Pay for coaching lessons for your sport?

[ClicketyKat]

Did your parents pay for any type of coaching lessons so you could get ahead in your sport? I don't hear about it too often, but I do know there are some kids who have had a little extra training on the side. I don't know the hourly fee, but I could guess it's quite costly.

 

[Melanie Marie]

Did your parents pay for any type of coaching lessons so you could get ahead in your sport? I don't hear about it too often, but I do know there are some kids who have had a little extra training on the side. I don't know the hourly fee, but I could guess it's quite costly.

I was trained in dance from a very early age, so in high school when I became a cheerleader, it came in handy. Half of the regional competitions required dance routines, and I noticed our coach always had me upfront for the dance portion.. and then after awhile my friend and I started choreographing the whole routines, and teaching them to the other squad members.

 

[Castelione]

I think this is a wise decision if you will be joining a tournament that would let you explore more opportunities in your chosen sport. In case of financial difficulties, practicing with other could somehow be helpful.

 

[Busybee]

My nephew is taking football lessons and he is a good player because of the additional training that he is doing.

 

[Grant]

My parents didn't, but I knew some kids who got special training growing up. I never really put much thought into it. I did think those kids parents were overbearing and forcing too much on their kids, but that's not my life to get involved in.

 

[Heatman]

There was no need for my parents to pay for any kind of coaching lessons for me to be engaged in football playing when I was still a kid because it was the only sport that I had interest in being part of. I have a lot of friends that were playing football as well as a kid and there is a field within my neighborhood where we normally go to play and so many other kids from the neighborhood comes together for all of us to play.