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I would say that the coach's are frustrated because they are telling the kids what to do in practice and the they are doing what they want during games. Parents need to remember that coach's are coaching for a job. If they don't win then they get fired. If kids are being told and taught to do one thing but they refuse to listen then they deserve to be yelled at and jumped on to. Parents need to remember that when they tell their kids to do something they expect the child to do it. The coach's expect the same. Honestly, if the parent and the kid can't handle that then they probably need to stop playing sports. High school coach's don't take time away from their families for kids not to listen to them. Parents also need to remember that they are not at all practices so they don't always know what is and is not being taught. If kids are being taught to do something one way and the kids refuse to do it then they should be yelled out END OF STORY! If they don't like it or can't take it, its simple quit, no one is required to play sports.

As far as high school your are right. The LC high school coach could coach or manage a team at any level of baseball. He is a person who has worked with young people all of his adult life not only on the field but in the classroom. He is a professionally trained educator. You could not do a national search and get any better. The problem is that at the FR/JV level you get parent volunteers or retirees that don't have a lot of experience in dealing with teams or kids on these teams. Just because someone asks you to go coach a team does not make you a coach. An untrained, unprofessional person can cause a lot of grief. On the other hand some of the best coaches in the world are in youth sports. It takes more than knowledge of a sport and a loud voice to earn the title of coach.