The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 4, Milford, Kosciusko County, 21 February 1973 — Page 48

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As the state’s high schools continue to look at their budgets, there are those who constantly cast their eyes on the cost of athletics and wonder why these dollars should be spent. Running a worthwhile athletic program in any school is not cheap. Money spent per athlete in interscholastic competition, as opposed to those in physical education for instance, is much greater. And with girls becoming more involved in athletics, costs will increase. So why not cut back, and why not even eliminate athletics? Some have tried and have found it to be a move filled with folly. Aside from the positive aspect of such an involvement for these students directly involved . .. athletics has become the glue that is holding many of our

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schools and communities together. Indeed in some of our major cities there are those who feel the school system might dissipate into a calamitous state if there were no athletics. This is not to suggest athletics should be given a blank check. They should not. . . and in most schools do not. Most schools run a sensible program — financially realistic. We are numbered among those who cannot conceive of restricting, deemphasizing or destroying school athletics. Athletics in our schools in this day and age are as necessary as any course offered, maybe more so. Remove them and you might save money. But saving the school system as we know it might be hard to come by. —WSAU-TV, Wausau, Wis.

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Shouting Coaches confuse!

A trend, prevalent in all sports, but especially in basketball, baseball and wrestling is for coaches to yell from the bench or sidelines a constant stream of advice to players. In an article, Coach Johnny Sain of the Detroit Tigers noted that “continual, machinegun-like shouting from the bench by the high school coach in any sport is harmful and ridiculous.” Continual advice from the bench hinders a boy, hampers his concentrating on the play, and often leaves him not only confused, but helpless and scoreless. How can a boy play his best when he is waiting for the coach to tell him what to do each minute? How can a mature man, entrusted with handling young men, go almost berserk in the heat of the game? Many coaches have been known to jump off the bench, pace the floor, and scream like madmen. It is obvious the

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players have difficulty understanding or hearing what is being said, because of the noise of the crowds and also because of the tension and excitement of the game. Sain adds that he learned a long time ago that shouting advice from the dugout or bench accomplished little. Instruction may be given during “timeouts” which may be called in any sport. This is the proper time to offer counsel, in a calm, quiet and understandable manner. For years, this writer has contended that one of the major objectives of sports is to develop confidence and to enable a boy to make his own decisions. Constant coaching from the bench is contrary to this goal. High school boys are still young and immature. They demand special handling and not excited instructions from the bench. — Texas Interscholastic Leaguer