High School Basketball Team-Stress

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>I am a junior in high school, and the basketball season got underway today. I am a starter, and before the game starts, i feel extremely nervous and pressure about how I perform. The majority of the reason is my coach. I sometimes think about how badly i want to quit, and have even brought it up to my parents. Within the last 3 seasons, 9 kids have quit, the majority because of our coach. He has been coaching at our school for 17 years now. When bringing up that i wanted to quit to my parents, they surprised me by saying that they understand and don't blame me, knowing how big of a jerk the coach is. I feel that if i were to quit, i would feel much less stress and much more happy in my life. What is stopping me from quitting is the amount of work i put in the summer to get better, and the amount of money my father has put into my basketball training. Any suggestions would be much appreciated and deeply considered. </p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>If you quit your hs team, then you probably will not play again, unless you join a community team. If it is causing you unreasonable stress and affecting your academic performance and more importantly, health, then you should quit, but in rare cases, if you stick around until the end, your coach may actually be not as bad as you initially thought. </p>

<p>At the end of the season, it is very likely that you will develop a closer bond with your coach and he will seem more tolerable. However, he may only be a jerk because he wants to ‘filter’ his players to see who really is dedicated on being on the team enough to tolerate the pressure…</p>

<p>On the other hand, in the end, he might still be a jerk…</p>