Overbearing Sports Parents
My son had a baseball game tonight. The poor pitcher --- I can't say his father was totally obnoxious, but he never stopped coaching the child from the sides. The coach even nicely said to him to, "Relax, that's what I'm here for", but the father kept going. He even sat down on the team bench, even though he is not a coach. When he wasn't coaching from the sides, he was pacing. You know the type, clenched jaw and really concentrating ... looked like he was going to break like a guitar string. :blowup:
I heard the wife tell him to let the coach do the coaching, but his response was that the coach wasn't telling the boy the same things he was saying; that his son always makes the same pitching errors year after year. :drill:
I was embarrassed for the boy, the wife and the coach and I'm not sure I can listen to this guy all season! Any advice, sports moms and dads?
Overbearing Sports Parents
Thanks for your responses! My son's football coach quit after many years of coaching the same team because of the parents complaining that their son wasn't getting enough playing time. He got tired of the endless phone calls and e-mails complaining about it. It's such a shame that the parents have caused their sons to lose an excellent coach.
"We" have a baseball game tomorrow night. I guess I'll need a chair with wheels to stay away from the loudmouth father since he paces around the whole game! Poor boy -- I'll be sure to compliment on his game, win or lose.
Overbearing Sports Parents
The big thing around here are travel teams. I'm totally bewildered when I hear parents talk about them --- we had a travel game, we know so-and-so from travel ... " :ack: It's a total status thing. Funny thing is, the one travel organization doesn't even have enough people try out, so basically, you make the elite travel team if you are willing to shell out about $300 for the season. When I was little, boys were chosen to be on an all-star team after watching them all season on the regular league. It didn't require extra money; it was a reward for being a really good player.
Overbearing Sports Parents
Poor little guy! I was thinking about the courage it takes to get up there and pitch, even if you don't have a wacko sports parent. I took my kids to the batting cages, and it's easy to watch and give advice. However, once I got in the cage to try to hit a few balls myself, it was much harder than it looked! :baseball: