Body shaming coaches

[Guest]

Im a player who’s been in the club system for years (FC Portland, Thorns Academy, Westside Metros) and I’ve had my fair share of bad coaches. I want to make a thread to warn parents of what coaches to NOT let their daughters play for.

I was talking to a friend who plays at Tigard under Scott Eggleston. He’s constantly told her she has to lose weight, eat less. Nearly every practice. Pretty much making losing weight a condition to make varsity.

So put any coaches who have body shamed or anything else in the replies to warn parents!

[Guest]

News flash you need to be fit to play your best soccer. My coach has talked to me about a nutrition plan and the importance of being in shape. Sometimes you have to lose some summer bbq weight. Stop being so soft.

[Guest]

If a coach is doing it from a place of support and looking out for the players best interest I agree. If you’re verbally harassing people that’s not helping anyone. I guess it just depends on how the coach is communicating.

I’ve had coaches talk to me about the same things and I didn’t see it as body shaming. Sometimes the truth hurts.

[Guest]

If a coach is doing it from a place of support and looking out for the players best interest I agree. If you’re verbally harassing people that’s not helping anyone. I guess it just depends on how the coach is communicating.

I’ve had coaches talk to me about the same things and I didn’t see it as body shaming. Sometimes the truth hurts.

I wouldn’t be saying this if it wasn’t from a bad place. My friend is fit and nearly always exceeds in conditioning but the coach still hounds her about it.

[Guest]

The coach should be reported to their superior. Both the Coach and AD will know that this is wrong and behavior will need to change. If the behavior doesn't change the coach needs to be let go.

-From a B Licensed Coach and High School Girls Coach

[Guest]

I wouldn’t be saying this if it wasn’t from a bad place. My friend is fit and nearly always exceeds in conditioning but the coach still hounds her about it.

Big difference between harassing kids and telling them they need to be more fit.

[Guest]

Im a player who’s been in the club system for years (FC Portland, Thorns Academy, Westside Metros) and I’ve had my fair share of bad coaches. I want to make a thread to warn parents of what coaches to NOT let their daughters play for.

I was talking to a friend who plays at Tigard under Scott Eggleston. He’s constantly told her she has to lose weight, eat less. Nearly every practice. Pretty much making losing weight a condition to make varsity.

So put any coaches who have body shamed or anything else in the replies to warn parents!

Tigard HS JV and JV2 Soccer fields at Cook Park feature body chasing adults as a bonus to body shaming.

Geez

Go Tigers!

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/cri...7-9ea80ab15b3a

[Guest]

The coach should be reported to their superior. Both the Coach and AD will know that this is wrong and behavior will need to change. If the behavior doesn't change the coach needs to be let go.

-From a B Licensed Coach and High School Girls Coach

Your license is more of a reason why no one should listen to you. More terrible coaches in this area flashing around those dumb letter grades than not.

[Guest]

The coach should be reported to their superior. Both the Coach and AD will know that this is wrong and behavior will need to change. If the behavior doesn't change the coach needs to be let go.

-From a B Licensed Coach and High School Girls Coach

*** has having a B license got to do with anything...and I'm an A licensed coach. Remember, coaching is all about you!

[Guest]

Your license is more of a reason why no one should listen to you. More terrible coaches in this area flashing around those dumb letter grades than not.

This^^^^^

[Guest]

*** has having a B license got to do with anything...and I'm an A licensed coach. Remember, coaching is all about you!

Having an A puts you in a category of majority bad coaches that aren’t worth what they get paid.

[Guest]

I think the coach should look in the mirror, fat A$%

[Guest]

A couple things:

* Insisting that players be in appropriate levels of physical fitness for the skill level of the team is perfectly appropriate.
* Physical fitness should be measured by objective critera--i.e. ability to run a specified distance in a specified time, or perform other measurable goals. If an athlete can achieve said goals, that's the end of it. Commentary about an athlete's body shape, especially ones that are designed to humiliate, are out of line. A suggestion that an athlete lose weight if they are failing to meet fitness goals is acceptable, but the focus needs to be on the goal.
* Getting an A or a B license means that a coach is put a LOT of time and effort into it, and should be regarded, as a minimum, as a professional. Not all such coaches are good coaches, of course, but it does mean they've put in a lot of work; you don't earn these unless "soccer coach" is your primary job. The suggestion that coaching licenses are a BAD thing is a generally a load of codswallop peddled by grifters who are too lazy or unprofessional to bother. (E and F licenses are trivially easy to obtain, and mean very little; C and D licenses are indicative of a part-time coach who takes the sport seriously, or a new full-time coach who hasn't put in enough hours to earn the higher level credentials).

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The OSAA has a formal complaint process that is available to anyone for situations like this. Unfortunately (unlike this site) it is not an anonymous complaint system. You have to actually put your name on the complaint you file.
To come on a site like this and throw a coach under the bus (and ask others to do so) is immature at best and dangerous at worst. It sounds like true drama from a HS player, with little to no details involved. Real players advocate for themselves and don't anonymously try to ruin coaches for legit OR unsubstantiated reasons.
I'm not saying the coach is right or wrong, innocent or guilty. I am also not saying that your friend is being untruthful, but putting the coaches name in public because of a second hand story is a dangerous road to go down.
If there is a true problem, have your friend, or her parents call the AD, or file a complaint with the OSAA so it can be looked into.

https://www.osaa.org/forms/complaint

Anonymously- Coach S

P.S.
Players - Quit spreading rumors and advocate for yourselves if you are not getting treated right.
Coaches - Do better.

[Guest]

Bottom line this isn't a sport for out of shape people. Truth is hard to hear.