Well, I am a sports freak, but I have started to get out and try new things. I tried color/winter guard, but when my grandfather passed away, I got behind and couldnt catch because I couldnt get anyone to teach me the things that I had missed. So now I am the manager of the track team and I love it... except for one thing. When Im at practice the coach is late, I try and tell them what they should be doing and stuff until the coach gets there. Then one of the girls tried to tell me off and say that you cant have practice unless the coach was there and one of the guys was telling me that he had been there longer and that "we strech as a team", but the rest of the team except maybe two or three, including him, were running. If they strech as a team, shouldnt they run as a team? So, how do I get them to respect me and not be smart ellic to me when I tell something to do, both in a nice way and a mean way? I have talked to the coach about the two times they have disrespected me.
Hey. I'm the manager of my school's JV baseball team. They're pretty good about being dedicated to their sport and not goofing off a whole lot, but the coach told me that I DO have authority over them, and I can tell them to stop doing anything they shouldn't be doing and stuff like that. It should probably be the same for you. What you could do is just go up to the coach one day and politely be like, "If you're not at practice yet, do I need to tell them to start stretching and warming up or anything if they aren't already doing it?" And if the coach says yes, you might want to ask him/her to tell the team that you have the authority to tell them to get started.
I mean yeah you're the same age as them, but they still have to realize that you're their manager, and you're only trying to do your job right.
Don't be a control freak or anything, but just tell them you don't want them to get in trouble when the coach gets there, so they should start doing whatever their supposed to. ♥
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Thanx for the help! Ill try it out even though I have talked to him before and see how it goes!
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