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Youth coaching and game management philosophy - is this acceptable?
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<blockquote data-quote="RedruthRFC" data-source="post: 828177" data-attributes="member: 58362"><p>Very true. My local club were a bit slow on the uptake when it came to mini rugby, so I was in one of the lower age groups when the club set up a mini section. In our first season, we were coached by some willing dads fresh out of a coaching course. We were everybody's whipping boys. After a season or two, we fell into the hands of someone who had previously played for the first team and coached the colts and in less than a season were the team to beat in the county.</p><p></p><p>I've seen it argued elsewhere that a good bit of the trouble in England is that in clubs, there is a culture of dads coaching their son's age group. Obviously this makes practical sense, but in many cases, it can mean that players' skill sets outgrow their coaches' before long if they weren't bigger in the first place. I follow the point, but where else are coaches going to come from?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedruthRFC, post: 828177, member: 58362"] Very true. My local club were a bit slow on the uptake when it came to mini rugby, so I was in one of the lower age groups when the club set up a mini section. In our first season, we were coached by some willing dads fresh out of a coaching course. We were everybody's whipping boys. After a season or two, we fell into the hands of someone who had previously played for the first team and coached the colts and in less than a season were the team to beat in the county. I've seen it argued elsewhere that a good bit of the trouble in England is that in clubs, there is a culture of dads coaching their son's age group. Obviously this makes practical sense, but in many cases, it can mean that players' skill sets outgrow their coaches' before long if they weren't bigger in the first place. I follow the point, but where else are coaches going to come from? [/QUOTE]
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