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[quote=Anonymous]I have 3 sons. With my oldest, I must confess that I acted like you describe your DH acting at his games: lots of cheering, "a dash" of direction here and there . . .

Eventually, around age 11 or 12, my son yelled back to me one time "Dad - stop! It's distracting me!"  So I did.  In retrospect, I think I was making the game less enjoyable for him.

With my younger two boys, I'm much, much more low-key.  I mostly just enjoy the game and let them play.  On a rare occasion, where there is some specific issue I want to bring to their attention, I might wait for an opportune time when he's nearby or looks up at me, I might give a "dash" of advice/direction, but nothing like I would do before.  I also try to record a lot of the game on my phone, or at least snippets of it that I will later sit down and review with my boys to talk about what they could have done differently (e.g., gotten into a better position off the ball, made a pass to a teammate instead of dribbling or vice-versa, etc.).  I think they get more out of it by seeing the video and hearing me calmly talk about whatever direction/pointers I have, rather than them trying to understand what I'm saying during the game and execute on it right there.[/quote]

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