Interesting discussion.  Something similar was mentioned to me (as president of our club) in a very casual way that the new Junior A team had a mother/daughter coach/player situation – and that the daughter had never been coached by anyone other than her mother.  This wasn’t a complaint at all, but just an observation – which got me thinking.  I really believe that players in general should have different coaches every so often – as each coach, like players, will have their own strengths and players will have a more rounded development in the game.  This would be why I wouldn’t want a mother coaching a junior team all the way through their netball career, the same with any coach.  But I have no problem with parents coaching daughters – you guys are right – that’s where a lot of coaches start from.

I was a coach before I was a mother – and my daughter only started playing last year – and I had no desire to coach her – I like the time out to enjoy watching her.

J

Michelle R