Below is a comment we received from our post, The Coach is Treating My Child Unfairly, and, below that, the response from the author of the article, Brian Gotta:

These answers do not help my child’s situation. It sounds like coach Gotta is defending all coaches in general and not considering that there actually could be a problem with the coach. A new head coach/now athletic director that “doesn’t even speak to my son “, who started every game last year Then the new head coach recruits a whole new team and coaches to win My son And two other players are the only ones that stayed. We pay tuition for this Christian school and my son works very hard every day at practice (leaving the house at 4:30 am every morning . Unbelievable totaling his truck on the way to practice in the dark. And head coach yelling at him because he missed practice. Since then , he hasn’t started. And the new LB missed assignments constantly. Teammates tell him they need him back on the field and don’t understand why he’s not being played. My son doesn’t know what else to do. He has stayed after school to watch films. Defensive line coach says “ be ready today “ and then doesn’t play him . Head coach has final say of course. Now what is your advice ? That it’s still my son who suddenly now has no skill ? Try to actually see it from the parents point of view who see their boys come home after working so hard and still don’t play , they are so distraught when a coach who is supposed to be a leader speaks to a player right next to him but doesn’t speak to my son or even say hello. That is a childish way for a coach to act and will ruin any future playing time for my son. And these are only a few of the issues The new head coach is now the athletic director , and now has the power to do whatever he wants. But I guess life is not fair. Is that the advice you’re giving here ?

Response:

Hello,

I have read your comments and am sorry for your dilemma. I have created an online course for parents who have children playing sports called, Supportive Parent. I am going to email you an invitation to the course. I highly recommend you go through the material. In the course, I address everything you discuss in your blog post: Coach favoritism, good kid who works hard, others telling child he should be playing, child very upset about the situation...and much more, including advice on how to navigate through these. I would really be interested to hear your perspective after viewing all the sections.

And, when you say you wish I would see this from a parent's perspective, at the very beginning of the course you'll see that I have..four times.