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I think it's a form of affection in the Spanish culture (no expert here). I've seen that often from our Spanish speaking friends on my DD's team.
Things that make you go hmmm....
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The DA Refs tend to be the cream of the crop, fit and evaluated regularly, which is why I will never be a DA Ref. Just fine with girls and boys U13 and under, I can keep up.
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When parents yell obscenities to refs or kids from the other team. Hmmm, they must not have a life. Lol.
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Even if they did listen, it would not matter most of the time. Sound takes more than a 1/4 of a second to travel 100 yards at sea level. So at typical soccer field distances, by the time a player hears mom or dad's instructions to shoot or whatever, the moment has passed.
First parents should shut their pie hole and as adults should have the ability/maturity to let the kids play without their vulgarity. A few years ago they changed the teams from sitting on opposite sides of the field with the parents on the same side as their team. When you had this set up it did two positive things, kept opposing parents and coaches from potential conflict and and enabled the coach to control his own sideline behavior. And yes i agree it should not have to come to this but we have all seen bad parent behavior.
A problem I have observed with the new arrangement is that some parents (GK parents especially) move into the enemy campground for half the game.
Saw that a lot in Davis this weekend with G03's...sorta weird. Seems to me that 50 yards or so of sideline should be enough and you shouldn't need to move into the opposing sides seating area
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Why is that an issue? As long as your just sitting and watching it shouldn't be a big deal. I do it all the time. If someone comes over and says something I tell them who my kid is then ask who their kid is. I usually compliment their kid and that's the end of the story.
You're right...as long as you're sitting and watching. Not always the case...
GK parents don’t get to see as much of their player play during one half of the game if they don’t move. Field player parents can see more of their player for the majority of the game. If I’m on my GKs side for first half and depending on the tempo of the game (score/sideline behavior/etc) I’ll move to the other side and sit by the flag. It’s a great way for me to see where my GK made good plays and bad ones to talk about after the game.
I usually keep quiet unless my GK makes a great play..then I might say “good job” just loud enough for my player to hear and leave it at that. One time that happened and a few parents said “hey you’re on the wrong side”. I said “yeah I know..but my kid is coming back from an injury. I want to be close just in case.” (Which was the truth.) They were cool after that.
Hold on, you were at a youth game. Your children are in there 30’s. Now that’s a lie. If you even attended a youth game and I’m sure your answer will be a circular one with no real answers. Yet, you expect everyone to give you one. What a joke of a question.
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I agree but you don't have to be sitting on the "wrong" side to cause a problem. Parents from opposing teams sit within 20' of each other , a few feet if they are at midfield.
Best interaction I had was with a parent from the other team while he was taking pics of his daughter in goal on our side of the field. We ended up talking about the colleges our kids had visited and how different the schools were in parts of the country, the difference in team/club philosophies and soccer in general.
Totally agree. Most parents that I have cordial conversations with and who have introduced themselves to me have been great. All the while sitting behind the net, to the side or just in corners.
Wait, don’t answer. It’s like watching gold fish chase each other in a small tank. Useless.
Answer to what?
My oldest will be 29 in August. He played in youth soccer games until 2010 (USL Super-20), and he was a coach of one or two youth teams each year until he moved to Sacramento a couple of years ago - I attended many of those games. The last couple of years I have attended games in which my niece was playing (she is just entering high school), usually at the El Corazon fields in Oceanside or the Polo Grounds in Del Mar.
Here is a family picture from last Labor Day weekend --
My mistake - that was in August, not Labor Day weekend.
Same. Happened with me in AZ RSL and my daughter scored got one past his daughter and he did nothing but compliment as I did on her good plays. Minus the college talk not quite there in age yet.
Many coaches don't understand that concept as well. Please, no coaching will the ball is rolling. Coaches that don't understand that concept are poor coaches.
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I never understood the mentality of having one coach. Soccer has defensive, offensive concepts and within those concepts of what to do on and off the ball. As long as the coaches subscribe to the same philosophy I see no problem with having a coach who's sole responsibility is to work with the defenders when the ball is in the attacking third, especially in the youngers.