Gotta love youth sports...

ladyredlight

At our morning game on Sunday, at the very end of the game, one of our players shoved one of the opposing players while he was down.  One of the moms from the other team screamed out dirty a**hole.  You can only imagine what followed - lots of yelling, lots of screaming.  It was kind of ugly.  The referees had to threaten to throw people out. This team comes to us on Sunday for a game.

At the might game on Sunday, Corey and another kid were rushing up the ice and they both wiped out into our goalie.  It was a clean play - Corey is not a dirty player at all.  This kid had a full head on him.  Corey was fine and our goalie was fine.  The kid was not - he didn't come back into the game.  I feel bad - I know that feeling all too well.  Some guy next to Scot starts complaining about Corey. They went back and forth for a bit. That could have gotten ugly too, but our team manager walked over to Scot and made sure it didn't.  I was not there I was at the other end of the ice.

We've never had this happen before so it was an eye opener!

 

kellyann1972

We dont have that in soccer or baseball. We have to sign a parental form that states the correct behavior from parents, you dont comply your kid is kicked off the team, no second chances. That includes cursing and other crappy parent behavior.

Glenn coaches and he signs something similar about sportsmanship and behavior, the coach breaks the rules they are kicked out and their child.

Our town and school sports program and leagues are super strict about it. I guess something happened in the past to make them do it, but I havent seen bad behavior really at all. thank goodness!

 

NJ905wife

kellyann1972:

We dont have that in soccer or baseball. We have to sign a parental form that states the correct behavior from parents, you dont comply your kid is kicked off the team, no second chances. That includes cursing and other crappy parent behavior.

Glenn coaches and he signs something similar about sportsmanship and behavior, the coach breaks the rules they are kicked out and their child.

Our town and school sports program and leagues are super strict about it. I guess something happened in the past to make them do it, but I havent seen bad behavior really at all. thank goodness!

 

All programs should do this!

penguingrrl

kellyann1972:

We dont have that in soccer or baseball. We have to sign a parental form that states the correct behavior from parents, you dont comply your kid is kicked off the team, no second chances. That includes cursing and other crappy parent behavior.

Glenn coaches and he signs something similar about sportsmanship and behavior, the coach breaks the rules they are kicked out and their child.

Our town and school sports program and leagues are super strict about it. I guess something happened in the past to make them do it, but I havent seen bad behavior really at all. thank goodness!

 

That's how all youth sports teams should handle it. Team sports for kids are about learning about teamwork and sportsmanship, and when their parents can't demonstrate it the most important lessons are missing.

ladyredlight

We have to sign a 4 page contract and we've never had a parent from our organization behave this way. 

hookersbabe

penguingrrl:

kellyann1972:

We dont have that in soccer or baseball. We have to sign a parental form that states the correct behavior from parents, you dont comply your kid is kicked off the team, no second chances. That includes cursing and other crappy parent behavior.

Glenn coaches and he signs something similar about sportsmanship and behavior, the coach breaks the rules they are kicked out and their child.

Our town and school sports program and leagues are super strict about it. I guess something happened in the past to make them do it, but I havent seen bad behavior really at all. thank goodness!

 

That's how all youth sports teams should handle it. Team sports for kids are about learning about teamwork and sportsmanship, and when their parents can't demonstrate it the most important lessons are missing.

100% agree with both...

biochemgirl

I'd be pretty pissed if corey's teammate knocked out my kid while he was already down and don't disagree with the choice of words, "dirty ***."  It's great that the offending kids parents don't curse and get aggressive at the games, but I think they'd be better off teaching their kid that acting that way is wrong and unacceptable. 

ladyredlight

biochemgirl:

I'd be pretty pissed if corey's teammate knocked out my kid while he was already down and don't disagree with the choice of words, "dirty ***."  It's great that the offending kids parents don't curse and get aggressive at the games, but I think they'd be better off teaching their kid that acting that way is wrong and unacceptable. 

Its a contact sport even at this age and while I don't agree with it, if you can't handle it, your kid should not be playing it.  You want to scream at the kids - be an adult and use your words instead of swearing at the kids. 

biochemgirl

ladyredlight:

biochemgirl:

I'd be pretty pissed if corey's teammate knocked out my kid while he was already down and don't disagree with the choice of words, "dirty ***."  It's great that the offending kids parents don't curse and get aggressive at the games, but I think they'd be better off teaching their kid that acting that way is wrong and unacceptable. 

Its a contact sport even at this age and while I don't agree with it, if you can't handle it, your kid should not be playing it.  You want to scream at the kids - be an adult and use your words instead of swearing at the kids. 

Wow, I definitely don't agree wtih you on this one.  You said:

At our morning game on Sunday, at the very end of the game, one of our players shoved one of the opposing players while he was down.

To me that is not about it being a contact sport at all-the kid was down-corey's team mate sounds like he was totally in the wrong as he shoved him just to shove him.  Teaching a kid that it's a contact sport so that kind of behavior is acceptable is not doing that kid any favors in life.  I can't imagine not thinking that kid is an ***.  Would I have yelled it at the kid? No, I don't think so, but I'm sure I would have turned to my husband and called him an ***

ladyredlight

I didn't say his teammate was right - but you don't scream at the top of your lungs for all to hear that your swearing at a kid.  Scot and I often talk about other players but to each other only.