The worst thing about sports isn't the kids, it's ALWAYS the parents. ALWAYS

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Jul 16, 2020
7:28:29am

RockyBalboa Truly Addicted User

The worst thing about sports isn't the kids, it's ALWAYS the parents. ALWAYS

My son is going into 4th grade, my daughter into 1st. They've both played Soccer, while my Son also plays basketball and been in karate for a few years. Soccer parents are nuts. Psycho.

I've seen 3 get into fights and 1 had the cops called on them after threatening a city employee/referee that was all of 16 years old. At a level where scoring isn't even kept yet.

Really.

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RockyBalboa

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Well my son’s baseball season is over and so is my managerial career.

mobomanjoe

7/16/20 5:56am

Little League is bad. Try swim team. That’s people with money acting like Little

Iman23

7/16/20 6:13am

Swim teams are bad...

1984coug

7/16/20 6:15am

Why?

Cougarrr

7/16/20 7:20am

Summer swim teams- usually have novice coaches and soccer moms yelling at them

1984coug

7/16/20 7:23am

Then get a good one. Or just a former swimmer. As long as they aren't abusive,

Linkcoug

7/16/20 8:00am

Summer swim teams are different than USA year round

1984coug

7/16/20 8:45am

The advantage of the swim team is there is not much complaining about who plays

Blue Heart

7/16/20 12:11pm

Sports with clocks are awesome! “The clock don’t lie” is what my former coach

cougfanz

7/16/20 12:41pm

Haha. Pass.

mobomanjoe

7/16/20 6:26am

Huh? Having coached HS football and now I have a swimmer on a club team I don't

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

7/16/20 6:43am

I played youth sports growing up (mostly the 90s). Amazed at what it is now.

CosmoK

7/16/20 7:18am

We've had 3 kids swim. Great experience. Much better than team sports.

Orem58thBall

7/16/20 8:21pm

Where did they swim?

1984coug

7/16/20 11:00pm

Dimond High

Orem58thBall

7/24/20 9:17am

You rock for being the parent that volunteered. I did that for many many

SouthernBlueBlood

7/16/20 6:15am

I've got a kid on my Tball team whose dad played in the majors briefly. He's

7/16/20 6:16am

But you are a hero

7/16/20 6:35am

RE: But you are a hero

mobomanjoe

7/16/20 6:47am

Thank you for sacrificing of yourself for those kids. Your son will remember it

Big Daddy D

7/16/20 6:40am

This. Your kid's memory of it will be very different than yours.

shoganai

7/16/20 7:00am

Pro tip: treats are on the parents

whirl

7/16/20 6:40am

Pro tip: team treats are done when tee ball ends

SJS

7/16/20 6:58am

Not my problem. The parents can work that out. They'll spend their energy

whirl

7/16/20 7:09am

Lol, you’d think so, but no. That group has so much capacity to complain.

SJS

7/16/20 7:31am

Only response needed: get out here and coach yourself or shut up

MormonThug

7/16/20 6:43am

Those same whiny, complaining people are the ones who make FB games

7/16/20 6:48am

RE: Well my son’s baseball season is over and so is my managerial career.

Oat'n'bow

7/16/20 7:04am

Obviously this is much more of an indication of the parents than anything else.

brazilcoug

7/16/20 7:06am

Sounds brutal sorry to hear. Where do you live?

7/16/20 7:06am

Yea that’s brutal

cougfanz

7/16/20 7:08am

RE: Well my son’s baseball season is over and so is my managerial career.

gwill

7/16/20 7:18am

But how big was the trophy they got?

gwill

7/16/20 7:23am

The worst thing about sports isn't the kids, it's ALWAYS the parents. ALWAYS

RockyBalboa

7/16/20 7:28am

Advice from 7 years coaching my son's bb teams

jsaskew

7/16/20 7:31am

You should send this in an email to all the parents.

kccougar

7/16/20 7:35am

Just remember, no good deed goes unpunished

thejimmer

7/16/20 7:57am

I’m well aware. I guess we just forget.

mobomanjoe

7/16/20 8:26am

Parents in sports suck.

nslcougar

7/16/20 8:31am

What a nightmare...sorry but not unexpected.

ordinary tri guy

7/16/20 8:33am

I coached for 18 years, I can check all those boxes minus the last comment

g$

7/16/20 10:29am

Just my two cents on going back...

ordinary tri guy

7/16/20 1:12pm

Club/travel teams that don’t have parent coaches have been awesome for us

cougfanz

7/16/20 1:18pm

Similar experience. Signed up to assist coach, he had heart attack. Suddenly,

AF_Puma

7/16/20 8:47am

Yes, parents suck

Peter Venkman

7/16/20 9:01am

I was a first year coach this year as well. Here’s something I did that worked:

GilaHank

7/16/20 9:06am

Wow. Bunch of whiners. Sounds like you did well in a tough spot.

bluecheese

7/16/20 9:19am

Parents can ruin youth sports. City league parents are the worst of the bunch.

7/16/20 9:24am

The parents at my kids' activities drive me absolutely nuts.

Roko's Basilisk

7/16/20 9:27am

Baseball is the hardest in that respect.

HenderCoug

7/16/20 9:35am

Lessons I learned from coaching multiple sports, both rec and comp.

Bin01015

7/16/20 9:45am

You’re a good man. When I was your age I got into coaching the same way you did

Bullrider

7/16/20 9:50am

Sorry to hear your experience, you are a great man, and your kid and those kids

7/16/20 10:35am

5th graders don’t need treats and most development should take place at home

SlantRoute

7/16/20 11:32am

You just inspired me to write my son's coaches and tell them how much I am

cougstyle

7/16/20 12:47pm

I need to rewatch The Badnews Bears.

ditch

7/16/20 1:35pm

Yep. Baseball is the worst

MaxxPower

7/16/20 2:53pm

You are a saint; great reminder for everyone

7/16/20 3:26pm

Parents are the hardest part of my job and I work with tons of behaviorally

doubled1981

7/17/20 1:32pm

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