The coach
The coach is perhaps the most important variable influencing a player’s participation in Australian Football.
• Nothing is more directly linked to quitting Australian Football than ‘abusive’, ‘angry’, ‘too serious’ coaches.
• Coaches seriously lack social skills for managing 10 to 16-year-olds.
• Coaching plans and preparation is critical.
It was a "too serious" district squad coach with zero social skills that turned me off football when I was 15.
ReplyDeleteI never even thanked him.