What's so good about male coaches anyway?

Listening to Mrs Barcomb's presentation and talk about the coaching lifestyle had many things I could personally relate to and the message was overall very important. Title IX was passed in 1972 and created equality between men and women in the athletic industry, especially surrounding college. When it was passed in the 70's, 90% of coaches in women's divisions were women and now it's only 40%. In my many years of being an athlete on different teams with different coaches, I can honestly say that I remember most of my coaches being male. I played club soccer my whole life and all the coaches were middle aged men from Portugal or Italy or other European countries. Town soccer and town lacrosse were all coached by fathers. It wasn't until high school that I had women coaches who really taught me more than just being good at a sport. McLain is my lacrosse coach and she has taught me not only how to be a better lacrosse player, but also how to be a teammate and how to work hard. The same thing goes for my club lacrosse coach Cat.

One of the videos I watched before viewing Mrs Barcomb's talked about a double standard and how men and women are viewed differently when it comes to emotions during games. My male soccer coaches especially had what one would call temper issues. They screamed, walked out of the game, swore, and were kind of verbally abusive to young kids. I was called a worthless piece of shit when I was twelve by one of my coaches. Yes thinking about it now it seems really messed up but it wasn't the worst thing I heard come out of my coach's mouth. His words hurt but they pushed me to get back on the field and do better than I did before. My dad is also a soccer coach and I have seen him absolutely loose his crap on the field. Men do this all the time and are seen as passionate about the game with only few consequences. However, when women are somewhat emotional on the field they are seen as weak and not able to handle the pressure. This is something I 100% disagree with, both men and women are passionate and dedicated to the sport they are coaching because they would not be in the position if they weren't.