It is good that parents are there as long as they are supportive of all the kids. As a youth football coach I have seen some very poor behaviour from parents. But actually the worst was in a Greek league where a rabid parent was urging 10 year olds to break a player's legs! Fortunately, our league is very hot, in terms of clamping down on this. We have actually avoided signing a good player because of his dad!
The general rule for spectating parents should be, if you can't say something positive, don't say it at all.
I wanted to disqualify my 6 year old (nickname tricky) for not balancing the small hoop on his head during the obstacle race, he just let it fall off and run in that part
I asked him how did you win that , to which he honestly replied " I had to cheat a bit or I would never have won it "
He's really small for his age so needed to cut corners to keep up with the big kids .
I told him don't do that again because it's not fair and cheating is not on and he just patted his gold medal sticker and smiled, cheeky little runt
Had some experience reffing junior teams, and you know what I am going to say - nightmare parents.
BUT.......... I played in a dads v boys junior school cricket match, with the Headmaster as umpire. When I asked him who was keeping the score etc, he said "me, because the boys will win it in the last over"
I was batting in the last over, and sure enough the Head announced that the dads needed 4 off the last ball. We ran 2 and I was run-out. The boys were thrilled.
I knew we had beaten them in reality, but the defeat was more than worth it as the boys celebrated like they had won the World Cup.
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The general rule for spectating parents should be, if you can't say something positive, don't say it at all.
Was never a fan of sports day!
I wanted to disqualify my 6 year old (nickname tricky) for not balancing the small hoop on his head during the obstacle race, he just let it fall off and run in that part
I asked him how did you win that , to which he honestly replied " I had to cheat a bit or I would never have won it "
He's really small for his age so needed to cut corners to keep up with the big kids .
I told him don't do that again because it's not fair and cheating is not on and he just patted his gold medal sticker and smiled, cheeky little runt
BUT..........
I played in a dads v boys junior school cricket match, with the Headmaster as umpire.
When I asked him who was keeping the score etc, he said "me, because the boys will win it in the last over"
I was batting in the last over, and sure enough the Head announced that the dads needed 4 off the last ball.
We ran 2 and I was run-out.
The boys were thrilled.
I knew we had beaten them in reality, but the defeat was more than worth it as the boys celebrated like they had won the World Cup.
Happy times, now seemingly disappearing.