09/15/2026
Parents, PLEASE — if your child does not show a real mental AND physical interest in playing sports, stop forcing it on them.
You’ve got kids out here who LIVE and BREATHE football, basketball, baseball, whatever sport they love. It comes natural to them. They want to train. They want to learn. They want the contact, competition, conditioning, and everything that comes with it.
Then you have kids who may physically LOOK like they should be able to play, but mentally or developmentally they just aren’t ready yet — and that’s OK.
If you really believe they have potential, INVEST IN THEM. Training camps. Proper coaching. Strength and conditioning when age-appropriate. Technique. Fundamentals. Development.
But throwing a kid out there just because they’re big, fast, tall, or because YOU want them to play can get somebody hurt.
And coaches — I’m blaming some of y’all too.
“WE NEED A PLACEHOLDER.”
Boy, S**U.
Know these kids. Know their abilities. Know their limits. And PROTECT THEM.
Everybody is not made for every sport, and everybody isn’t ready at the same time.
And if your child IS interested, INTERVIEW THE COACH.
Ask them how they teach tackling. Ask them how they handle player safety. Ask them how they match kids up. Ask them what they teach after a big hit.
Because teaching poor tackling technique and then laughing, celebrating, or taunting because your player blew up a smaller kid IS NOT FOOTBALL, YOU DI****AD.
Teach these kids how to play the game correctly.
Technique.
Discipline.
Sportsmanship.
Safety.
A highlight hit isn’t worth somebody’s child getting seriously injured.
This isn’t rage bait. I coach, I watch these kids, and I care about them.
KNOW YOUR CHILD.
KNOW THEIR LIMITS.
KNOW WHO IS COACHING THEM.
Protect these babies.
Everybody ain’t made for this s**t — and that is perfectly OK.
