Randy, in the original question: Did you mean certified or certifiable? lol
NO. Kansas (or any other state) cannot have too many certified coaches. We need to help those who want to help us and our kids.
Although I would emphasize more about child psychology and rudimentary wrestling techniques. Too many adults are demeaning, while ignoring their responsibility as a role model. "Negative motivation" is far less effective, even detrimental, with kids that have the choice to participate , or not.
It's really tuff to do well and we need help to learn how. Limiting the certifications will only give cause to finding a way to break the rules, i.e., coaching without credentials, etc.
No, it is not too easy to gain your credentials: we intentionally have levels Copper thru Gold.
BUT maybe it is time to evolve and restructure the assignments, i.e., Copper could be limited to assisting the Coaches, and maybe there should be a refresher for Bronze. Moreover, it depends on how we define our learning objectives for the program...
Copper - Coaching awareness; where to find the references/answers (Do no harm)
Bronze - Coaching effectively; knows many answers, and can find the rest (Do some good)
Silver - Coaching efficiently; explains the rationale behind many of the answers (Do lots of good)
Gold - Coaching the coach; teaches others to be efficient (Go be a Coaching Hall of Famer)
