- Jun 7, 2012
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Here's the story; I coach softball pitching to girls from 7 to 18. Many (about 15) of my students are also cheerleaders. About half are All Stars from the local gym. The rest cheer in middle school, high school and the local rec league.
I'm running into more and more problems because the cheer coaches are very unforgiving when it comes to splitting time for the girls between me and their gym. Competitions, practices, fund raisers, team bonding, etc. are all more important than my sessions. Since I don't coach a team, only train students, it actually is not as bad as it could be, but still it's irritating. I give up a lot of time working with these girls because their All Star coaches haven't learned how to share. Even my three granddaughters have given up softball because of the demands on their time for cheer and schoolwork. My students train about 3-5 hours per week and I'm not sure how much time they put in at the local gym, but it seems to be a lot. I completely understand that if you want to be the best you have to concentrate and put the time in, but if I'm willing to give in a bit, why can't other coaches? My high school and rec cheerleaders are no problem as you might imagine. I think cheerleading and cheerleaders are incredible athletes, so I'm not really looking for a solution, although any ideas are welcome, and since Fierce Board IS a cheer site, I'm trying to be very polite to all of you. Do you think I have a legitimate complaint, or am I just being grumpy?
I'm running into more and more problems because the cheer coaches are very unforgiving when it comes to splitting time for the girls between me and their gym. Competitions, practices, fund raisers, team bonding, etc. are all more important than my sessions. Since I don't coach a team, only train students, it actually is not as bad as it could be, but still it's irritating. I give up a lot of time working with these girls because their All Star coaches haven't learned how to share. Even my three granddaughters have given up softball because of the demands on their time for cheer and schoolwork. My students train about 3-5 hours per week and I'm not sure how much time they put in at the local gym, but it seems to be a lot. I completely understand that if you want to be the best you have to concentrate and put the time in, but if I'm willing to give in a bit, why can't other coaches? My high school and rec cheerleaders are no problem as you might imagine. I think cheerleading and cheerleaders are incredible athletes, so I'm not really looking for a solution, although any ideas are welcome, and since Fierce Board IS a cheer site, I'm trying to be very polite to all of you. Do you think I have a legitimate complaint, or am I just being grumpy?