Funny, this topic came up in church today with a friend of mine. His daughter stopped playing softball at NCC because the coach does not want kids to play other sports. The coach made it very clear he did not want them doing other sports and not very nice to the kids or parents if they tried to do other sports.

 

Don't know how I missed this post. This is a TOTAL JOKE, and trust me I would know. We encourage every girl to play as many sports as possible. The rule is: If you are in the 6th, 7th or 8th grade and play for the NewCath Freshman or JV your 1st priority is to your grade school team (basketball, volleyball, and soccer). However you are not to miss because of Select, AAU, or Club. If you do miss (game or practice) for this reason you sit the next game. With that said Coach Barnes, as well as, JV Head Coach James Hubbard are more than fair in dealing with this situation.

The more I got to thinking about your post, the more disturbed I became. Coach Barnes works with the kids more than any other coach at NewCath in terms of playing other sports. Not only does he encourage them to play other school sports, he works with them on their club/AAU teams. He just won't tolerate players missing for their select teams, as most coaches wouldn't. Check his starting lineup and how many other sports each girl plays and tell me he "did not want them doing other sports"

 

Neace - 2 sports

Schreiber - 2 sports

Burkart - 1 sport

Kohls - 2 sports

Ware - 3 sports

Zimmerman - 3 sports

Enzweiler - 1 sport ?

Martini - 3 sports

Kehoe - 2 sports

 

Really? Be careful before you start bashing someone who really does have the kids' best interest and the program's best interest at heart. And NO, I don't have a daughter who plays for Coach Barnes.

 

Last year all these girls played one additional sport as well.

Last year all these girls played one additional sport as well.

 

Thanks for the update. I knew Kohls played basketball as a freshman but not as a sophomore. She's such an athlete, she can try any sport year to year and do well at that sport. I also thought Neace played 3 as a freshman and wasn't sure if Burkardt still played 2 or was just concentrating on softball (by her choice obviously). Regardless, the decisions are those of the student-athletes and their parents, not the coaches. The administration at NewCath would never tolerate any coaching staff in any sport talking kids out of playing multiple sports.