On field Coach - Student or Adult

[aldaeron]

Clarification to original post: I do not have much experience with adult coaching and what its benefits are. I would like to know more from the community. I have read many of the debates on this topic already (even the ones with poorly worded whining about the topic). I did not find good, recent posts that offered good examples of doing coaching one way or another (maybe I used bad search terms).

I am interested in hearing your experience with coaching. I do not know of another way to ask the community for input other than posting, but do not want to create another "how to do FIRST right" type argument. Please PM me if you have some perspective on using a student or adult/mentor coach (especially if you have tried both). I am also interested to hear from students on drive teams. Did an adult coach help or hinder? Did a student coach help or hinder? Again, please PM me as to avoid the beating of any horses, dead or alive.

If you would be so kind as to fill out the poll so there is a more recent reflection of the break down in how teams utilize the coaching position, I am interested to see the results (the last one I saw was from 2008).

Free advice to people who are new to what online forums are: if you don't like a topic or see a repeated topic, don't click the link. I do it all the time on CD and other places. Works great!

Thanks!