Soccer coach giving kids caffeine pills?!!!

keepongoingnmw
keepongoingnmw Posts: 371 Member
in Food and Nutrition
So a coach I know gives the kids be coaches caffeine pills before a game. 12/13 year old boys. Someone started asking questions it was at first confirmed then the story started changing. Am I nuts to think this is wrong,Or is this normal?

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  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    That's as much caffeine in 5 bottles of coke. I've seen kids go through that and more inless than an hour.

    Definitely not his place though, and one of the dads needs to tool him up.
  • sjkcwatson
    sjkcwatson Posts: 61 Member
    My kids - one 12 and one 15, are not allowed caffine leading up to games. They need hydration, not caffine. I'd be upset. Not that they are never allowed a pop, but my oldest especially (who is a cross country runner) has figured out how much better he feels and performs when he's had plenty of water and good conditioning.
  • ccrdragon
    ccrdragon Posts: 3,375 Member
    I would have to take the coach out behind the woodshed if I caught him doing that with my kids... not his place and teaching a REALLY bad lesson to the kids - more conditioning and training will do the job much better than the caffeine and teaches a much better life lesson.
  • agrafina
    agrafina Posts: 128 Member
    WTF? That is crazy! If I were a parent I'd be furious. That is not right. Its not his children, its not his place, its not appropriate.

    My mind boggles at the nerve of this coach.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,082 Member
    Report him. They are in NO POSITION to hand out stimulants to kids.

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  • chellebelle418
    chellebelle418 Posts: 96
    I would have to take the coach out behind the woodshed if I caught him doing that with my kids... not his place and teaching a REALLY bad lesson to the kids - more conditioning and training will do the job much better than the caffeine and teaches a much better life lesson.

    i agree, coach and would have a serious conversation if i didn't go balistic on him first! def should be reported to the appropriate authorities though.
  • Lizzy622
    Lizzy622 Posts: 3,705 Member
    He can lose his coaching privilege in the league for that. I would report him.

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