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My first year that I ever coached, I coached a team that had two girls on it that happened to be sisters. The older sister was the younger one's base. Once they came to practice after they had gotten into a fight, and the sister that based just let go of her sister's foot. Poor flyer almost knocked out three of her teeth. The base was asked to leave the program.
Things like this are the reason that lots of middle schools have been banned from stunting.My first year that I ever coached, I coached a team that had two girls on it that happened to be sisters. The older sister was the younger one's base. Once they came to practice after they had gotten into a fight, and the sister that based just let go of her sister's foot. Poor flyer almost knocked out three of her teeth. The base was asked to leave the program.
Cp is and always has been a base. These past few weeks during skills clinics, the coaches had her backspotting as well as maining and siding. I keep telling her learning every position makes her more valuable across the board. I can promise you there is no flyer envy in our home.
When she was much younger (I think 3rd or 4th grade), she did have a situation with a flyer that truly needed to be handled in the way that she did (although she would have preferred to just drop her :rolleyes:). Total Susie with a mom that played the victim card better than any SM you will ever meet. It was never Susie's fault, always the bases, poor Susie, no one likes her because she is so good and they're all jealous....y'all know the type. The kid would fall out of every stunt and scream and cry about her bases. It got to the point that the way she was falling was truly endangering the bases. After the bases being blamed over and over (and it did not matter who based her, there was always an issue), cp took matters into her own hands and the next time Susie came down on her, cp dropped to the mat and started crying saying how much that hurt her. The coaches finally took notice and grounded Susie (for a little while at least). SM was pissed but cp was pleased. And relieved not to be basing Susie for a while.
I have a confession... One time I was working with my sister (we're really close) and one of her bases on prep one legs, and she kept jumping out of the cradle (I guess because it was different on one leg) and she popped off to me, so the next time she jumped out I let her fall. I thought she'd land on her feet- she wasn't really cradling as much as sitting- or at the worst her butt and catch herself with her hands, but the poor child fell flat on her back. It didn't hurt her because she was on spring floor and didn't fall far but after months I still feel awful :(My first year that I ever coached, I coached a team that had two girls on it that happened to be sisters. The older sister was the younger one's base. Once they came to practice after they had gotten into a fight, and the sister that based just let go of her sister's foot. Poor flyer almost knocked out three of her teeth. The base was asked to leave the program.
I've found that I have friends who's kids back, side, main and fly and typically whatever job their cp's are doing, it's the other position's fault when things go wrong. It drives me absolutely crazy that blame needs to even be placed. What is the most frustrating is when experienced coaches are correcting a kid in whatever position and that kid argues with them. Teach your kids to take correction, accept responsibility, not point fingers and be a team player. That will get them the further than whining, crying and pointing fingers. I guarantee you, as just many times as everyone thought something was their fault, the opposite was true And vice versa. It happens. Just get back up and do it again and try harder.
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A couple of days ago I was fronting a half up to extension and the flyer didnt stay tight and managed I dont know how to head butt me with her chin leaving a a massive bump 1inch from my head!!
Later I said to a coach if I was had a massive lump on my head and I was on the ground imagine how badly the flyer would have been injured if I did catch her and they said that was a good attitude that some people dont get.
My question is why isnt the attitude of bases like that because even at a lower level you have the saftey of the flyer in your hands!!