321 Green Street
Awesomeville, British Columbia,
B4A 8N9
May 25, 2011
123 Main Street
Sportsville, British Columbia,
V2A 1W3
Dear Mr. Kleats:
My name is Jenny Douglas. Sarah, my daughter, is a player on your U13 soccer team. I would like to express my concerns regarding your coaching tactics.
I understand you are a busy man with a family of your own, but with the high price of fees parents have to pay for hours of practice and a tournament each week, punctuality is necessary from their coach. If you arrive early or on time to practice and games, the kids will have the time to get a good warm up in before starting drills or games. Also, practices seem quite disorganized. For young kids, discipline in drills is needed to learn how to perform well under pressure. If you could please be more serious with the kids while running drills they will improve at a quicker pace.
I would also like to address the issue of playing time. Though a competitive behavior from a coach can be a good coaching style, and it is hard coming from a professional background, these kids are still at a young age and need to be treated as equals. All the parents are paying the same amount for their kids to be a part of this team, and each kid needs a chance to improve just as much as the stronger players. As these kids are under the age of thirteen, there is no good reason for the coach to be yelling at the players, a more positive attitude towards the players would keep the kids wanting to come back.
I hope you will take my suggestions into consideration. You are a very strong coach and I look forward to seeing you at the next game. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Jenny Douglas
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Parking Lot Learning
Drivers need to learn to maneuver their vehicles in small spaces at an early age. Princess Margaret Secondary School has taken it into their own hands to make sure students learn precisely this. Looking at the school's parking lot, one would see cars parked almost on top of each other and kids racing to the only open spot. This is what it takes to make today's student population, tomorrow's aggressive drivers.
When a student leaves on a break for a snack, they come back to see that their spot, and every other one are taken, leaving them on the hunt to attack the next open spot. Some kids, still patient, circle the parking lot until another unfortunate driver leaves. These kids need to learn aggression. Once kids are exposed to this long enough, they will begin to fend for themselves, creating new spots in places inconvenient for others. This teaches students its alright to live by their own rules, and they have to make their own success in life.
When the final bell rings and the day is at its end, students are faced with a new challenge. Everyone is leaving at the same time. This creates an environment where only the strongest survive. A small tracker, for instance, can squeeze through small openings, dodge traffic, and make it out of the jungle of the parking lot quite easily. For a monstrous truck, however, red with fury, this task isn't so simple. Trying to maneuver a truck which takes up multiple parking stalls, is a task on its own. Not hitting any cars, is a rare occasion. In this chaos, students learn to speak out, honking horns at each other and standing up for themselves.
The school parking lot is a place where the strong survive, and the weak are crushed. Kids' passion and intensity comes out to get themselves out of the tough situation. The bright use their minds to figure out the jigsaw puzzle of cars, and the dumb sit stuck in the mess of chaos. The school has made sure students at Princess Margaret Secondary School learn these important life skills.
When a student leaves on a break for a snack, they come back to see that their spot, and every other one are taken, leaving them on the hunt to attack the next open spot. Some kids, still patient, circle the parking lot until another unfortunate driver leaves. These kids need to learn aggression. Once kids are exposed to this long enough, they will begin to fend for themselves, creating new spots in places inconvenient for others. This teaches students its alright to live by their own rules, and they have to make their own success in life.
When the final bell rings and the day is at its end, students are faced with a new challenge. Everyone is leaving at the same time. This creates an environment where only the strongest survive. A small tracker, for instance, can squeeze through small openings, dodge traffic, and make it out of the jungle of the parking lot quite easily. For a monstrous truck, however, red with fury, this task isn't so simple. Trying to maneuver a truck which takes up multiple parking stalls, is a task on its own. Not hitting any cars, is a rare occasion. In this chaos, students learn to speak out, honking horns at each other and standing up for themselves.
The school parking lot is a place where the strong survive, and the weak are crushed. Kids' passion and intensity comes out to get themselves out of the tough situation. The bright use their minds to figure out the jigsaw puzzle of cars, and the dumb sit stuck in the mess of chaos. The school has made sure students at Princess Margaret Secondary School learn these important life skills.
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