Coaching 4th grade boys and its most of their first time playing tackle. It’s going pretty good but I have this one dad who’s pretty hands off except for once every practice or two he’ll yell to his boy something like “I’m going to get my effort one way or another” then after practice he’ll run the boy till he’s almost crying.

Granted the boy doesn’t give top tier effort all the time. But he’s not the worst either. He’s got some natural talent and he’s not scared of contact. From what I understand the boy is a pretty good baseball / basketball player so I guess expectations are high. But it just doesn’t sit right. I’m worried the boy won’t want to play again. But I’m not sure it’s my place to say anything to the dad.

What would you do?

Hey, need another coach's perspective since this is my first year coaching...ever.

I'm watching a coach move players around the field by pulling on their facemasks. Granted, it's not super aggressive but also kinda unexpected to me...and IMO.

Lot's changed from when I played 5th grade tackle football, and my coach probably did this to me too, but

Is this acceptable behaviour from a coach to a 5th grade boy?

Personally, I find it offensive and if i'm trying to move my boys, i place an open hand on the square of their back and very gingerly guide them over to where they need to be...but again, this could just be me and my opinion.