program when he arrived, and he saw the potential for greatness. Training twice a day, sometimes even in the morning of days we had an afternoon meet, the most intense physical training I have ever had. Christmas break training was horrific. Yet he never raised his voice except in enthusiasm, and somehow, you WANTED to do it. We succeeded wildly, won the Conference championship and were the unofficial State Champions (we were the highest ranked AA school in the state, swimming was so small a sport that it wasn't divided into such divisions) He was only at my school one season, the following year he took a job at one of my state's top high schools for swimming, and only a few years later was coaching at a major university. Next to the Captain of my ship when I was in the Navy, this guy was the greatest leader I have ever known.

[Jsdamle]

My daughter’s current tennis coach fits this category A to Z. Hoping to find a new coach soon 🤞

[Zeephilic]

My coach acts like we’re all learning at the same speed and we all play the same. She only encourages us when we do something right and screams at us for things we do wrong.

[Sapphire_]

I am a national level table tennis player(women's category) but the thing is I'm not even 15 yet... I used to love the sport until the last year when I finally got my first gold in nationals. From then on my life has been hell. My coach puts so much pressure on me. Everything I do is wrong. Humiliates me in front of other student's parents, talks shit about my family all the time. Recently after my final exams, my family forced me to go to a family function because of how many I've missed and due to that I missed 3 days of coaching and my coach made me feel like shit because of that

[skatingjerry]

Terrible teenage coaches at the Y where I swim - yell, yell, yell - I CANNOT stand swimming when they are there!

[BJJ]

Sadly, one of these coaches was hired to be my assistant, and it was the longest season of my 17 years as a full time coach.

[RealMoosterchef]

I feel scared to talk to my coach is that normal?

[ginda]

Hahahah I left my socer team after just 2 trainings bc he just kept insulting me. Later I found out that nobody in club is more than 2 months in the club. Everyone just leavs this socer team bc coach just insults his students

[Kyle-jbqy]

Your wrong bud! I had a tough coach . He did tell at me when I did wrong. Made me better

[MishamoMishamo]

These terrible coaches you kids are talking about are probably payed peanuts if they are payed at all… why would they invest their time into you?