Mad coaches yelling at players help?

[OneTeamOneDream!]

Do you really think yelling at your players help? I think that the more you yell at them, the more they are going to make errors and be scared. Coaches should never yell at their players because it embarrasses them. It brings their confidence down so much. Since they are scared, they are going to mess up because you got in their head. S coaches, please be nice to your players, because you don't know what you got , until it's gone. DONT YELL!

[gar626]

wow! u must only play against rec teams or in a rec team or suppose to be in a rec team! cause all top teams in travel yell at there players to discipline them! so just stop ur crying and worry about your kid getting better hopefully!

p.s. peace out!

[ocsoftball]

Coaches yell at players get use to it this isnt Daddy ball anymore.

[sofbal1234]

OneTeamOneDream, you might not want to go watch your dd's team play against johnny M's or any or Marty Tyson's CA teams or you'll be terrified (apparently)!!! The girls respond like champs though, just look at their history

[artomatic]

and the bonus is some of these young girls grow up thinking it's perfectly normal for adult males to verbally abuse them...
a nice mindset for later in life...wifebeater tank tops not included...

[EzOut.EzOut]

Does a great player develop because she is yelled at or despite the fact that she's yelled at? A player knows when they make a mistake. Is there a really a need for the coach to call her out in the middle of a game? How about letting her get ready to make the next play and talk about the mistake in the dugout.

[weekend4trvl]

I yell at people that work for me and get great results. Oh wait, no I don't ( get results ) they shut down then end up hating me. Yelling doesn't work. Last year we practiced next to Gary Hanings 18G team, I watched and listened in. Not only did I never hear a coach yell, it was just the opposite quiet and respectful...kinda like co-workers, one teaching the other.

[playascabbie]

wow! u must only play against rec teams or in a rec team or suppose to be in a rec team! cause all top teams in travel yell at there players to discipline them! so just stop ur crying and worry about your kid getting better hopefully!

p.s. peace out!

Is this some sort of joke? Discipline them?
What age group are you talking about? Go ahead and belittle, degrade, embarrass, yell, scream and demand and you will end up with a child who is affraid to make a mistake, then is affraid to try. Sooner or later they will learn to tune you out, or quit trying. Teach a child, develope them. Show them not only to set goals, but attain them and you will be "coach" for life. Everyone gets yelled at sooner or later. It must get very frustrating saying the same thing over and over again. Getting yelled at is one thing, verbally abusing is another.

One by one you will lose your players, and one day you will find out YOU DONT HAVE A TEAM. Your players will go on to bigger and better things.

I'd say the grass is definately much greener on the other side.

[playascabbie]

OneTeamOneDream, you might not want to go watch your dd's team play against johnny M's or any or Marty Tyson's CA teams or you'll be terrified (apparently)!!! The girls respond like champs though, just look at their history

Is it because they yell and scream? I dont think so...Everytime I have heard MT yell something, there was intelligent information spewing from his vocal cords. Its not because they yell, it is because they teach... imho

[porcupine]

Coaches are teachers. Would anyone allow a teacher to constantly belittle their child for not being perfect on math tests? No way. The teacher who yells at little Susie for missing a math problem, tells her she is not good enough to be in his classroom, tells her she should go back to kindergarten, and mocks her in from of the general assembly, would be fired before he could blink. Parents would be in a rage if Susie came home from school and reported that her teacher bullied her. Even if the teacher claimed that he had taught many other students who had managed to graduate and go on to great things, the abusive behavior would not be tolerated.

Why do we put up with it on a softball field?

More importantly, who actually thinks yelling and bullying works? Mutual respect, that is what works.