SCHOOL COACH HORROR STORIES

One of the most traumatizing things any kid can go through is high school gym class. Get a bad coach, and you can be damaged for life. BuzzFeed asked for some Student Athlete Horror Stories. Here are a few of the responses:
– “I played high school volleyball, and during the summer, we were in the middle of a heatwave, and the field house had no air conditioning. We were practicing in 100-plus degrees. … Our coaches refused to give us water breaks for a two-hour period just so we could learn how to ‘push ourselves.'”
– “I was the only female on the wrestling team in high school. Coach made me model the singlet in front of all the male members to see if the school would have to order female singlets.”
– “I was a competitive dancer on my collegiate tour team. Our coach once made us line up by weight and cut anyone above a size 4 out of a routine because we were ‘too big.’ I was a size 6 and didn’t get to dance that number. I’ve since gained about 50 pounds and have some lingering body image issues from my experience on the dance team.”
– “I was on the varsity swim team my freshman year in high school. My teammate wasn’t doing a drill the way my coach wanted him to, so the coach threw a bench at my teammate.”
– “My college softball coach made our entire team duct tape our own mouths during an entire three-hour practice to ‘teach us the importance of communication.'”
– “In 8th grade, gym class was right after lunch. Very hot day, early September. We were doing a Cross Country Running unit. First day, first time ever, we were told, “Go run the course – two miles.” Uphill, downhill, I struggle at the finish line, unable to breathe, sick to my stomach, the coach looks at me and says, “You’re the slowest kid in my class.”
– “I was a varsity tennis player in high school. During my junior year, I started taking antidepressants and gained a significant amount of weight because of that. My coach decided that I was not thin enough to wear our usual tennis uniform (skirt and tank top), and she made me wear sweatpants and sweatshirts every single match no matter the weather.”
– “My husband’s high school football coach forced him to play his senior year with a bum knee. He would wrap his knee to the point of not being able to bend it at all. During the second-to-last game of the season, my husband got tackled. His knee popped out of the tape, and the fall took out his shoulder, too. My husband was in tears, but the coach took him back to the locker room and tried to tape it up and pop his shoulder back in so he could KEEP PLAYING. This ruined him for life. He still has issues with his shoulder to this day.”
* These coaches sound frustrated that they’re not Marine Drill Sergeants.
* Sorry if this story gave you any bad flashbacks of your own.
* These days, you shoot a video of the bad behavior with your phone and call a lawyer.
* Those that can, teach. And those that shouldn’t, teach gym.
* PHONE TOPIC: Do you have a nightmare coach story?