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Coach, I hate to tell you but...
February 10, 2010
I feel that these days, school sports are way to hardcore. I mean, practices are way to often and you are not allowed to ever miss. They say you have to have good grades to play, but how is studying possible when you are at practice all of the time? Family issues are way more important to me and I need time to be a teenager. So seriously, give us some days off!!! Who's it gonna kill???? I love sports, and I'm gonna stick with them, but I just wish they were a little less important. You know? What ever happened to, "It's just for fun" & "Winning isn't everything" huh?
© Anonymous
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This article has 6 comments.
[email protected] BRONZE said...
on Dec. 14 2011 at 12:12 pm
Reading this I relize how lucky I am to play on the team I play on. Our coach is hard on us, we run, we work, we sweat but we have fun. Our coach, like any coach wants to win but more than that he wants US to feel good about how we played. If one of us says we are sick, he'll sit us. He is our biggest cheerleader, he'll pick us up when we lose, boost us higher when we win. He is my second father.
beyond_love_x SILVER said...
on Feb. 25 2010 at 6:15 pm
I agree completely! It is ALL about winning these days, and I even quit my school soccer team because it was no longer fun. It was all about making it to the top and being the best. Everything is a competition these days and has nothing to do with fun. With all this competition I fear that us teenagers are forgetting what it means to have fun and be a kid.
devygirl1992 said...
on Feb. 21 2010 at 4:40 pm
Exactlyyy!
SoftballGator said...
on Feb. 20 2010 at 5:18 pm
Only if a coach would actually read this and get it through their heads
youknoowww7 said...
on Feb. 20 2010 at 1:56 pm
This is sooo true!
AngelGal07 GOLD said...
on Feb. 17 2010 at 6:32 pm
i know what you mean!
