Letter to the coach who is neglecting his duties

January 19th, 2010

834 Silly Street
Outofmymindville, British Columbia
Canada, VRY CRZ


Mr. Kleats
High School Gym Teacher
Central High School 123 Main Street
Sportstown, British Columbia
Canada, V2A 1W3

Dear Mr. Kleats:

I am the father of Michael Snaufalophigous and I have a few concerns I would like to bring to your attention. While I am aware that you are most likely incredibly busy, I would greatly appreciate it if you look over my list of concerns.

After attending several practices I feel that if you arrived more often on time it would benefit the students, for example, it would keep the students and players from simply approaching practice as something to arrive late to or not at all, as children of this age need guidance and people to look up to, especially their teachers.

Also, while I realize that it is hard to manage so many players, it would be a very good lesson to the students if you managed to keep the practices and games a little more organized. Perhaps when in practices instead of simply letting the students choose their own partner for warm up and practice, it would be better to let the students get a feel for their whole team and learn how to rely on each other a little more.

Another important matter is the fact that several players receive very little play time.While I know that it is hard to give all players game time, the students who always attend practices and games should be rewarded with time in games.

My final concern is your approach to encouraging students to following rules. While I know that it is difficult to get students to follow instructions and obey the rules that you set in place, yelling and using coarse language will not work, if you take a calmer approach to it the players would be more obligated to oblige the structure you want in your class.

I am aware that you have many things to deal with, and appreciate the time you have taken out of your busy schedule to read over my list of concerns. I hope you look over my list of concerns and send back a response soon.

Sincerely yours,



Dr. Snaufalophigous