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[quote=Anonymous]Parent yelling anything directed at anyone during play should not ever happen. Parents absolutely should clap and yell when play is stopped for something other than a potential injury or foul.  Great shot.  Good goal.  Way to go.  All more than appreciated.  Good try.  Looking good.  Go get one now.  Etc.  All good encouragement.

Yelling anything remotely directive is very bad as it confuses the kids and often can be counter to what the coach is working on.  Pass it.  Shoot.  Dribble.  Clear it.  All very bad.

Yes, it takes parents with their first kid playing a little while to get the hang of things.  By the time your kid is playing as a decent level teen, parents pretty much get it.  It certainly took me a while, and we had a coach and club officials who would absolutely remind parents to shut up.  But it works.  By teen years parents would very often chat with parents of opposing  teams.  Where’s a decent restaurant?  Have you guys played x tournament before?  How goes the college search?  Etc.

The reality is that if the stick with it, kids play hundreds of games.  We later figured it out, but at u14 my kid and her teammates played 84 games between August 15 and May 30.  It was a very good team put together to try and win what was then a national championship (they never did and by u16 the ECNL was forming).  But -  There was no way in heck you could think about yelling in 84 games.

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