In college, the coach would strategically place trashcans at each corner of the court so the staff didn't have to clean up puke off of the floor.

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Long gone are the days of coaches abusing their positions and hurting kids with their "discipline." When parents or fans start to question what goes on at practice things start going bad. Trust the coaches to do their job. You start putting limits on what goes on in practice and you end up with an angry coach and soft players.

It's funny reading all of these hard core repllies to this simple question. Yet on the football page a coach has been getting crucified all year after one his players died during a practice. How many of you all would change your tune if someone died during a practice where all they were doing was running for "punishment". I am a coach and I definately believe there has to be discipline in sports (in life for that matter). I think that physical punishment gets kids attention and builds character and toughness that most of our youth are lacking. Just remember that when the unthinkable happens, everyone changes their mind on how things are done.

It's funny reading all of these hard core repllies to this simple question. Yet on the football page a coach has been getting crucified all year after one his players died during a practice. How many of you all would change your tune if someone died during a practice where all they were doing was running for "punishment". I am a coach and I definately believe there has to be discipline in sports (in life for that matter). I think that physical punishment gets kids attention and builds character and toughness that most of our youth are lacking. Just remember that when the unthinkable happens, everyone changes their mind on how things are done.

No one, in their right mind would want ANY athlete to die....NO ONE.

 

I believe the incident in which you speak, was also related to heat exhaustion and some other issues.

It builds discipline. let em run for a while and if someone can hit a couple free throws, they stop. Helps them to hit those shots down the stretch too.

 

 

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This is why I'm totally for CLOSED practices. I think parents have no place in practice. Also, during my tryouts the kids know what it is going to be like during the season because half the tryout is conditioning. And no I don't have them dribble a basketball with the conditioning. They do that in the other half of practice. Running builds stamina and mental toughness. Practices should always be harder than games.

 

I agree with you closed practices are the only way to go. I seen parents roll there eyes and huff and puff when you try to coach the child. Plus too many parents want to coach their child from the stands. :thumb:

Where would the line be, between punishment and abuse?

A lot of the times, there is no line. Coaches do everything in the world when their team is "down" (played a bad game) to find the players with true "heart". He may not be the quickest/skilled/or talented guy, but every team has one or two that battle for "it".

I just remember a day after I had detention (sophomore then) while I was at Bishop Brossart. 2.5 hours of running and push-ups (more running than anything). If I walked off the court, I would have never made it back to practice the next day. Coach wouldn't allow it. That was my punishment (to the team), I took it. I had too, or I would have let myself down.

 

By the way detention was because I had my shirt tail untucked.