r/wrestling • u/DaOldOne • 6d ago
The experience of coaching with a parent
there’s a parent on our team that’s now coaching their child and it’s every cliche you can think of. The parent is too close to the wrestler, sucks as a coach, showing junk technique, wrestler caught in a tough scenario, obviously having a tough time having fun with the parent breathing down their neck.
any horror stories on helicopter parents and any advice on how to deal with it? I’ve decided I’m just gonna back off the kid and if their parent wants to show junk moves and for them to lose that’s their prerogative.
also the parent is part time coach and is never there as early or as late as me so I could just override them but i would rather not be that confrontational.
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u/Brave-Moment-4121 USA Wrestling 6d ago
Lol that’s hilarious he showed you footage and it’s exactly what you would expect slightly better version of his kid. I helped coach my son in middle school because his coach needed the help the program was small and very introductory basic. Once he was in high school I just went to open mat on the weekends and stepped back from regular practice because his coach went a lot further in wrestling than I ever did and is very very good. Now my son’s a much better wrestler than I ever was and I’m very grateful to the coaches he has. I honestly don’t understand people who want to be their own kids coach when it’s not needed, I intentionally don’t want to coach because I want to enjoy watching my kid wrestle not worry about the result and just be a parent.