The moral obligations of a coach

I vividly remember giving a young boy a tennis lesson one day and witnessing him demonstrate the latest outburst that Marat Safin had shown in the French Open. He yelled out loud and threw his racket on the ground in disgrace. I told him that even though he saw someone else do it, it was an inappropriate and unsportsmanlike way to behave. However if I had have just laughed at him for doing it and brushed it off, there's a fair chance that he would have done it again. Coaches have a huge influence on the moral development of youth.
Like this scenario, it is just as much a coach's duty to let youth players know when behavior they see is unacceptable as it is to behave in a morally appropriate way. A coach speaking and behaving in acceptable way is just one element of what shapes a young child's moral development. Taking enough responsibility to interject when you see a child behaving poorly or having the courage to speak to a parent who is negatively involving themselves in their child's sport are just some examples of how a coach should fulfill their position as a moral role model.
Sport can be a great place to develop quality moral standards. Only a coach who is able to recognize this and take it upon themselves to help this process is a coach worthy of teaching sport to young children.