There comes a time in every youth sports coachs life when a decision has to be made when to stop coaching.

For some, this decision is made for him or her, possibly due to health or family reasons. For others, the decision is one that must be made exclusively by the coach him/herself, or in some cases, with input from family members.

People start coaching for a lot of reasons: Some for the pure love of the sport and coaching; some because they feel nobody can coach his or her child as well; and others because nobody else will volunteer. But regardless of the reason, once you start coaching like a lot of things in life its hard to stop.

Kids move on

Usually the most common reason many coaches stop is because his or her own child is no longer playing the sport. Its hard to justify spending the time required to coach a youth sport if your kids arent even on the team although, some do. My hat goes off to those folks!

Other coaches quit because its too stressful dealing with parents who all think their child is the best on the team, or players who really dont care enough to make the commitment necessary for the team to be successful and not just in the win column.

Sure signs that its time to quit are: if you dread going to practice; dont look forward to games; come home from practice every night in a foul mood; or come up with lame excuses to cancel practices or other team activities.

If the time commitment of coaching is making things at home suffer your relationship with your spouse and kids, chores, etc. its time to re-evaluate where the free time you have is best spent.

Im not suggesting quitting mid-season, but certainly think long and hard about volunteering to coach again.

Different styles

See the article here:
When is it time to hang up the whistle