- May 29, 2012
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Since I took over coaching, the squad performs a special dance/routine at our Tipoff Game, Homecoming, and Senior Night. In the past years, my seniors have been very great at contributing to coming up with the dances, except for last year. Last year, they didn't help what so ever and neither did anyone else on the team so I nixed the idea and we did none. This year, the squad wants to do them, but are not contributing. As a coach, yeah I can totally come up with the entire routine and teach it to them, but is that really my job? Is it my responsibility to spend countless hours of my spare time creating dances for them to do? I don't feel it is, I spend hours each week at practices, hours each week doing paperwork that is required for the squad, hours each week working on cheers, sidelines, and stunt ideas for them, hours each week working on music for these special dances. I don't get paid much for this job, but that's outside of my frustration...it's that it's not appreciated and when I do come up with stuff there is always someone being a critic. I feel like if I continue to create their routines then I am setting myself up for disappointment when they don't like it or perform it with no enthusiasm.
Whenever your team comes up with extra dances/routines, who comes up with them? Is it a team effort or just the coach?
Whenever your team comes up with extra dances/routines, who comes up with them? Is it a team effort or just the coach?