Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2017 8:07:31 GMT 10
obiwan,
Good question.
If your son follows the coach to another club you can bet your house on the fact that some peanut parent from the new club will start bagging your son because "he wouldn't have made the team if he didn't know the coach ".
You can't follow a coach everywhere for your whole junior career.
If your son is liked at his present club my advice would be to stay put.
The new coach will probably do him good.
I hear what you're saying. I'm both a coach and parent so its funny listening to some of those parents talk about football with all their years of inexperience.. I understand that some players cannot follow their coach throughout their junior years for various reasons. What i'm mainly getting at is that as a parent do you really care what other parents say? Sure it's frustrating but considering the ridiculous fees you already pay, don't you want what's best for your son/daughter as a player? If that means follow the coach because you're getting your money's worth?
As parents we obviously go to our own personal experiences first to judge or perceive. Again through my own playing experience at youth level here (plenty of coaching changes) and overseas the coaching staff rarely change at youth level. So yes some kids have the same coaches nearly all their junior careers then progress to professional ranks.
It's an interesting discussion that i like to have with all and sundry. I've seen some quality coaches here, and being a coach myself it seems that we automatically pidgeon hole ourselves with this 2yr policy then move on to a new club or age group or the clubs themselves give the nudge?
This is where we dilute the process in specialising. Again this is my two cents and i love to here everyone else's experiences and thoughts?
ps- Tarzan..you make me laugh. Let me guess you support Manly or the roosters too