[baseball1974]

Then it is up to the public schools to offer something to retain the kids. People live to talk about Private schools and recruiting. Everyone forgets how rigid authority is at most of those schools and how involved parents are. That is the major difference between most private and public schools. It is reflected in their sports.

I have coached at both and I can tell you the parents are definitely a different breed than what you see at public schools. At public schools it is possible every season to get one or two overbearing parents but with coaching at private schools you can go head and bet on it. Each set of parents are highly involved with all their kids' extracurricular activities and especially sports. They have no problem spending tons of money on private lessons and equipment to push their kid or give them an advantage. Losing is also not an option. Most of the private schools around the country have an athletic fee in addition to their tuition costs. So the line coaches like to use that says, "playing sports is not a right it's a privilege," take a backseat at the private schools because they are actually paying to play. They(parents) expect everything to be up to par and organized and if they're not you'll most definitely hear about it, and they usually go above your head first because they don't want that face to face confrontation. It is definitely a different experience in regards to coaching and like you said, all of it plays a role into how they play on the field. I think it's great and if I hadn't have moved up to the college level then I would've been happy coaching at most private schools. Everyone is held to higher level and held accountable. That is and always will be a recipe for success.