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Re: What to do?
As an adult team member I yell at the drive teams all the time. Normally "yes! YES! Go! Auuugh! No!!"
But I do it from the stands. Anyone who can't control their enthusiasm sufficiently to be a productive, GP coach should join me in the stands and let the kids have fun playing the game.
It sounds like you did the right thing, and that the overly enthusiastic coach did the right thing by apologizing... hopefully they will think about coming up to enjoy the game from the stands and consider that a better place to indulge their enthusiasm rather than down on the floor.
And while I can see that occasionally it may be useful to have an adult as part of the drive team to help sort out a problem, I would encourage all adult team members to consider giving up the coach position to a student so that one more kid can experience the excitement and responsibility of being down on the floor. It lets the adult yell that much louder gives the kids a very clear, "I trust you" message.
Jason
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