When I've coaches youth sports teams, it's always been a rule that

Apr 7, 2021
11:16:08am

Coug Dude All-American

none of the players can criticize another player. I remind them that their play is not spotless and perfect and until they make no mistakes, they have no right to criticize someone else's play.

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Don't be "that" parent at your children's games.

Coug Dude All-American

4/7/21 11:04am

[hangs head in shame]

jkccoug

4/7/21 11:05am

I don’t think your no. 3 is typical on these lists.

Joe Banks

4/7/21 11:08am

Good point, I modified #3

Coug Dude

4/7/21 11:12am

One caveat though. Parents with voices that carry need self-awareness.

Joe Banks

4/7/21 11:13am

When I've coaches youth sports teams, it's always been a rule that

Coug Dude

4/7/21 11:16am

Exactly, you are embarrassing your kid. Sports should be fun, and you are ruining it for them.

slappy

4/7/21 11:09am

We had a Dad that attended the High School Soccer games and coached his....

WJCougar

4/7/21 11:11am

With regards to refs, for young kids they are usually like HS kids reffing

A_blue_car

4/7/21 11:12am

As a teenage ref, I loved throwing flags on coaches who yelled at me. One coach

Powerbait DPM

4/7/21 5:10pm

That’s my best come back when I ref men’s basketball. I tell them if they don’t

cougsareforreal

4/8/21 9:31am

People see what they want to see. Reffing youth Lacrosse as a return missionary

Powerbait DPM

4/8/21 11:57pm

My pet peeve watching basketball is when a small guard runs full speed into a

cougsareforreal

4/9/21 8:42am

Ah, so you understand why soccer players flop. No flop = no call.

Joe Banks

4/9/21 9:04am

I think America has lost it in this regards

compcoug

4/7/21 11:15am

When my son played little league football, there was one dad...

Eddie

4/7/21 11:17am

My only issue w/ this list are numbers 4 and 6

IceBlueCoug

4/7/21 11:20am

and if that is how you feel, it's more potent to do that during practice

The Pope

4/7/21 11:28am

Why?

IceBlueCoug

4/7/21 11:32am

you don't know why practice is a more potent environment to coach kids in?

The Pope

4/7/21 12:59pm

It's not your job to tell them to be more aggressive during the game

Alpi Gusto

4/7/21 11:49am

Keep that in mind when my son is starting and your kid is in the stands

IceBlueCoug

4/7/21 12:22pm

Oh, I don't have kids. This is coming from a coach. Keep in mind that you probably don't know as much as you think

Alpi Gusto

4/7/21 12:25pm

It depends on how you do it.

IceBlueCoug

4/7/21 12:30pm

I’ll keep that in mind when my kid is still playing and your kid quit.

Bin01015

4/8/21 8:28am

I agree here. Depending on the sport, you may not want to be more aggressive

Thrill

4/7/21 2:27pm

As a parent I know my kid and what he is capable of and the style that best suits him and his team

IceBlueCoug

4/7/21 2:30pm

I'm sure you are a great coach then. Kudos to you. I am not clairvoyant so

Thrill

4/7/21 2:32pm

2 rules that I live by

HiLife

4/7/21 11:28am

There is a great video of Dr. Manning a BYU professor and sports psychologist

sTcCoug

4/7/21 11:29am

Thumbs up. Yes, yes and yes to everything you said.

RockyBalboa

4/7/21 11:48am

Can I add two more to your list? (1) Don't talk to coaches about other players on the team and (2) On higher level teams

Alpi Gusto

4/7/21 11:57am

Totally agree. Tough lessons to learn. (For me.)

Boomcannon

4/7/21 1:25pm

8. Don't complain about the ref after the game as a reason for a loss. YES it

Thrill

4/7/21 2:31pm

^this... we don't allow complaining about the refs in our house... not in games we play in and not in games we watch.

HarlemCoug

4/7/21 3:44pm

My wife would always say to the kids that the ref is part of the game.

Joe Banks

4/7/21 3:47pm

This should be universally understood, yet it still happens.

ditch

4/7/21 2:49pm

I grumble from time to time during football games, but I walk away from crowd

Belboz

4/7/21 3:38pm

You can add this one. Do not sign your kid up for another parent/volunteer to

777

4/7/21 4:00pm

Every kid needs to have access to sports. Especially those kids.

Joe Banks

4/7/21 4:18pm

Uh...no. There are school programs for that with paid faculty. If your child is

777

4/7/21 4:25pm

Rec leagues are perfect for those type of kids. They usually need an outlet and sports are the perfect outlet

IceBlueCoug

4/7/21 4:59pm

Except there is literally no other way to get your point across to the ref

gilmerbuckeye

4/8/21 1:40am

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