NCAA coach`s advice to parents: You need to let your kids fail

.....“I don’t know if kids have changed. It’s the parents who have changed,” McGraw said when asked to compare and contrast her early days of coaching.

“Parents today don’t want to give their child a chance to fail. The first time there’s adversity, the kids don’t know what to do. They are not able to fight through things.....

.....“The girls could see that last (game-winning) shot on their phones. It used to be that you had to go back to campus and put the VHS tape in to see what happened in the game. You had to wait for the newspaper the next day or at least for the news on TV that night. Now, it’s right there.

“Now you worry about whether they’re looking at how many likes they have. Now you worry about whether they’re looking at how many people are following them. I don’t think it’s a good thing.....

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Bethany`s Notes: Notes from legendary coaches and how sports have changed over the past few decades. A great read for parents, coaches, and athletes.