Push for Scholarships Puts Pressure on Coaches!

What do high school coaches here from most of the parents. Why didn't my son get a football scholarship? My daughter should have gotten softball scholarships! And the blame rests solely on the shoulders of the coach? Coaches that are most often teachers that don't get paid what there worth and spend long tiresome hours at practice and games. The annual stipend if they receive one for coaching is minimal and they have to put up with this. Most of these coaches do it for the love of the game but when the game turns ugly so does their outlook.

These parents often approach the coaches after a long practice or game and quiz the coaches on what they are doing to get there son football scholarships or basketball scholarships. As though it's there responsibility to get this kid four years of college for free? Most coaches will tell you that it is truthfully a good problem to have. It makes the assumption that these teams and players are talented enough to be considered for athletic scholarships. But what if the coach said in reply to the parents what are you doing at home to get your son an academic scholarship?

What is truly interesting is that with success often brings the misconception that the entire team is suited for college sports scholarships. Often coaches have to be honest with the parents and explain that even though we have won a state title three of the last four years it wasn't really due to your child. Nonetheless, parents having to face the reality of paying thousands of dollars for the next four years of college is a daunting task and one that is quickly alleviated with the hopes of an athletic scholarship.

Obviously the coach wants every kid to get a college sports scholarship. When a coach has eight girls sign volleyball scholarships and only six play at a time then the coach looks like a hero. It is also a very rewarding and valuable notch in the coaches belt to have helped a student. So coaches will continue to try and get as many golf scholarships, tennis scholarships and even cheerleading scholarships so long as the parents and students promise to try and get academic scholarships, deal.