Independent voices from the TWT Communities
Coaching one's own children is tough line to walk for parents, who make up the majority of coaches working with the millions of youths playing sports every year.
"My philosophy is that my daughter needs to work hard and show that she should be out there playing the position I put her in," she said. "I try very hard to treat her like every other player as much as I can."
"It's a lot of work and it can be exhausting, especially when you have a parent that's not happy," said Liz Hocker, who has coached her 10-year-old daughter's softball team in Austin, Texas, for the past five years in a competitive league.
