Toughest Sport to Teach/Coach a Child

• GoChiefs

  

  said_aouita;1402762 wrote:Not even close. NASCAR is nowhere near as physical demanding as motocross

  
  Yea, I doubt it.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkKKMI9laIU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Fly4Fun;1402794 wrote: Once again you're really reaching to try to take a dig at me.

  Yup everyone is just out to get YOU! :rolleyes:
• jmog

  ccrunner609;1402171 wrote:no way its baseball. very little game action, easy to teach positions seperate. No plays. Situational baseball isnt even that tough.
  
  Team sports wise it has to be something where the players have plays to run and timing is key amongst all the players.
  
  I would go with something like gymnastics.

  Says someone who has never hat to hit a good curve.
  
  The mechanics of baseball is the hardest to coach. The game itself I'd say football with the strategic play calling involved.
• jmog

  Raw Dawgin' it;1402177 wrote:lol how you compare any of those to a passing play in football. Baseball is the easiest sport to learn.

  Easiest to learn the game maybe.
  Hardest to master the mechanics, definitely.
• queencitybuckeye

  Shouldn't need to teach a child to hit a curve, as he shouldn't see one.
• jmog

  justincredible;1402181 wrote:Wrestling.

  I would say wrestling is the hardest sport in the world on the actual kid/athlete. No sport even compares to be honest.
  
  However, I don't think wrestling is that hard to coach at the youth level.
  
  HS I'm sure it is different, but I've been coaching youth wrestling for a few years and it's easier than baseball or football to coach.
• justincredible

  

  jmog;1402809 wrote:I would say wrestling is the hardest sport in the world on the actual kid/athlete. No sport even compares to be honest.
  
  However, I don't think wrestling is that hard to coach at the youth level.
  
  HS I'm sure it is different, but I've been coaching youth wrestling for a few years and it's easier than baseball or football to coach.

  It's extremely frustrating trying to teach a 5 or 6 year old that doesn't really pay attention even the most basic stuff. The older kids (3rd grade or above), sure, no problem.
• jmog

  ccrunner609;1402293 wrote:if baseball and softball and wrestling were so difficult, then how do those millions of youth sport kids ever learn how to do it?
  
  Any sport that starts in kindergarten cant be that tough

  You can't be serious...if you believe that then swimming and any track running event is so easy because kids learn how to do that at 2 years old.
  
  Kids start to learn/play those sports at that age BECAUSE they are so tough. You can't really be any good at the HS level if you start wrestling or start baseball as a 9th grader.
  
  However, there are PLENTY of sports where you can start as a 9th grader and do quite well in HS.
• WebFire

  justincredible;1402810 wrote:It's extremely frustrating trying to teach a 5 or 6 year old that doesn't really pay attention even the most basic stuff. The older kids (3rd grade or above), sure, no problem.

  I think that is true for all sports.
• WebFire

  jmog;1402812 wrote:You can't be serious...if you believe that then swimming and any track running event is so easy because kids learn how to do that at 2 years old.
  
  Kids start to learn/play those sports at that age BECAUSE they are so tough. You can't really be any good at the HS level if you start wrestling or start baseball as a 9th grader.
  
  However, there are PLENTY of sports where you can start as a 9th grader and do quite well in HS.

  Kids don't run CC in kindergarten because none of them care about it.
• justincredible

  

  WebFire;1402813 wrote:I think that is true for all sports.

  I only have experience coaching wrestling, hence my answer.
• jmog

  justincredible;1402810 wrote:It's extremely frustrating trying to teach a 5 or 6 year old that doesn't really pay attention even the most basic stuff. The older kids (3rd grade or above), sure, no problem.

  That is true in all sports at 5 and 6. Baseball/teeball at that age is no different.
• thavoice

  jmog;1402812 wrote:You can't be serious...if you believe that then swimming and any track running event is so easy because kids learn how to do that at 2 years old.
  
  Kids start to learn/play those sports at that age BECAUSE they are so tough. You can't really be any good at the HS level if you start wrestling or start baseball as a 9th grader.
  
  However, there are PLENTY of sports where you can start as a 9th grader and do quite well in HS.

  
  
  
  This brings up another topic as well as does starting kids out earlier have that much more of an affect on how good they will be in HS? there are 3 PUBLIC HS's within 10 minute of where I am at that have won 15 state football titles since the early 90s and none of them start playing football until 7th grade and well outdo the other local towns that HAVE pee wee football. but that is a diff topic for a diff day.
  
  I have coached baseball for a number of years, to HS kids, but when I was in HS I worked at the park activities with the baseball and and basketball programs with the kids. IT was much more difficult to teach them how to play baseball over basketball that is for sure.
• gut

  Ghmothwdwhso;1402473 wrote:With your thinking, I believe that diving may be more difficult. You need to teach the kid how to swim before you can teach them how to dive. Falling on the Ice < sinking to the bottom of the pool.

  I go back and forth between the two. They don't have to be able to swim (for diving) at nearly the same level they'd need to skate
  to really begin playing the sport.
• Ironman92

  

  Fly4Fun;1402765 wrote:I agree that coaching is a great experience. It's great just to be around the general exuberance and excitement that kids have on a daily basis as opposed to most adults.
  
  I will say that I was lucky enough to coach a young girl that has a shot to be something really special. I got her in her first year of club swimming, she is just a person with an incredible independent drive. As an 8 year old she would show up to practice early and do push-ups and sit-ups on her own before practice began. I never had to question how hard she was working herself in practice, she never took it easy unless it was a "recovery" set. Her physical awareness and body control is out of this world. Often with swimming when changing a person's stroke/technique it's a long process that requires exaggeration of movement. But with her, you could literally tell her what to do, show her what you mean and she would change her stroke within the next few minutes of instruction and attempts at fixing it she would have it fixed. I learned she was also an excellent gymnast, which isn't surprising given her physical strength and coordination.
  
  As far as accomplishments, she continues to break every single record in every stroke and distance she does. She could have qualified to the District Meet (HS swimming goes Sectionals --> Districts --> State) as a 9-10 year old this year.
  
  I had a blast coaching all the kids I coached. But I felt privileged to have the opportunity to coach that girl for the period of time I did. It was truly amazing seeing her abilities and drive.

  
  Congrats to the kid....love when kids excel and improve. Good for her.
• said_aouita

  

  GoChiefs;1402797 wrote:Yea, I doubt it.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkKKMI9laIU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

  
  Doubt me all you want. If you think nascar is more demanding than motocross, you are ignorant.
  
  http://www.chacha.com/question/is-motocross-the-most-physically-demanding-sport
• said_aouita

  

  WebFire;1402814 wrote:Kids don't run CC in kindergarten because none of them care about it.

  Yea, kids never run across a yard when in kindergarten.
  
  
  
  herp derp
• GoChiefs

  

  said_aouita;1403004 wrote:Doubt me all you want. If you think nascar is more demanding than motocross, you are ignorant.
  
  http://www.chacha.com/question/is-motocross-the-most-physically-demanding-sport

  
  Yea, I'll take legendary motorcross rider turned NASCAR driver Ricky Carmichael and Travis Pastrana's word over yours. I guess they're ignorant on the subject too?
• WebFire

  said_aouita;1403005 wrote:Yea, kids never run across a yard when in kindergarten.
  
  
  
  herp derp

  Haha. You call that CC? :rolleyes:
• WebFire

  GoChiefs;1403009 wrote:Yea, I'll take legendary motorcross rider turned NASCAR driver Ricky Carmichael and Travis Pastrana's word over yours. I guess they're ignorant on the subject too?

  The sports are too different to even have the argument. Motocross is demanding in short runs, Nascar is demanding on much longer runs. It's like comparing a CC runner to a sprinter.
• hasbeen

  

  gut;1402431 wrote:True, but you DO have a 1st and 3rd base coach to tell them.

  
  1st and 3rd base coaches can't tell them what to do during a play. The only thing they really can do is help when a runner is moving with the ball behind me.
  
  If the coach has to tell the runner to tag up, or go as far as he can on a fly ball, or to take an aggressive round, or if he should come or go on a ground ball to short with a runner only on second, it's too damn late. I'm
• hasbeen

  

  My first practice with every team I coach I spend at least an hour on baserunning. There's a lot to it. Knowing the fielder's arms, positioning of outfield, pitchers timing, catchers timing, what the infield does after a pitch, the moves a pitcher has, how they're holding you on. This is all before the ball is even put into play.
• gut

  WebFire;1403046 wrote:The sports are too different to even have the argument. Motocross is demanding in short runs, Nascar is demanding on much longer runs. It's like comparing a CC runner to a sprinter.

  True, but in Nascar I'd expect a much greater mental fatigue, which all else equal (relative or otherwise) would put it over Motocross.
• Tiernan

  WebFire;1403046 wrote:The sports are too different to even have the argument. Motocross is demanding in short runs, Nascar is demanding on much longer runs. It's like comparing a CC runner to a sprinter.

  Its more like comparing the characters from Honey Boo Boo to those on Duck Dynasty.
• thavoice

  hasbeen;1403191 wrote:1st and 3rd base coaches can't tell them what to do during a play. The only thing they really can do is help when a runner is moving with the ball behind me.
  
  If the coach has to tell the runner to tag up, or go as far as he can on a fly ball, or to take an aggressive round, or if he should come or go on a ground ball to short with a runner only on second, it's too damn late. I'm

  For those who have coached the bases long enough you know that the good baserunners are off and running before the coach tells them. You can remind them on certain things between pitches but for the most part baseball instincts kick in for the players. I have had some very fast guys be poor baserunners and not be able to steal effectively, and some other ones who were slower that were great baserunners. The difference is instincts on the diamond. We always used to say that if the coach has to tell you to go and you werent already in motion then it is too late.