// vent
sometimes i wish i did a completely different sport. my coach doesn’t even COACH my team, instead they just sit around and order my teammates around. they provide no tips, no recommendations, and don’t enforce attendance and effort in practice.
it’s to the point where our varsity boys’ side of the team don’t even show up anymore because they know they won’t get anywhere without proper coaching, and most of everyone else is slacking and just not showing up, then proceeding to mock each other for not putting in the work.
i don’t even have a say in what events i want to do for track season; my coach puts me in relays that i KNOW won’t get me anywhere because none of the varsity girls practice, and the younger girls on the team don’t have the experience to compete (no hate to them, still love them though!). and whenever i put my foot down and state my discomfort about the relay, they shrug it off and say “it’s your only chance to qualify for big events” as if my individual events that i put so much effort in mean NOTHING? they’ll put me on a relay team with girls that don’t even practice or feel passionate about the sport :/
and that doesn’t even outline my coach’s behavior outside of practice towards me and my teammates (to put it short, they’re VERY immature and childish; not very professional at all).
sorry for the long vent, but this has been going on for a year, going on another year, and it’s really demotivating me to do track and field or just ANY running sport.