Just A Game Imagine you are at a childs sporting event. The
kids are having a blast playing with their friends and
participating in the thrill of the game. A call is made and a
parent does not agree with the call and charges the field to yell
at the referee. The parent takes it too far, is ejected from the
game and the kids attitude has changed while the fun dissipated
from the game for everyone, not just the kids.
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An example of overbearing sports parents.
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Why Are Parents Misbehaving? Parents want their children to
obtain a scholarship. Parents believe they are the better coach.
Parents feel entitled to put other kids, players, coaches and refs
in their place.
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Inside the mind on an overbearing sports parent Parents are
overly more competitive than their children. Parents are living
their sports dreams through their children. Parents think their
child is the best and should be pampered that way.
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Youth sports activist Bob Bigelows Tiger Woods Syndrome Where
parents believe that they have to push their kids at an earlier
age. They treat their kids as miniature adults instead of the
children they are. Parents view their children as an economical
investment that will make them money.
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What the young athletes think about their parents attending
their games. More than 1/3 of these kids wished that their parents
would not watch their games and practices. They say the adults yell
too much, are distracting, make them and the teammates nervous, put
pressure to play better and win, and just plain old make the kids
feel bad. A Poll taken of a group of 300 young athletes.
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How To Fix The Problem Signs like this one should be put up
around the playing fields or courts. Parents take an oath that they
will behave and obey the code of conduct. Parents are only allowed
to cheer at games not to give advice, yell or boo at the other
teams or players.
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How To Fix The Problem Cont. That referees can give cards to
parents if they arent being respectful to the game or other people.
Parents pay a little extra for their kids to play so as to pay for
an extra referee to watch and keep the parents in line. Have silent
games where the parents cant talk at all only the coaches can.