Activities during sports
I wanted to see what all you guys thought about this certain subject. Do you agree or disagree or what is your standpoint on this?
When i was raised, I was not allowed to go skiing or snowboarding or anything like that during sports. I do not remember my coaches having any rules on it, but now in college sports, there are more so regulations as to not do those things. As a coach, will you allow your athletes to do these extracurricular activities during season? Will you have rules that they can't do these? Just really want to know if any of you will make it a rule at the beginning of the season or what your outlooks are on this subject.
Thanks, can't wait to hear back.
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From playing college sports I can tell you that to the coaches you are more of an investment since they are paying for your education. So I believe that there should be rules on things you can and cant do during the season at the college level. Now moving to high school you can take either standpoint. My coaches always preached putting the team first. This means make a commitment to a cause and stick to it. Injuries are a part of life. I think this is a teachable moment as a coach to show them that they can commit to things and it takes sacrafice
The only time I will allow an athlete to do an activity during the season is if the activity is something that will get them into college. For example I have had a few athletes who also rodeo on my teams. They were better at rodeo than the sport I had them in and they had a great opportunity of getting financial aid because of their talents in rodeo. So, I let them go to a rodeo. All of this was prearranged so there were no surprises. As far as skiing and snowboarding for fun I highly recommend to my athletes that it would not be a good idea because they have made a commitment to this team and all it would take is one injury to derail something special. Sacrifices are part of life. We as coaches are only asking them not to do that for a season or two, they have the rest of their lives to ski and snowboard.
I personal would recommend not doing certain activist that would get my athletes hurt, but if I found out they did, I wouldn’t punish them. But that’s for high school if it was college athletes I would not allow it because I’m paying for there education.
There is no way to control what athletes do in thier spare time. This is a harder issue to adress than say drinking on the weekends, but I believe in the end it all comes down to how good does the athlete want to be in thier particular sport. A better way to approach is to have older athletes on the team approach that person instead of the coach, becuase they can make bigger impression than the coach ever could.
Above everything else, in my opinion if you join sports at the high school or college levels it is all about commitment! You made a choice, and you should stick to it. Why? For example, the sports you mentioned like skiing and snowboarding are high risk sports, meaning that anyone is more likely to get injured. If you are an athlete playing at collegiate level, you should be conscious of that, and if you did commit so your school, all of these activities should be put behind while during season. It might be a pretty straight forward opinion, but nowadays i see high school and collegiate sports getting tougher and more competitive, and it is all about commitment to your team.
I would not allow my players during season to play other sports or do other activities that would increase there risk of getting injured.During season it is about basketball but after season if they want to go snowboarding or do other sports thats fine.
My Dad was one of those who would not allow winter sports during basketball season. Not that he could stop it or that he ever said you cannot going skiing. It was just understood. Some did but most didn't. I did and he would have been pissed if he knew. As a coach I can now understand his reasons. You make a commitment to the team, the sport, and your self, you should do your best to honor that.
the other side is that student athletes are kids and should have a well rounded life and have fun.
To me it depends on the school level the athlete is at. In elementary/jr. high sports, I think its a little silly to have a kid focused on one sport/activity alone. I think kids should be able to get out and try new things. When I was coaching jr. high, a handful of my players played club sports, and most of them were already or getting burned out with the year round activity in one area. They need to be able to get out and have fun.
Yet, as athletes get older and truly desire to go further in one sport or activity, then the others might become a liability. Sure, you can use other sports and other physical activities as ways to stay in shape and even train certain physical skills, but they can also become a risk for injury.
I was one of those players that weren't allowed to do other activties outside of sports. In my opinion, it sucked but looking back on it, it was probably a good thing considering I was already doing three or four sports at a time. I do, however, wish that I had been able to do things that my friends ouside of sports were allowed to do.