SIDELINE ETIQUETTE...

Lighting Rod wrote:Runslikewind what magical land are you from? I would love to visit and ride their Unicorns.

As an extension of your proposal it would be great if all of the girls sat together and our Coach and your Coach gave each other a hug after each goal.

Have you ever been playing for a league championship? If you not pulling your hair out and giving all of your support to your team when it is still 0-0 in the final minutes of the game you might be in the wrong place. Have you explored chess?

RunsLikeWind wrote:No offense meant at all and I see your side of things, but I disagree with just about everything you have listed.

What is wrong with parents intermingling and then acting like adults instead of kids on a playground? Parents should be able to watch the game from wherever they want, ( as long as it is not blocking someone else's view) and the parents should be adult enough not to get in a confrontation.

When my kid plays on the defensive side of the ball, I stand near the defense. When my kid plays on the offensive side of the ball, I stand near the offense. I am not coaching or talking to her, but just able to watch her play better.

I think all parents should be silenced on the sideline, so then it really wouldn't matter who you were sitting next to, if they were not yelling throughout the game.

To me, this is not a war and we do not have to draw an imaginary line at the midway point between the parents. Lets just all get along and act like adults.

Peace------

Lighting Rod wrote:Runslikewind what magical land are you from? I would love to visit and ride their Unicorns.

As an extension of your proposal it would be great if all of the girls sat together and our Coach and your Coach gave each other a hug after each goal.

Have you ever been playing for a league championship? If you not pulling your hair out and giving all of your support to your team when it is still 0-0 in the final minutes of the game you might be in the wrong place. Have you explored chess?

Lighting Rod wrote:Runslikewind what magical land are you from? I would love to visit and ride their Unicorns.

As an extension of your proposal it would be great if all of the girls sat together and our Coach and your Coach gave each other a hug after each goal.

Have you ever been playing for a league championship? If you not pulling your hair out and giving all of your support to your team when it is still 0-0 in the final minutes of the game you might be in the wrong place. Have you explored chess?

Slakemoth wrote:

Lighting Rod wrote:Runslikewind what magical land are you from? I would love to visit and ride their Unicorns.

As an extension of your proposal it would be great if all of the girls sat together and our Coach and your Coach gave each other a hug after each goal.

Have you ever been playing for a league championship? If you not pulling your hair out and giving all of your support to your team when it is still 0-0 in the final minutes of the game you might be in the wrong place. Have you explored chess?

Sorry to throw this back on you Lightning Rod, but the "magical land" Runs describes is pretty much every game in the U15 and higher age groups... probably U14 as well... don't worry.. you'll get there some day, and its a much more enjoyable experience for all.

I noticed this is an '04 thread so I understand the issues being discussed here.. The parents of Academy aged kids are absolutely the worst when it comes to etiquette and respect for each other.

MoveYourFeet wrote:

Lighting Rod wrote:Runslikewind what magical land are you from? I would love to visit and ride their Unicorns.

As an extension of your proposal it would be great if all of the girls sat together and our Coach and your Coach gave each other a hug after each goal.

Have you ever been playing for a league championship? If you not pulling your hair out and giving all of your support to your team when it is still 0-0 in the final minutes of the game you might be in the wrong place. Have you explored chess?

As a parent that had a kid that played competitive chess (I'm not kidding), the parents were not allowed in to see the matches.
We sat outside in a room to ourselves and waited.

I was wondering if it was always like that in chess, or if something happened way back in the day that led to the chess parents being separated from the competitors.

silentparent wrote:

Slakemoth wrote:

Lighting Rod wrote:Runslikewind what magical land are you from? I would love to visit and ride their Unicorns.

As an extension of your proposal it would be great if all of the girls sat together and our Coach and your Coach gave each other a hug after each goal.

Have you ever been playing for a league championship? If you not pulling your hair out and giving all of your support to your team when it is still 0-0 in the final minutes of the game you might be in the wrong place. Have you explored chess?

Sorry to throw this back on you Lightning Rod, but the "magical land" Runs describes is pretty much every game in the U15 and higher age groups... probably U14 as well... don't worry.. you'll get there some day, and its a much more enjoyable experience for all.

I noticed this is an '04 thread so I understand the issues being discussed here.. The parents of Academy aged kids are absolutely the worst when it comes to etiquette and respect for each other.

BS I have been to many u15 games that were full of crazies, nice try. Run, we had a guy like you plop himself down on our side. We sat right next to him and right behind him. He and his discourtesy were gone in 5 minutes, sit on your damn side and dont be a tool.

bigtex75081 wrote:

MoveYourFeet wrote:

Lighting Rod wrote:Runslikewind what magical land are you from? I would love to visit and ride their Unicorns.

As an extension of your proposal it would be great if all of the girls sat together and our Coach and your Coach gave each other a hug after each goal.

Have you ever been playing for a league championship? If you not pulling your hair out and giving all of your support to your team when it is still 0-0 in the final minutes of the game you might be in the wrong place. Have you explored chess?

As a parent that had a kid that played competitive chess (I'm not kidding), the parents were not allowed in to see the matches.
We sat outside in a room to ourselves and waited.

I was wondering if it was always like that in chess, or if something happened way back in the day that led to the chess parents being separated from the competitors.

Did you ever see the episode of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" when they caught the cheater? The cheater had a friend in the audience who coughed every time they read the correct answer. I imagine they had to move the chess parents out to prevent cheating like that.

bigtex75081 wrote:

MoveYourFeet wrote:

Lighting Rod wrote:Runslikewind what magical land are you from? I would love to visit and ride their Unicorns.

As an extension of your proposal it would be great if all of the girls sat together and our Coach and your Coach gave each other a hug after each goal.

Have you ever been playing for a league championship? If you not pulling your hair out and giving all of your support to your team when it is still 0-0 in the final minutes of the game you might be in the wrong place. Have you explored chess?

As a parent that had a kid that played competitive chess (I'm not kidding), the parents were not allowed in to see the matches.
We sat outside in a room to ourselves and waited.

I was wondering if it was always like that in chess, or if something happened way back in the day that led to the chess parents being separated from the competitors.

Did you ever see the episode of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" when they caught the cheater? The cheater had a friend in the audience who coughed every time they read the correct answer. I imagine they had to move the chess parents out to prevent cheating like that.

Lighting Rod wrote:If you have enough passion to post 300+ times on txsoccer.net you have pulled a hair or two. Come on now be honest have you really just sat there quietly for every game the whole game? Would everyone else on the sideline say the same about you? What about the time your daughter was tripped and the ref made the call on your daughter? You stayed cool that time?

My point is we are all human, will I hope we are all human. Don’t want to start a conversation about Soccer being the one true Universal sport.

Everyone gets heated at times. Just look at the responses to the original post and all the responses to those. The sides and teams are separated for a reason it’s your baby out there and that mean number 7 has been pushing her all day. The governing bodies think you have evolved some by time you get to Academy that is why you are not separated by a whole field like in Rec. By the way if you think U15 parents are that advanced you have never been part of an A&D panel.

Interesting note about chess, I had no idea thank you for the information.

When was the last time you were at a spelling bee and a fight didn’t happen in the parking lot.

Lighting Rod wrote:He never even raised an arm when the kid scored a goal? Did you ever ask the kid if he felt fully supported or if he just got a ride to every game? When you do something amazing don’t you like to be celebrated? Did you watch him the whole time? Why are you not watching the game? Lots of cool stuff happens out there.

bigtex75081 wrote:I don't care which team you cheer for, if you're a loudmouth then stay towards the midfield.

Many of us prefer to slip quietly down the sidelines and sit in peace, not screaming and yelling at children. If you see somebody sitting off by themselves, attentively focused on the game, just leave them alone. Those people that have intentionally removed themselves from the mayhem just want to be left alone. They don't need loudmouth folks coming into their space to make crappy coaching points. We don't want to hear about your inane observations.

6. Loudmouths stay at midfield and chirp all you want. Leave the people that sit off to the sides (because they just want to enjoy their DD's game) in peace.

topsecretsoccermomID wrote:*handclapping* I couldn't of wtote that better if I tried.The only thing I would add is if you know parents on the other team and want to say hello do that quickly and go back to your sideline. It's like entering hostile territory , enter at your own risk.