I was recently at my 10 year old sisters youth soccer game. She is now on the travel team so the game has gotten more competitive. What I was shocked to see was not how her and her friends have improved as players since the last time I saw them but was how intense, rude, and obnoxious the parents were. Some screaming at the girls as if they were the USA National Team.
What do these kids get out of parents screaming at them? My opinion is nothing! If anything it is more intimidating. It is embarrassing to the parent telling as well as their child on the field. I remember seeing instances on the news where parents actually got into physical altercations at youth sporting events due to one parent bashing on another child.
Parents are not there to coach, that is what the coach is for. Sports are something kids play for fun..so let them have fun. Enough with the screaming and yelling and let the kids play!
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