Coaching Girls

...Vacations

Submitted by John Dee on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 14:44.

I've coached both boys and girls teams for several years. One thing I've noticed is that families of boys will make a commitment to be at just about all of the games, vacations will be scheduled after the season or around the schedule. Girls families will just pick up and take off at any point during the season, even at tournament time.
Case in point, at our end of the season U-12 softball tournament, 3 of the teams in our league forfeited their tournament games because they didn't have enough players. Kids were gone on vacation/ camps, etc.

...Do most coaches treat girls differently?

Submitted by Julie Derderian on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 13:17.
Have you ever noticed that coaches treat girls differently, as if they are afraid that girls are going to start crying at even a hint of  feedback? The best coach I ever had was when I was playing with a boys junior high school team and my coach yelled at me and made me do sprints and whatever it took to make me a better player, just as he did the boys; there was no special treatment. It made me into a tough well-rounded hockey player. Girls can handle being coached like the boys because we also are determined to become the best players that we can be.

... Have you coached both boys and girls?

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 12:27.
Curious. Have you coached both boys and girls? Is there a difference in the way that you coach boys from girls?
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