Little League World Series

[Sportsaholic]

Some really good players and awesome games, but the attitudes from some of these kids are unbelievable.........Yes I know they're just "kids" but come on with disrespecting your coach & umps :nono:

Makes you wonder if the coaches/parents are teaching anything else but Baseball to these kids :shrug:

 

[Old School]

baby sitting service..

watched yesterday..

I coached a team to the state semi's a thousand years ago..

not a kid on my team would ever sass an adult..

ya'll have'em...ya'll keep raising spoiled brats..

 

[Old School]

too much mouth..

not enough back breaking work after school nor during the summer..

 

[Old School]

not a teacher job nor a coach's job to teach children responsibility and accountability combined with the respect for others..

it begins and ends at home..

nowhere else..

can't raise them right..then don't have a any more. you are not qualified..

period...end of problem..

 

[ppabart]

God help us all when all these misfits grow up :facepalm:

 

[The Joker]

Anybody else have the under on game 3?

 

[Sportsaholic]

Anybody else have the under on game 3?

I have to admit I did check Bodog to see if they had any lines.....:facepalm:

 

[WhatsHisNuts]

Let's keep teaching them that they are precious gifts that can do anything and deserve nothing but respect from everyone. At some point, we started teaching kids that they deserved respect versus giving and earning it. It's only going to get worse.

 

[BobbyBlueChip]

 

[Mr. Poon]

older than little leaguers but these teens (pitcher and catcher) seem to know how to work together to achieve a goal:

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http://deadspin.com/5830600/youth+b...her-catcher-conspired-to-hit-him-with-a-pitch

 

[saint]

They're learning it watching their heroes...all they have to do is flip on a 30 minute ep of SportsCenter and they will see that behavior more than 1 time. I agree parenting is a huge piece but they are echoing the attitude of the pro athlete today.

 

[BuckwheatJWN]

saw that one coming a mile away. Ironically though, I know of it happening in youth ball here in the 70's twice :scared , and all the participants turned out to be good adults and parents. Of course, I'm not sure what happened to them when they got home on those nights over 3 decades ago. LOL
:0008

 

[kellyindallas]

Bad parenting. It's the parents' job to keep kids' attitudes in check. Of course they'll emulate pro athletes' assholery, that's when dad puts kid in check and reminds him of his place in life...or mom. I was a star in every sport I played my whole life (as I'm sure many of you were, as well) but if I'd acted like some of these kids my mom and dad would have wiped that attitude off my face very quickly.

The adulation of kids these days is sickening and warped.

On a positive note, the RI coaches handled their kids great, I thought.

 

[LetsMakeMoney]

:facepalm: :lol: :lol:

 

[kellyindallas]

:facepalm: :lol: :lol:

Awwww. HI LMM! Long time, no see. Hope all is well in Vegas. :toast:

 

[shawn555]

I have to admit I did check Bodog to see if they had any lines.....:facepalm:

5dimes has lines for all the games. :00hour

 

[Blitz]

My son is a Freshman in High School this year and is playing football. They had a mandatory meeting last week for all fall athletes and parents.

After the football meeting we see my wife and daughter talking to her cheerleading coach and the new Athletic Director. I introduce myself to the new AD and shake his hand and then my son does the same. Then the AD congratulates my son for looking him in the eye as he was shaking his hand.

This was a proud moment for me, because since he was young I have always taught him to have a firm handshake and look the person in the eye. :0074

 

[layinwood]

I think blame should be placed on the parents but IMO when they're between the lines it's the coaches responsibility. I coach my sons soccer and baseball teams and I'm hard on the young guys and they're only 7 and 8. If one of them has something negative to say they get to run. If their attitude is bad they get to run. If they get tired of running and get bitchy about that then they're asked to leave. If the parents don't like it then they'red asked to joing another team.

Old School, I know what you mean by babysitting service and after my first year I stopped that by requiring all parents to help out at practice. I find that some are resistant but I dictate playing time on several things and one is parent contribution. In the beginning I had a quite of few parents who had bad attitudes but I told them they all had a choice and if they didn't like it they could start their own team.

It seems to me that the coaches that are A holes also have quite a few kids on their teams that are the same way.

 

[layinwood]

not a teacher job nor a coach's job to teach children responsibility and accountability combined with the respect for others..

it begins and ends at home..

nowhere else..

can't raise them right..then don't have a any more. you are not qualified..

period...end of problem..

Old School this post struck a chord with me so I decided to respond in a separate post from my other.

I really believe it is a coaches and teachers responsibility to teach every thing they can including responsibility and accountability. I'm not saying the parents aren't the most important but everyone in a kids life has that responsibility. I think the saying is "it takes a community to raise a child."

I know for a good number of boys on my teams that I'm one of the few adult males in their life. Like I said in my other post, I'm hard on my boys and expect big things from them. At first some of them push me away, act out or just don't want to play on our team. Now when I pull up for practice or games my kids run up and give me hugs and have the biggest smiles on their faces. It's a roll that I take to heart and it means a lot to me. If I don't require them to be respectful and everything else then I really can't say much.

So while I agree it begins and ends at home I don't agree that it's nowhere else.

 

[BuckwheatJWN]

Layin: Just an opinion, but back when I coached kids almost 40 years ago , an older friend who was a successful high school coach said to never make RUNNING the punishment for anything to young kids.
1. They all can run and sometimes don't necessarily look at it as punishment. It gets them away from something they CAN'T do like catch or hit a baseball.

2. Running should ALWAYS be fun. It's one of the best exercises and simplest one can do by themselves their whole lives. You're making something which is GOOD for a person seem BAD.

Just a suggestion which made sense to me then and still does. Good luck and thanks for the effort.