Don't you just sometimes hate your coach. The coach may tell you that if you keep it up, you will get more playing time, only for him to forget about telling it to you. I had an experience with my coach making up his mind about a kid at tryouts. Basically, he ran the kid, who was a little bigger than most, until he blacked out. Something needs to be changed about these coaches thinking they can just get away with whatever they want, all since it is developmental basketball.
Coaches may have coached at different levels, so their mentality of playing only the best kids, may stick with them going into a different level. Playing the best players may win you the most games, but in middle school level basketball, or even younger, it should be more centered towards developing everyone's skill. If coaches only focus on the best currently at the sport, then no one else will have a chance to get better.
Brian McCormick wrote an article called "Winning Vs Player Development" which brings up the discussion about, when should sports be considered competitive. Personally, I believe actual competition begins at varsity level, but kids playing may think it begins right away. There truly is no right and wrong answer to the question.
Coaches may feel obligated to play their nieces, nephews, and other family members / friends just because they want to please the ones they know. By playing only the ones they know, the other players on the team won't get time to play and get better.
Stephen Borelli wrote an article about favoritism and how it can affect some players. There was one instance where someone deserved an award, but instead the president of the league's kid won. I had an instance during basketball where the league owner was able to put his kid onto whatever team he felt like just because.
You may feel that your coach doesn't fully know what he is doing. This could be due to inexperience. No coach is perfect when they first start, which is true for most jobs. Inexperience could lead to wrong plays called, loses, and unhappiness within the team.
Jonathan Brandin wrote about how inexperience coaches have effects on young athletes. Some topics he discussed were lack of preparation for the real world and workforce, mental health issues, and physical consequences. All of these topics are real issues in today's society among students.
Some people may say things like, winning makes people happy, or the best players on the team are the coach's' kids, or even inexperience doesn't matter in developmental basketball. While this may be true for parents, the kids need to improve, which is why it is called developmental sports. The only way for kids to improve is by practicing and having coaches that don't care about these things, could overall lead to bad habits and possibly quitting the sport.
Overall, if we get coaches who care about developing the players, rather than just getting a paycheck, than players will feel happier and willing to put in the work to become better. Doing this can revive the feeling of school sports being the big thing in school.
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