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[quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad]Disruptive behavior is the biggest problem by far. Parents often don't want to face it, even at the early ages when they're attending practice.

I had an entire season of U10 practice that consisted of breaking up fights started by a pair of twins that simply would not stop. I had no assistant coach, and I couldn't get more parents to show up for practice just to help separate them from each other and other players.

In retrospect, I should've called the commissioner and begged him to refund that family's money and tell them not to show up any more.

The daisy-picking? The unwillingness to play hard? If it's rec soccer, you roll with it. Treat yourself to a beer after the game. If it's travel or any sort of supplemental training program for which parents expect kids to be developed, that's a different story.

But maybe, coach, when you're holding tryouts, take such things into consideration, OK? If you just take a bunch of kids who show off at a cattle-call tryout, and you know nothing else about them, what do you expect? [/quote]

I like you.[/quote]

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