...you might be a rec parent

Read this in the stylings of Jeff Foxworthy....

• If you get upset that your coach's post-game speech made your princess sad...you might be a rec parent.
  
• If you are genuinely disappointed that there is no trophy for second place...you might be a rec parent.
  
• If you have your club's DOC/Director on speed dial because you complain so often...you might be a rec parent.
  
• If your child only touches a ball during practice...you might be a rec parent.
  
• If you think its too cold/hot for practice, and you are upset when coach holds practice anyway...you might be a rec parent.
  
• If you think 2 practices and 1 game per week is plenty enough to take your kid to the "next level"...you might be a rec parent.
  
• If you wonder why there is no snack assignments anymore...you might be a rec parent.
  
• If you think a 10-0 win was "a great game", and not a total waste of time...you might be a rec parent.
  
• If you think a club coach will care for your dd's feelings as much as their rec coach did...you might be a rec parent.
  
• If you think for a second that your dd's development is the primary driver for any club...you might be a rec parent.
  
• If you think your dd's position/playing time/team is secure due to loyalty...you might be a rec parent.
  
• If you think a coach sending your kid to the develpmental squad "temporarily" is ACTUALLY temporary...you might be a rec parent.
  
• If another parent/player endlessly assures you that they will be on the team when signing day comes, and you unconditionally BELIEVE a promise is a promise...you might be a rec parent.
  
• If you think Wal-Mart/Target has acceptable cleats/balls/etc for your dd...you might be a rec parent.
  

Now my soap-box moment:  Folks...please don't take any of the above as an insult...select/club soccer is not for everyone.  Listen to your dd and see who really wants to play at that level...you or her.  If she wants it, she will complain that practice was cancelled because it's like 20 degrees out or something...a little under-armour and a beanie combined with strenuous physical activity is fine, and not dangerous in any way.  Just because the parents are cold on the sideline does not mean the princess will automatically get sick..and news flash for you - you don't catch a cold from it being cold - you catch a cold from germs/bacteria.  She's not gonna care if there is a trophy for second place - in fact she won't even want it because its just a reminder of coming up short in a championship game - a second place trophy is a bad memory...not a good one for a competitive player. The clubs are in existence to make money - sure there are a couple that start out with developmental intentions, but after being beat up in the recruiting game by the "Nazari method" for a while - it ends up the same everywhere.  I love competitive soccer, and have been involved with it for over 10 years..and I have another 9 to go before I am done...I say these things not to be jaded, but more along the lines of "if you are aware of the pitfalls, you are less likely to fall in to one".  I will probably start a post on club contracts/politics/common political manuevers/mutinies/etc.  But thought I would start with this.

Feel free to add to the list if you like!  :-)

- If you offer to keep a fair substitution schedule for your coach to follow….you might be a rec parent.
- If you think your coach will not change practice locations or clubs….you might be a rec parent.
- If you start screaming offsides in your daughters indoor soccer game….you might be a rec parent
- If you continually scream behind glass at your kids indoor soccer game….;you might be a rec parent

--If you think a high FBR ranking means your DD team is a good place for her to play: you might be a rec parent.

--If you think girls soccer is about skill and finesse and not brute force, speed and size: you might be a rec parent.

--If you find yourself shouting "unlucky" and "well done" from the sidelines: you might be a rec parent.

-if you think long holiday weekends are for family vacations, not soccer tournaments... Yoooouuuu might be a rec parent.

- if you think your game uniform is covered in your fees.

you ARE a rec parent if you yell "good kick" as your daughter mindlessly kicks to the other team upfield with no pressure on her or in fact anyone around her.....

you may be a rec parent if whenever your daughter has contact with another player, you want a foul and yell "they're pushing her ref!"

--If you think shinguards, over the socks is acceptable: you might be a rec parent.

--If your biggest stress is making sure her bow matches her uniform for Saturday: you might be a rec parent.

--If you think going to practice in Jeans is just fine: you might be a rec parent.

--If you are mad they don't do the parent tunnel at the end of the game: you might be a rec parent.

--If your daughter puts colored hairspray in before a game to look really mean: you might be a rec parent.

--If you believe the Parents' Code of Conduct is BS and doesn't apply to you!! You might be a Rec parent.

A mother was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her teenage son. Suddenly the boy bursts into the kitchen.
"Careful! Careful! Put in some more butter! Oh my goodness! You're cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter. Oh my! WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER? They're going to STICK! Careful!... CAREFUL! I said CAREFUL! You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! Are you crazy? Have you lost your mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!"
The mother stared at him. "What's wrong with you? You think I don't now how to fry a couple of eggs?"
The son calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm trying to play soccer."

You might be a Rec parent(s)!!!

Son_ofa_Pitch wrote:--If you believe the Parents' Code of Conduct is BS and doesn't apply to you!! You might be a Rec parent.

A mother was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her teenage son. Suddenly the boy bursts into the kitchen.
"Careful! Careful! Put in some more butter! Oh my goodness! You're cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter. Oh my! WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER? They're going to STICK! Careful!... CAREFUL! I said CAREFUL! You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! Are you crazy? Have you lost your mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!"
The mother stared at him. "What's wrong with you? You think I don't now how to fry a couple of eggs?"
The son calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm trying to play soccer."

You might a Rec parent(s).

YOU WIN. Funny and true....

you are a CLUB parent if deep down you think your daughter COULD be running harder in the 55th minute of her game (which she never came off the field) in 105 degree weather and sweltering humidity...

If your girl is late getting on the field when the game starts because you had to put a bow in her hair and use hairspray....you might be a rec parent

One for the road..

--If ALL of the above post have some truth to them and it's started to piss you off because we don't know what we are talking about, YOU ARE A REC PARENT!!

If you are mad they don't do the parent tunnel at the end of the game: you might be a rec parent.


hey! i miss the parent tunnel, it was the best part of those games! 

Son_ofa_Pitch wrote:--If you believe the Parents' Code of Conduct is BS and doesn't apply to you!! You might be a Rec parent.

A mother was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her teenage son. Suddenly the boy bursts into the kitchen.
"Careful! Careful! Put in some more butter! Oh my goodness! You're cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter. Oh my! WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER? They're going to STICK! Careful!... CAREFUL! I said CAREFUL! You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! Are you crazy? Have you lost your mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!"
The mother stared at him. "What's wrong with you? You think I don't now how to fry a couple of eggs?"
The son calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm trying to play soccer."

You might be a Rec parent(s)!!!

Awesome!  Has Spring season started yet!

Zizou wrote:- if you think your game uniform is covered in your fees.

Unless you play for Fever United, where your uniform fees and tournament fees are covered in your dues.

If your dd wears her shin guards on the outside of her socks, you might be a rec parent.

If you spend several thousand dollars a year on soccer, you might wish you were still a rec parent.

jsullivan81 wrote:If you spend several thousand dollars a year on soccer, you might wish you were still a rec parent.

+1; beat me to it ....

tmcc wrote:

Zizou wrote:- if you think your game uniform is covered in your fees.

Unless you play for Fever United, where your uniform fees and tournament fees are covered in your dues.

You might be rec. LOL!

--If there is both a compass direction AND a color in your DD's team name, you might be a rec parent... 

If you have never spent hours on this forum sometimes learning,sometimes laughing, and sometimes wanting to punch the screen because of the stupidity you might be a rec parent

If you offer to make matching bows for all the girls on the team, you might be a rec parent.

If you think it would be really cool for all the girls on the team to wear tie-dyed socks as game socks, you might be a rec parent.

If you don't know the difference between a size 3, size 4, and a size 5 soccer ball - and think it doesn't matter which one your DD plays with, you might be a rec parent.

If you complain about parents from both teams sitting on the same sideline, opposite from the players, you might be a rec parent.

If you think soccer season is ever "over", you might be a rec parent.

tmcc wrote:If your dd wears her shin guards on the outside of her socks, you might be a rec parent.

*This!* LOL!!

I always feel bad for those kids when I see them; they are always little so you know the parents did this to them.