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In a fresh article from USA Today, I am sharing a part of the article on the subject of the worst parents in youth sports. I have heard this mentioned many times over the years by high-ranking softball coaches. They do not want the drama in their team dynamic and will quickly pass over talent. They're already battling separation anxiety with new players leaving home and starting college life. They don't need an entire family of headaches.
Much more on the subject needs to be spoken, but for now here's a small excerpt from the article that ranked youth sports that have the worst parents:
When Adam Yahn scouted players for an elite junior hockey team, he wouldn’t wear his team's logo to games. That way, parents in the stands wouldn’t know he was the general manager of Ontario's Cobourg Cougars.
Yahn heard the ones yelling in coaches' and players' ears, and he always found out who they were. Their kids were the first ones he wrote off.
“I didn’t care how good you were,” Yahn told USA TODAY Sports. “How your parents were behaving, a lot of the time, dictated whether I wanted you on my team.
"I’d much rather a parent that lets their child be involved in their decisions and decide what they’re doing with their future, rather than a parent that’s trying to live vicariously through them.”
Parent misbehavior plays out all over youth sports. They arrive with camping chairs and a heightened sense of their own sports knowledge. They ride the referees, the coaches and often their own children. And they don’t discriminate when it comes to sport — riding the glass, crowd or court.
Much more on the subject needs to be spoken, but for now here's a small excerpt from the article that ranked youth sports that have the worst parents:
When Adam Yahn scouted players for an elite junior hockey team, he wouldn’t wear his team's logo to games. That way, parents in the stands wouldn’t know he was the general manager of Ontario's Cobourg Cougars.
Yahn heard the ones yelling in coaches' and players' ears, and he always found out who they were. Their kids were the first ones he wrote off.
“I didn’t care how good you were,” Yahn told USA TODAY Sports. “How your parents were behaving, a lot of the time, dictated whether I wanted you on my team.
"I’d much rather a parent that lets their child be involved in their decisions and decide what they’re doing with their future, rather than a parent that’s trying to live vicariously through them.”
Parent misbehavior plays out all over youth sports. They arrive with camping chairs and a heightened sense of their own sports knowledge. They ride the referees, the coaches and often their own children. And they don’t discriminate when it comes to sport — riding the glass, crowd or court.