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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At what age should a youth soccer player be mature enough to handle hearing criticism or comments from parents and other spectators on the sidelines during games; comments such as "don't dribble so much into pressure - you keep losing it!" or "you need to get back quicker!" or "take the shot next time!" or "make the pass next time - so-and-so was wide open in the box!" etc.?

On the one hand, there's the "nobody better say anything to my kid" viewpoint -- is that realistic for a 16 year old kid in MLS Next on a pathway to a potential professional soccer career?

On the other hand, there's the "young players need to be able to hear legitimate negative feedback and mature enough to consider or ignore them" -- is that realistic for a 12 year old MLS Next player?

How long should a player stay insulated from the harsh spectator criticism that come from playing at a high level; at what point does insulating them become detrimental rather than beneficial? I'm not talking about insults or derogatory comments -- I'm talking about "coaching from the sidelines" that you hear so many parents and spectators (cousins, siblings, uncles, aunts, grandparents, etc.) doing in high level games.

There's a lot of commentary about the youth soccer systems in Europe and South America on this board -- what is their culture of sideline/spectator involvement in high level youth soccer games? Do they insulate their youth players from negative spectator feedback? Do they teach them to ignore it? Is there some cultural differences in sideline culture in youth soccer? What's the right way?

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Players  are focused on the game, they don’t listen to what spectators are yelling.if your kid is the exception then probably he doesn’t belong to a competitive sport.
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This my DD pays me no mind unless im chirping at her when its quiet. Which normally gets me a shut up smirk or death stare.  Otherwise im encouraging her to push n play aggressive … be onside etc. 90% of the time she probably tunes me out.  As for the team is always encouraging talk for hard hits and hey let em know they can’t hang w u.. loud claps etc….

I also go deep “behind enemy lines” to clap for the forwards…. It makes for some interesting interactions.

Tldr… they aren’t listening to u most of the time so it doesn’t matter lol.[/quote]

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