Hi Janine,
I too Coach my daughter. Our club like most other clubs I think would
struggle to find coaches if it wasn't for mothers of the girls. I can
understand that yes some people just aren't meant to coach their own
daughters as they can't seem to seperate the 2. My daughters team had
another mother coach their team 2 years ago by a mother who found
this difficult. She ended up giving her own child the coaches award
which is not really the right thing to do. Find another award for
her. One thing I have found with our team is setting the ground rules
right from the start. I also let the parents vote each week on a
3,2,1 system on who they think was BOG. This way I can't be accused
of favouritism. Then the 2 girls with the highest points get the
trophies at the end of the season. I pick coaches award. Our team is
10/u this year.
I think you should all call a meeting and relay your concerns to the
president. Will she find it hard to get coaches????

Marnie--- In netballcoaching@yahoogroups.com, "Janine McDonell"
<janinemc@...> wrote:
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> Hi all
>
>
>
> Just thought I'd throw this one out to you all for comment. My
Club's new
> President wants to bring in a rule that no parent can coach their
child.
> She says this is because one parent in the Club is showing
favouratism
> towards their child. She also believes that some kids work better
under a
> coach other than their parent. I have been coaching my daughter
for 4 years
> (I have been involved in netball for 36 years, played A grade all
my life,
> Rep and State league at Nationals and are currently studying for my
Level 2
> coach accreditation). My daughter is 12yo and is playing 3rd
division - she
> enjoys me as her coach and I love to coach her and her friends - it
is a
> family thing. I am quite upset about this ruling and feel that why
should
> we be discriminated against when one person isn't doing the right
thing.
> The Club is a social club and we have approx 6 mothers coaching
their
> daughters. I was wondering if anyone had any views on this
situation.
>
>
>
> Janine
>