Poor nutrition and rehabilitation from injuries is straight facts I experienced a pulled hamstring at 12-13 from being dehydrated but no one told me to drink water and I was still being fed fried food and fast food. I’ll never forget that pain
You're imagining & writing far too much into it... I only write comments based on reality... But the harshness of reality is far too much for most people to handle anymore... Which is why so many people resort to fantasies or crutches...such as religion, or drugs.
Man, stop! I have coached youth from 5 yr olds to varsity for 15 years. 13 is right around the age where kids make the transition to HS. Some are too small. Some just don't want to do it anymore. Some have other options. Others had parents who are forcing them. There is nothing wrong with championing drive, work ethic, competitiveness, teamwork and other traits that make youth sports great. What we do need to improve on is better coaches (ironic statement isn’t it), a better means to instill athletics as part of our ongoing lives and a removal of the belief of pro or bust. You are not a failure if you don’t make the NBA out of high school or get that Power 5 D1 scolly. We need to stop using our kids as lottery tickets and promoting a culture where making it means you tote that rock or spit those bars. You are exponentially more likely to become an investment banker than an NFL star. But we consider that failure. We focus on the wrong shit.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Well said. I was done with coaching, these parents are pushing way too hard for their kid to make it to the league. I watched as a mom dropped over $500+ putting it all on her kids to be NBA superstars, hiring videographers for a 6 yr old game.
I totally agree with you, my son is a Jr in high school varsity FB he’s been in sports since he was 3 mainly to keep him out of trouble and not outside for me. now he’s in High school it’s what he loves and it’s no longer on me to make his choice to stay in it or not it’s his future though it is our job to I courage it not force it.
Valid and correct comment. 14 is high school aged and that's when the real talent threshold separation surfaces. The majority can't compete athletically in high school in any sport so obviously they see the writing on the wall and put the rock down (and from there should pursue building on meshing their natural skillsets for real world application). Second half of your comment is also correct regarding social pressures and promoting the wrong culture. Glad you said it before I could get to it.
@@notreallyafamousartist695 Look...the stories I could tell you and the things I've seen is ridiculous. I've had a parent ask me if I could help their kid get to the NBA, WTH it doesn't work that way. Another had videographer film their kid like he's walking through into a n arena for game 7😅. Worst was having parents complain to me that their child didn't a chance to score a point, just setting them up to be soft.
I played football, no parental support or guidance. Father was on Heroin and in the streets, My Mother was working 3 jobs and raising me and my brother so she couldn’t come to my games. By the time I was 13-14 freshman year and needed that extra support and guidance I turned to the streets. I also went to 4 different High Schools so the Politics in HS FOOTBALL was what ultimately did it. I needed a Father Figure to tell me correctly, instead the Big Homies was trying to get me to Sell Drugs and Be Down. One year after Graduation I was in NJSP doing a 12 year 85% sentence. That 13-17 age is when children need guidance the most. Sports is Great but you need Both of your Parents and a community to keep you safe and protected from your own Naive Teenage Self. Period.
@@Sivyis333what, idk what the point of your comment was but the single parent thing is genuinely an issue. If your parent is overprotective and they also work too late to pick you up from practice then you essentially can’t play sports. If they don’t have the money and work too late you can’t play AAU. Both of these things are paramount to getting a scholarship which could put you through college. It’s extremely important
When America commodifies its children that’s what happens. When you push video games, that’s what happens. Families look for their ticket to generational wealth. Sad and tragic.
I coached AAU from 2010 to 2015 in DFW area. It was great at first and then I realize it was not about teaching the kids/teens the proper way to play the game. I noticed alot of programs were just using some kids for their talents (being able to jump out the gym or their quickness - but these kids didn't know how to set a screen and roll to the basket or go left for a left-handed layup or how to box out for rebound. And some these kids were HS teens. Yet, you try to explain to parents that kids/teens have to get the fundamentals down, because no HS Coach or even a College Coach is going to have time to go over these things. Your child will be expected to already know the fundamentals. It was a battle, but sad to see to alot of kids with great potential being used just because they could dunk or make a fancy pass.
This is not a macrodiscussion with other demographic. We priorize the most competitive and difficult careers to establish. Our collective self worth is in the gutter. I should feel confident i can make a living using my mind just the same way I feel I can do it using my body.
This is absolutely false it has nothing to do with injury or how many games they play, it's jump off the porch age ppl the ones that are really good get support to move to highschool sports the ones that are average start falling into peer pressure and being around the wrong ppl especially single mother households, I was 1 myself pretty good player but my local dope boi had all the girls n money I wanted that n said f sports
Poor nutrition and rehabilitation from injuries is straight facts I experienced a pulled hamstring at 12-13 from being dehydrated but no one told me to drink water and I was still being fed fried food and fast food. I’ll never forget that pain
I can relate to this!
I got burned out and quit at age 12...had been playing since age 5
Jesus Christ, based on your comment history it sounds like you got burned out on life itself
You're imagining & writing far too much into it...
I only write comments based on reality...
But the harshness of reality is far too much for most people to handle anymore...
Which is why so many people resort to fantasies or crutches...such as religion, or drugs.
Man, stop! I have coached youth from 5 yr olds to varsity for 15 years. 13 is right around the age where kids make the transition to HS. Some are too small. Some just don't want to do it anymore. Some have other options. Others had parents who are forcing them. There is nothing wrong with championing drive, work ethic, competitiveness, teamwork and other traits that make youth sports great. What we do need to improve on is better coaches (ironic statement isn’t it), a better means to instill athletics as part of our ongoing lives and a removal of the belief of pro or bust. You are not a failure if you don’t make the NBA out of high school or get that Power 5 D1 scolly. We need to stop using our kids as lottery tickets and promoting a culture where making it means you tote that rock or spit those bars. You are exponentially more likely to become an investment banker than an NFL star. But we consider that failure. We focus on the wrong shit.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Well said. I was done with coaching, these parents are pushing way too hard for their kid to make it to the league. I watched as a mom dropped over $500+ putting it all on her kids to be NBA superstars, hiring videographers for a 6 yr old game.
I totally agree with you, my son is a Jr in high school varsity FB he’s been in sports since he was 3 mainly to keep him out of trouble and not outside for me. now he’s in High school it’s what he loves and it’s no longer on me to make his choice to stay in it or not it’s his future though it is our job to I courage it not force it.
Valid and correct comment. 14 is high school aged and that's when the real talent threshold separation surfaces. The majority can't compete athletically in high school in any sport so obviously they see the writing on the wall and put the rock down (and from there should pursue building on meshing their natural skillsets for real world application). Second half of your comment is also correct regarding social pressures and promoting the wrong culture. Glad you said it before I could get to it.
@@Mr.Edwards233wtf😹😹😹😹🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 oh my god
@@notreallyafamousartist695 Look...the stories I could tell you and the things I've seen is ridiculous. I've had a parent ask me if I could help their kid get to the NBA, WTH it doesn't work that way. Another had videographer film their kid like he's walking through into a n arena for game 7😅. Worst was having parents complain to me that their child didn't a chance to score a point, just setting them up to be soft.
I played football, no parental support or guidance.
Father was on Heroin and in the streets, My Mother was working 3 jobs and raising me and my brother so she couldn’t come to my games.
By the time I was 13-14 freshman year and needed that extra support and guidance I turned to the streets. I also went to 4 different High Schools so the Politics in HS FOOTBALL was what ultimately did it.
I needed a Father Figure to tell me correctly, instead the Big Homies was trying to get me to Sell Drugs and Be Down. One year after Graduation I was in NJSP doing a 12 year 85% sentence.
That 13-17 age is when children need guidance the most.
Sports is Great but you need Both of your Parents and a community to keep you safe and protected from your own Naive Teenage Self.
Period.
I’m from Flint...On top of the AAU scheduling, your ‘Hoop Dreams’ hit different when you get home from practice and ain’t no food in the fridge.
😂😂😂
What a coincidence, about 70% of our kids come from single parent households.
100% lives in America and your point is?
@@Sivyis333what, idk what the point of your comment was but the single parent thing is genuinely an issue. If your parent is overprotective and they also work too late to pick you up from practice then you essentially can’t play sports. If they don’t have the money and work too late you can’t play AAU. Both of these things are paramount to getting a scholarship which could put you through college. It’s extremely important
@@notreallyafamousartist695 i guess you dont live in America.
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When America commodifies its children that’s what happens. When you push video games, that’s what happens. Families look for their ticket to generational wealth. Sad and tragic.
Excellent, intelligent, and thought provoking commentary!
I coached AAU from 2010 to 2015 in DFW area. It was great at first and then I realize it was not about teaching the kids/teens the proper way to play the game. I noticed alot of programs were just using some kids for their talents (being able to jump out the gym or their quickness - but these kids didn't know how to set a screen and roll to the basket or go left for a left-handed layup or how to box out for rebound. And some these kids were HS teens. Yet, you try to explain to parents that kids/teens have to get the fundamentals down, because no HS Coach or even a College Coach is going to have time to go over these things. Your child will be expected to already know the fundamentals. It was a battle, but sad to see to alot of kids with great potential being used just because they could dunk or make a fancy pass.
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This is not a macrodiscussion with other demographic. We priorize the most competitive and difficult careers to establish. Our collective self worth is in the gutter. I should feel confident i can make a living using my mind just the same way I feel I can do it using my body.
This is absolutely false it has nothing to do with injury or how many games they play, it's jump off the porch age ppl the ones that are really good get support to move to highschool sports the ones that are average start falling into peer pressure and being around the wrong ppl especially single mother households, I was 1 myself pretty good player but my local dope boi had all the girls n money I wanted that n said f sports
O,sh***t Martin Lawrence 😂😂😂😂……
I didn’t quit, I just couldn’t make weight so I never made the cut after jv.
Yall just soft and find excuses not to play😂😂😂💯