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Suppose I take my son to a TT coach for general training and development. I then enter my son into a tournament and upon arrival am pleasantly surprised to see that this coach is there too and take the opportunity for a chat and general catch up. My son does ok in the tournament and reaches the semi final whereupon, to my confusion, this coach is in my son's opponent's corner.
Having spent time with my son, this coach is able to quickly help his opponent, a slightly higher ranked boy, get the upper hand because he knows all the weak points in my son's game. Unbeknownst to me at the time, the coach was there in a private capacity paid for by this other boys father. The combination of a slightly better opponent with a coach who could expose all his weaknesses means my son loses. My question is this: how should I now feel about that coach? Was he just doing his job? Should I take my son back to him for more coaching or look elsewhere now? To me it feels like a code of ethics was breached but does such a thing exist in TT? If I take my son to any coach, should I be prepared to accept that everything that coach learns about him may then be used against him at any point if someone else pays for it? To my mind I would have expected some kind of code to be in place but does the need for coaches to earn a living outweigh such things? You can probably tell my feelings on the matter but I'm interested to know what others think.
Having spent time with my son, this coach is able to quickly help his opponent, a slightly higher ranked boy, get the upper hand because he knows all the weak points in my son's game. Unbeknownst to me at the time, the coach was there in a private capacity paid for by this other boys father. The combination of a slightly better opponent with a coach who could expose all his weaknesses means my son loses. My question is this: how should I now feel about that coach? Was he just doing his job? Should I take my son back to him for more coaching or look elsewhere now? To me it feels like a code of ethics was breached but does such a thing exist in TT? If I take my son to any coach, should I be prepared to accept that everything that coach learns about him may then be used against him at any point if someone else pays for it? To my mind I would have expected some kind of code to be in place but does the need for coaches to earn a living outweigh such things? You can probably tell my feelings on the matter but I'm interested to know what others think.