Parents are a plague on youth sports

[JimmyinSD]

I have never understood that way of thinking.   Late elementary level?   How in the HELL do they know who will be bigger, stronger, faster, BETTER when they get to High School?  I was always a small kid at those ages.   Hell I wrestled at 119 in 9th grade and actually had certified at 112 preseason.  Lucky to be a little over 5' at the time.   When I was a senior I was 6'-2" 175 guy.  There are always those kids you KNOW are going to be fantastic athletes at younger ages by just knowing their parents history and size but most you don't know until they mature.   Also a lot of those kids who are really good at those 10-11-12 year old ages may not work NEARLY as hard as the other kids.   Did you have any of the BB players come skate with you guys and if so did the BB coach cut them?

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My daughter's 16U Club coach told me college recruiters have been telling the clubs and HS coaches to lay off the mind games and intensity because they are finding so many really good players who are burned out and no longer want to play to the point they are turning down scholarship money because they don't think its worth the effort.  Crazy.

i had a couple kids that came and skated on the weekends but did so on the sly,  one kid said screw basketball and played hockey ( his dad played LB for the Packers back in the late 70s)

[Chuckf]

i had a couple kids that came and skated on the weekends but did so on the sly,  one kid said screw basketball and played hockey ( his dad played LB for the Packers back in the late 70s)

I played pond hockey when I was a kid.   My best friend and neighbor's dad actually made an ice rink in their backyard!   It was awesome, had a heated garage so we could put our skates on in comfort, go out and play all day and then walk two houses down to go home.  Ironically that was done in December of 1976!   I went to their house to watch the Super Bowl we had 6 of us for a 3 on 3 hockey game after the game got over.   Vikings got down 19-0 at half and we all said screw it and went to the garage and laced on the skates.   Ended up hitting the ice with my chin going for a loose puck and ended up with nine stitches!   My mom called my Doctor and I sat watching the fourth quarter as Tark had got us to 19-7 and we were marching and then the int by Willie Hall on an overthrow to Robert Miller ended it.  My doctor was a huge Viking fan I told him I could wait until the game was over to come meet him. I had an ice pack wrapped in dish towel on my chin and after the Raiders scored to make it 26-7 the doctor called and said he would meet us at his office to put stitches in.   I didn't see the Willie Brown pick six or Bob Lee to Stu Voigt TD pass in the last seconds.   Was actually planning on playing HS hockey but in 1979 most schools in central Iowa discontinued the sport.   Not nearly enough sheets of ice for practices or games.