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    Sideline observations

    Have any observations to report? I am tiring of the club and coach bashing. Let's put parent sideline antics up for discussion. That could be entertaining

    #2
    Witnessed a u16 game past weekend where a parent is still yelling and coaching his kid on sideline. Many college coaches present further down the lines. Check that kid right off their list.

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      #3
      Overheard some kids warming up for a game at GPS challenging each other to start a fight with players from the other team during the game to earn yellow cards.

      Wasn't a team my kid played against, though, so don't know if the plan was attempted.

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        #4
        Love it when the parents on the sidelines help the ref determine possession when the ball goes out of bounds. But when a mom pointed jumped up and down and kept yelling "hand ball hand ball" and on the 3rd time extra loud so the ref could hear her better thinking then maybe the ref would call it was a fun one to watch.

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          #5
          We've got a parent who frankly embarrasses us. Cheering loudly, and obnoxiously, whenever something good happens.

          I just sit there and think "this other team must think we are all a-holes".

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            #6
            let's make this a little more interesting- what clubs do we dread playing due to the obnoxious parents

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              #7
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              Have any observations to report? I am tiring of the club and coach bashing. Let's put parent sideline antics up for discussion. That could be entertaining
              What Fred, Liz, Jason etc, you getting tired of being called out for the baffoons you really are?

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                #8
                Obnoxious

                Most certainly Bayside parents and the parents on the clubs stepchild Bayside/Strikers FC

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  let's make this a little more interesting- what clubs do we dread playing due to the obnoxious parents
                  No need to bring clubs into it. Just good examples of bad behavior. Maybe a few loud mouths will learn something when they see their own bad behavior dissected.

                  We have to play a team frequently who has one parent that gets tossed by refs regularly - at our field and theirs. Her kid is probably the best player on the team but supposedly no other club will touch her because of the mom. At what point should a club ban a parent? Ours has no tolerance for it. You get a talking to and if you don't get it the 2nd time that's it.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    We've got a parent who frankly embarrasses us. Cheering loudly, and obnoxiously, whenever something good happens.

                    I just sit there and think "this other team must think we are all a-holes".
                    I wouldn't worry much about the other team, I'm sure they cheer when their team does something good. You pay $1,000 a year, you drive an hour to a go, you should be able to enjoy the entertainment and cheer for your team.

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      I wouldn't worry much about the other team, I'm sure they cheer when their team does something good. You pay $1,000 a year, you drive an hour to a go, you should be able to enjoy the entertainment and cheer for your team.
                      Does often get over looked. Most of the club games I have watched over the past several years had absolutely no passion in them and they felt more like a wake than a competition. That doesn't stop our resident parent hater from starting threads like this though. Probably spends a lot time reffing ulittle town games where the parents really are nuts because they don't know anything about soccer.

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        let's make this a little more interesting- what clubs do we dread playing due to the obnoxious parents
                        you do know you can move further down the touch line, right?

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          you do know you can move further down the touch line, right?
                          Doesn't always help!

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                            #14
                            Ref recruitment should happen on the sidelines. Approach parents who call the game with an opportunity for a side hustle- reffing. They could get paid for what they are already doing.

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              Ref recruitment should happen on the sidelines. Approach parents who call the game with an opportunity for a side hustle- reffing. They could get paid for what they are already doing.
                              No way. Most soccer refs I know are absolute dicks. They generally have Nopolean complexes because they couldn't actually play the game themselves and go into reffing to fill the need to feel special.

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