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My use of "Putting out Fires" is a mere figure of speech,
I would love to hear input on what High School coaches do to alleviate situations and to prevent them from happening in the future.
This is not a complaint at all. I know being a high school coach it comes with the territory but my question is when does it become too much? It gets to the point where I get so stressed out I cant breathe and get severe chest pain and want to cry in my bed. SO, what do you say to your parents and kids so not to sound like you don't care about whats going on or that you don't want to hear it. Almost daily I have an athlete or parent emailing me with an issue or a "fire to put out" or its "can I talk to you for a second" and when they talk to me some of the things they want to talk about are either typical catty hs drama, or something in my opinion they should be handling themselves.
As coaches, we should give kids the feeling like they can come to us with anything and be comfortable to talk to us if they need someone to talk to.
Unfortuantely with high school girls personalities are so strong.
I find myself saying "It's always something" or saying "why is this even an issue?"
I've even compared coaching to trick candles. Once you put one fire out another one starts.
Does anyone run into this type of situation with your team?
How do you handle it and what types of methods do you use to instill a positive open door environment but not getting too stressed out while dealing with constant situations??
I would love to hear input on what High School coaches do to alleviate situations and to prevent them from happening in the future.
This is not a complaint at all. I know being a high school coach it comes with the territory but my question is when does it become too much? It gets to the point where I get so stressed out I cant breathe and get severe chest pain and want to cry in my bed. SO, what do you say to your parents and kids so not to sound like you don't care about whats going on or that you don't want to hear it. Almost daily I have an athlete or parent emailing me with an issue or a "fire to put out" or its "can I talk to you for a second" and when they talk to me some of the things they want to talk about are either typical catty hs drama, or something in my opinion they should be handling themselves.
As coaches, we should give kids the feeling like they can come to us with anything and be comfortable to talk to us if they need someone to talk to.
Unfortuantely with high school girls personalities are so strong.
I find myself saying "It's always something" or saying "why is this even an issue?"
I've even compared coaching to trick candles. Once you put one fire out another one starts.
Does anyone run into this type of situation with your team?
How do you handle it and what types of methods do you use to instill a positive open door environment but not getting too stressed out while dealing with constant situations??