A Maryland league is dealing with inappropriate parent behavior through team sportsmanship liaisons and if that doesn’t work, banishment from the sidelines.
Entries Tagged ‘parent-behavior’
Using Dead Words To Quiet A Sideline
A friend of mine recently attended a coaching class where they handed out a list of ‘Dead Words’ for coaches to share with their parents. The idea is you ask your parents not to say certain words in an attempt to stop them from sideline coaching or distracting the players too much. It’s an interesting idea.
Did The Warm Weather Bring Out The Crazy?
Here in North Carolina, we had some very nice weather this weekend, but it sure seemed like parents, players, and coaches alike were determined to get in trouble. Our league may see three ‘incidents’ a season – we had three this weekend alone. Apparently we were not alone. How did the games go for you [...]
Aggravated Battery = Felony. Soccer Parents Beware.
The Ref posted a few links about this last fall and even now it’s still amazing. In a U8 soccer match, after a player was hurt after a collision and the referee didn’t call a foul, a soccer mom came onto the field to argue with him. As the referee continually asked the woman to [...]
Top Ten Things Soccer Parents Should Do
As the spring season approaches, I figured this would be a timely article. As both a soccer parent and coach, it has always been interesting watching the interactions (or lack thereof) of parents and coaches. Usually the interaction is good, but at times it can be strained, to the detriment of the team. We all [...]
Do Fences Make Good Parents?
A couple of years ago, due to abusive behavior by parents at youth (American) football games, a local recreation department erected chain link fences to keep the parents away from the players, coaches, and officials. Clearly the move was meant to get the parents attention to how bad things were getting, and I hope it [...]
Youth Soccer Players Go On Strike In Italy
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Via The Offside, we find some Italian youth soccer playerÂs who came up with a new way to get their parents attention about inappropriate touchline behavior:
It’s not just in the US that parents scream and yell, attack coaches and officials, and generally just embarrass the hell out of their kids (in addition to, you know, [...]
Parents Behaving Badly = Not News
I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s still interesting how the media seems to relish in highlighting the behavior of soccer parents when other sports have their issues too. A few years ago, Raleigh’s Parks and Rec department put up chain link fences to keep parents away from the (pointy) football fields. This was in [...]
Sit Ubu Sit!
Best parent/player moment of the tournament I was at this weekend? I’m watching a hard fought U11 Girls Challenge match. Scoping out the competition for my own U11 team since most of the teams at the tournament are in our league. The game was VERY close and the parents were getting louder and louder. Some [...]
Psycho Parents
Remember folks, youth sports don’t create psycho parents – psycho parents ruin youth sports which otherwise provide an excellent experience for our kids! And league officials who sweep bad behavior under the rug only make it worse.
An OTP Public Service Announcement
A reminder to parents, relatives, friends, etc. If you choose to drive to your little pride and joy’s soccer match drunk AND decide to park in a handicap space, rest assured a league official WILL call the police. Prepare to sit in your car a long time as well because the police will HAPPILY wait [...]
USSF Advocating No Results For U12 And Below
A recent position paper from US Soccer advocates non-result competition for U12 on down. What is it about soccer that makes everyone NOT want to keep score. No other sport does this.
