How should a basketball coach handle a player that quits football during football season because the player feels the pressure to be on the basketball court practicing? Should the coach tell the player to stay with football until the end of the season or should he allow the player to practice?

Thoughts??????????

When Football season ends, he can come out. Doesn't KHSAA have a policy/ByLaw, regarding this very issue, about leaving one sport to participate in another.

How should a basketball coach handle a player that quits football during football season because the player feels the pressure to be on the basketball court practicing? Should the coach tell the player to stay with football until the end of the season or should he allow the player to practice?

Thoughts??????????

 

It seems to me like it should not be a black and white issue, right and wrong issue. What if a kid is not getting to play any on the football team, but actually has some ability and has a chance to get to play basketball then I think they should be let play. At the same time if it is a good player, vital to the team and then ups and quits and decided to change sports and leaves the team hanging, I don't like that at all. I believe a coach should use good judgment and the 2 coaches should communicate with each other on the matter.

It seems to me like it should not be a black and white issue, right and wrong issue. What if a kid is not getting to play any on the football team, but actually has some ability and has a chance to get to play basketball then I think they should be let play. At the same time if it is a good player, vital to the team and then ups and quits and decided to change sports and leaves the team hanging, I don't like that at all. I believe a coach should use good judgment and the 2 coaches should communicate with each other on the matter.

Totally disagree!

 

Joining an athletic team is a commitment. Most schools have policies that if a player quits an in-season team he is ineligible to join another team until his former team has completed its season.

 

If you could "test the waters" on a team and then simply quit to join the next team, kids would be quitting to do things such as be in the play etc.. It would leave an open-ended invitation to create a merry-go-round for all those bored or mal-contented with their in-season sport.

 

Quitters tend to be just that - Quitters!

Totally disagree!

 

Joining an athletic team is a commitment. Most schools have policies that if a player quits an in-season team he is ineligible to join another team until his former team has completed its season.

 

If you could "test the waters" on a team and then simply quit to join the next team, kids would be quitting to do things such as be in the play etc.. It would leave an open-ended invitation to create a merry-go-round for all those bored or mal-contented with their in-season sport.

 

Quitters tend to be just that - Quitters!

 

I believe each situation is unique. If the football coach is fine with it and the basketball coach is fine with it then whats the big deal? If a kid is not playing an important role on the team I think it is okay.

 

I do not believe in quitting, and I think people get in a habit of doing that, but also sometimes a coach will have ways to push a kid to play a sport who doesn't even want to play situations like this occurs.

I agree with Log Mountain Boy, each situation is different. Did this kid actually play/contribute to the football team? Is he a good basketball player and needs/wants to now concentrate on basketball since he isn't contributing to the football team? Did the kid really want to play football in the first place? Or was he talked into it by coaches?

So parents/kids should have choice in picking and choosing schools but not when they want to be a part of a team or not when they want to be part of a team.

 

I have no problem with it.

 

Kids make mistakes. A kid who plays basketball could think he wants to play football. Find out it is not for him. So now, you are going to possibly penalize that kid from playing basketball based upon a decision he made that was not right for him?

I think also you should look at the timing of the player quitting. If a kid is a starter or a solid contributor and plays up to October 15th and then quits to play basketball that is wrong. I think the coaches need to make the best judgment in this situation.

Mustang, I couldn't agree more.......It's plain and simple FINISH WHAT YOU START! We are sending the absolute wrong message to the youth of our society if we condone quitting. It's about commitment. If student athletes were permitted to quit one to join the other, small schools could have coaches fighting over athletes, making open ended promises, pitting parents against other coaches etc. If they don't like football for whatever reason, don't play NEXT YEAR. If I'm a coach, I would be concerned with someone on my team that proved to be a quitter!

Mustang, I couldn't agree more.......It's plain and simple FINISH WHAT YOU START! We are sending the absolute wrong message to the youth of our society if we condone quitting. It's about commitment. If student athletes were permitted to quit one to join the other, small schools could have coaches fighting over athletes, making open ended promises, pitting parents against other coaches etc. If they don't like football for whatever reason, don't play NEXT YEAR. If I'm a coach, I would be concerned with someone on my team that proved to be a quitter!

 

Doesn't that sound like what is going on between schools now?

How should a basketball coach handle a player that quits football during football season because the player feels the pressure to be on the basketball court practicing? Should the coach tell the player to stay with football until the end of the season or should he allow the player to practice?

Thoughts??????????

 

From whom is he "feeling pressure"? If it's the basketball coach, then the a.d. needs to get in front of this asap and put an end to it!

Doesn't that sound like what is going on between schools now?

 

Probably, but in my opinion, not nearly to the extent it could be if there weren't any rules in place by the individual schools to address this issue.

As a parent I always taught my kids to finish what they started. If they started a sport and find out they didn't like it or wanted to do something else, I always encouraged them to finish the year and not go out for that sport again. I feel that each student/athlete is different as is each situation. However, starting something and then quitting can and does sometimes become a habit and an easy way out of something and may carry over into the kids adult life.

Communication between the coaches, athlete and parents is important in this type of situation.

As a parent I always taught my kids to finish what they started. If they started a sport and find out they didn't like it or wanted to do something else, I always encouraged them to finish the year and not go out for that sport again. I feel that each student/athlete is different as is each situation. However, starting something and then quitting can and does sometimes become a habit and an easy way out of something and may carry over into the kids adult life.

Communication between the coaches, athlete and parents is important in this type of situation.

 

I'm with you Cvillecat:thumb:

Maybe we should just punish a kid, yes kid, for trying a new sport. Better yet, if a kid tries out and doesn't want to be there, let's require the kid to remain there and possibly be a negative influence on others that want to be there. While the kid is sitting around not involved in sports, maybe he/she won't be discouraged and turn to other alternatives in the meantime, like drugs or bad grades. Sometimes kids are influenced into trying something new and promised everything in the world, but it doesn't always work out that way. Should that kid be punished for trying?