Tires crunched on the loose gravel parking lot as I was dropped off at my high school’s tennis courts on the first day of school. With my high school requiring a year of physical education, I opted to take the lifetime sport for I was nervous to compete for a spot on the highly competitive teams my school was known for. I was met at the court by 30 other freshmen with a mixed variety of expertise spanning from the first time to ever hold a racquet to a district ranked player. The district ranked player’s father, Mr. Weaver, was a sophomore chemistry teacher who happened to play tennis professionally in his heyday. Mr. Weaver volunteered to teach the freshman tennis team and to train them the basics before they were transferred to “the real
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All the complications surrounding Brazoswood high school’s tennis team revolve around Coach T. The change be started by simply hiring an assistant coach who is young and can enhance the students and team. An assistant would not necessarily take over the head coach position but will be someone who can run physical drills and exercises the current coach cannot. Due to the current coach’s health and age, she will likely be leaving in a short amount of time so having someone become acclimated to coaching Brazoswood would be beneficial in the long term. This solution would not only allow Coach T. to still feel involved with the team but correct areas she does not excel at. Improvement in the team comes with more people inclined to join and be associated with Brazoswood tennis. This increase of students brings more parents who can invest money into the tennis club as well as the school.
While hiring a new coach has upsides, it also has drawbacks in the form of money. The school board will draw up budgets and realize there is already one coach involved with the relatively unimportant tennis team. Hiring an additional coach requires another salary or money compensation that is not a priority. The school would rather invest money into baseball or football where it receives the most benefits from. A female coach in her 70’s might not approve of being slightly pushed out of the spot as coach. The school possibly fears an ageism claim being filed by Coach T with the belief of
All the complications surrounding Brazoswood high school’s tennis team revolve around Coach T. The change be started by simply hiring an assistant coach who is young and can enhance the students and team. An assistant would not necessarily take over the head coach position but will be someone who can run physical drills and exercises the current coach cannot. Due to the current coach’s health and age, she will likely be leaving in a short amount of time so having someone become acclimated to coaching Brazoswood would be beneficial in the long term. This solution would not only allow Coach T. to still feel involved with the team but correct areas she does not excel at. Improvement in the team comes with more people inclined to join and be associated with Brazoswood tennis. This increase of students brings more parents who can invest money into the tennis club as well as the school.
While hiring a new coach has upsides, it also has drawbacks in the form of money. The school board will draw up budgets and realize there is already one coach involved with the relatively unimportant tennis team. Hiring an additional coach requires another salary or money compensation that is not a priority. The school would rather invest money into baseball or football where it receives the most benefits from. A female coach in her 70’s might not approve of being slightly pushed out of the spot as coach. The school possibly fears an ageism claim being filed by Coach T with the belief of