This is a coaching post.

Yes, I'm going to rant a bit. Not about coaching per se, but about something that comes with coaching younger players - parents.

Obviously dealing with parents is part of youth sports. There are many types - quiet, loud, nice, mean, control freaks, etc. However, what I've realized is that the hardest thing to deal with when it comes to parents is that there are often about twenty to thirty of them, and only one of you. Which makes it more likely that throughout the course of a week, one out of thirty will have a problem (with the coaching, playing time, finances, training schedule, game schedule, the list goes on) and they'll expect you to fix it.

Not all problems are bad. I have no problem (pun intended) in arranging something with a parent or family so that they can afford to have their kid play at a higher level.