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[quote=Anonymous]Wow.

So, I'm a soccer dad and I have coached my son and continue to coach my daughter on a WAGS/EDP team. She is also playing travel softball. I played baseball through high school.

That's my universe. The bottom line: I very rarely encountered or encounter terrible parents. And I have to say, if the club or team puts up with nonsense, get out. Simple as that. There are so many options and you are (usually) paying too much money to put up with nonsense.

I will say I've encountered some truly awful behavior from soccer parents over the years, but to be fair, I've either played in or coached in hundreds of games over the years, so I'm sure that's more of a numbers game than anything else. I will say I've been pleasantly surprised by the general atmosphere and behavior of travel softball. She/we are new to that world, and I expected more nonsense and so far I've barely seen any. That said, there is definitely more politics in that sport than I'm used to, but that can also be chalked up to being just a parent, as opposed to being a coach. I probably don't see/hear a lot that is going on with soccer, simply because of the location of the benches and the fans.

Oh, that's another thing. A lot of sideline hostility goes away when you separate the fans. It drives me nuts that WAGS doesn't enforce that rule. The times I've seen drama are from normally mild-mannered people mixing it up with opposing fans. So easy to avoid.[/quote]

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