Ever Have A Coach, that made you dislike I sport you once loved?

I'll never forget my junior year in high school basketball. To this day, I cannot pick up a basketball without thinking of that coach that completely ruined the sport for me. When I was younger, basketball was my second favorite sport. I loved to play it, I loved everything about it. What I loved most, were the crucial parts of the game. By this I mean fourth quarter, one minute left and your down by five. When situations like these game around, we were at our maximum potential to try and get those five points. Well the devastation began around the third week of varsity practice. If you made one little mistake the coach was in your face screaming at you. He was the type of coach that would put you down, he was the coach who would get to you. He would say, "my dead grandmother can run faster than you, what the hell are you thinking, you want my glasses, you can't do anything right, things like that. One of the girls who was a year younger than me told me that after one game they lost, he told them they were better off sitting at home playing with their barbie dolls instead of coming to the game. It's coaches like these, that we do not need around. Coaches like these, ruin things for people. If you are planning on coaching at some point, think of how you would feel in their position if you ever say something negative to them. If you have to point out something they are doing wrong, point out something they are doing right before you tell them something is wrong. For example- Kristin you are doing a great job getting low and sliding your feet, but if you put your hands up and try to take away a pass , your defense will a little more have more effect. We don't need coaches in our society that are constantly putting kids down, making them feel that they are worth nothing. In order to mold the leaders of tomorrow, we need to be positive and build their self-esteem.