Originally Posted by
Jeff Leonard
The problem is that no one want's to be the player who doesn't do what everyone else is doing and try something different. You can print out peer reviewed studies on the benefits of taking time off a sport to get stronger, and you will be met with "Our son will fall behind if this doesn't work!", and so the cycle of doing the same thing goes on with no gains in strength that would help in the long run.
Most times I think it is due to ego, or maybe they don't want to be exposed as not being the coach that everyone thinks they are, who knows. The bottom line is, be it hockey, football, baseball or you name the sport, most parents who think their child is the next Ray Lewis don't have the courage to do something with their child that isn't what everyone else is doing.