Gender: FemaleGrade Level of Event: 10th gradeSport Played: BasketballYour Story: I had a coach throw her keys at me when I didn’t like how I was playing in practice. She then cornered me in the empty locker room with the captain of our team, who was 2 years older, screaming and swearing at me that I was an “f—-ing […]
Gender: FemaleGrade Level of Event: 9-12Sport Played: High School VolleyballYour Story: I have watched two daughters play volleyball under what can be only be described as a ‘toxic’ program. The coach admitted this year to the players that she is working on her anger. From what I have witnessed, it is clear that she should not
Gender: FemaleGrade Level of Event: High SchoolSport Played: UnknownYour Story: I’ve had this assistant coach since freshman year. She’s always been awful to me, but this week she took it too far. I had a college visit set up and reminded the assistant 5 times. The day before I was to make my visit, I again
Gender: FemaleGrade Level of Event: 12 years of my childhoodSport Played: gymnasticsYour Story: i was always skinny. my coach would find anything to tear me apart. she told me i looked anorexic, and that my body embarrassed her. constantly comparing me to the way my teammates looks and would make sure i hated everything about myself. she downloaded a
Gender: MaleGrade Level of Event: VarsitySport Played: FootballYour Story: The coach rode my classmates hard, but the upperclassman seemed unphased by it. Coach berated one player and then belittled him in front of the team for the entire two-hour practice because he came in last in a relay. He never came back to the team, others soon followed. I
Gender: MaleGrade Level of Event: CollegeSport Played: LacrosseYour Story: I had an absolutely atrocious coach my freshmen year. What we did is we got the team together, and a couple of the seniors about 1/4 of the way through the season brought him a list of everything we wanted him to change and/or do better. He
Gender: FemaleGrade Level of Event: High SchoolSport Played: CheerYour Story: My coach played favoritism by race and the relationship she had with the kids’ parents. Even though other team members had better skills, her favs were chosen as captains and were always front and center.
Gender: FemaleGrade Level of Event: 8thSport Played: SoccerYour Story: I was playing select soccer for a well known and “renowned” male coach. He coached boys high school and recently started coaching girls. He was beyond demeaning and used belittling language towards all of us as motivation. He coached with fear and the sport was no longer a safe place for
Gender: FemaleGrade Level of Event: SophomoreSport Played: Cross Country/TrackYour Story: I told my coach I was going into treatment for anorexia and had to leave the team. After treatment she agreed to let me do less mileage. At a meet the next season I didn’t do very well and at the finish line she yelled at me saying I
Gender: MaleGrade Level of Event: High SchoolSport Played: TennisYour Story: My coach threw a racket on my head during a drill. So basically, I was working on my volleys (lawn tennis) during a session and I was missing quite a lot. My coach was upset and just lost his cool and threw a racket at me.
