Do you think that there is to much pressure involved in high school football today?

Depends on who/how your parents are in my opinion. The parents can put a lot of pressure on the young kids.

Parents need to use HS sports as an opportunity to teach them that pressure is self imposed.

Feeling pressure during a HS game doesn't have to be a bad thing. They say football teaches life lessons, well, there's pressure in life after football. Pressure that can make HS football look like childs play.

No, not really. At times, it can be pretty fun.


This is coming from a present-day high school player.

i dont think so, and IMO if pressure doesnt bring out the best in you....

well then you better learn how to perform under pressure, or you're in for a hell of a miserable life

Pressure is what you feel when you do not know what you are doing!









i dont think so, and IMO if pressure doesnt bring out the best in you....

well then you better learn how to perform under pressure, or you're in for a hell of a miserable life
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UA5straightin2008 wrote: i dont think so, and IMO if pressure doesnt bring out the best in you....

well then you better learn how to perform under pressure, or you're in for a hell of a miserable life

Exactly. This parent of a member of the 15-0 2008 Sylvania Southview Cougars agrees with you 100%.

you don't think it hurts the kids by having them basically involved in football year round?

I'm not sure players actually feel the pressure coaches and parents try to impose on them---they seem to have self-willed intensity. I know in my sons last 2 seasons I put more pressure on him to train to avoid injury than pressure to perform well-----------------------------------------------------------------------------From a parent whose sons team went 37-5 in 3 seasons--Pick Central Tigers----------

MANAZE wrote: you don't think it hurts the kids by having them basically involved in football year round?

I know several kids who were involved in baseball year round and really got burnt out------then quit it all together-----------I think "training" year round is great regardless of the sport it is intended for--------------------

I don't believe it puts any pressure on them training year round at all. If they didn't like the sport..they wouldn't play. When I think of pressure...I think of pressure put on them by parents. Not all parents, but some, we all know who they are, that just got so ticked off at their kid if they mess up during a game. SOME kids put that pressure on themselves b/c they are afraid of what will happen, by their parents, if they screw up. That's what I think there is too much of. This happens way too often..which IMO, is unacceptable. As long as the kid is giving 100% out there on the field..there is NO reason for a parent to get upset and take it out on the kid.

MANAZE wrote: Do you think that there is to much pressure involved in high school football today?

HS sports politics = pressure

GoChiefs wrote: I don't believe it puts any pressure on them training year round at all. If they didn't like the sport..they wouldn't play. When I think of pressure...I think of pressure put on them by parents. Not all parents, but some, we all know who they are, that just got so ticked off at their kid if they mess up during a game. SOME kids put that pressure on themselves b/c they are afraid of what will happen, by their parents, if they screw up. That's what I think there is too much of. This happens way too often..which IMO, is unacceptable. As long as the kid is giving 100% out there on the field..there is NO reason for a parent to get upset and take it out on the kid.

I have never seen what you are talking about. I see it happen on TV or in the movies all the time. But in many years of involvement with the travel youth sports through college I have really never seen a parent "take it out on the kid". I know it does happen. The fact remains that "pressure" to do well in sports or to get good grades is important in preparing all kids for what lies ahead.

MANAZE wrote: you don't think it hurts the kids by having them basically involved in football year round?

Okay.... so high school football players lift weights and run in the off season.

I'm trying to get girls to come out for a 5th and 6th grade girls lacrosse team that I'm coaching, and I've been told by at least five or six prospects that they can't play lacrosse because they are playing soccer (year round), club volleyball (close to being year round) or AAU basketball. This are 11 and 12 year old girls.

So, no... I don't feel too bad knowing my son works out for football in the winter.

UA5straightin2008 wrote: well then you better learn how to perform under pressure, or you're in for a hell of a miserable life

I feel the most pressure against Jonathan Alder and Clinton-Massie, but we whooped um.

There are a lot of kids, and some adults, who want to believe effort is harmful.

It all depends on what team your kid plays for or the team you follow.

Pressure is only bad if it comes from horrible parents trying to live through their children.

Huskers wrote: It all depends on what team your kid plays for or the team you follow.

What? That makes no sense.

In some aspects many of you are right. There is pressure from the parents that are trying to live vicariously through their children. In this case the parent wants their kid to do what they could not and if the kid fails the parent comes down hard on them. My dad told me when I was younger that I could try several sports and once I made my choice there was no quitting! He made sure that I performed to the best of my ability while letting me know that failure is part of the equation. Its how you respond to that failure. If my dad didn't ride me (pressure) then I doubt if I would have had a no quit attitude. Kids today have no commitment they expect to be handed something for minimal effort. If you can't handle pressure in high school football then you are no where near ready to handle adult life. I can recall when I let my grades slip in junior high 7th grade my dad pulled me to the side and informed me that I shouldn't expect to play football in the fall. My coach was upset and wanted to talk to my dad and said that it could affect my chances of starting in high school. My dad told him that poor grades will effect me in life and that his job was to coach while my dads job was to parent. You better believe that he followed through and I never ever let my grades slip again.

other sports play almost year round, they train year round. I see no difference in the pressure on football players and other athletes. Athletes involved in other sports can play almost year round on non scholastic teams.

I do however believe that too much pressure is put on kids to specialize in one sport, playing it exclusively and training year round. What happened to the days when we had many 3 sport athletes? Athletes learned skills from each sport that helped them in another sport.

GoChiefs wrote: I don't believe it puts any pressure on them training year round at all. If they didn't like the sport..they wouldn't play. When I think of pressure...I think of pressure put on them by parents. Not all parents, but some, we all know who they are, that just got so ticked off at their kid if they mess up during a game. SOME kids put that pressure on themselves b/c they are afraid of what will happen, by their parents, if they screw up. That's what I think there is too much of. This happens way too often..which IMO, is unacceptable. As long as the kid is giving 100% out there on the field..there is NO reason for a parent to get upset and take it out on the kid.

Chiefs, I don't think there's anything else to say. Hit the nail right on the head!! I know a few parents just like this, such a pitty they ruined some very good athletes.

Darcon is makes plenty of sense. If the school your son go's to isn't very good then there is no pressure I.E. ( Indian Creek,Edison,East Liverpool & the Cleveland JFK's of the world). Now if he go's to say ( Mooney,Big Red,Iggy,Massillion,Delphos St John's) then the pressure to preform well go's through the roof.

^^^^ Agreed !!!