Anonymous
03/27/2025 08:56
Subject: Parents Coaching on the Sideline – What Should I Do?
In our rec league, there are emails sent out even before the coach is assigned that say “please let the coach be the coach and don’t try to coach from the sidelines”. And then the same message is on every official email from then on as well. If people want to coach, our rec league is always short on parent coaches so they can just volunteer to be the real coach.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 08:42
Subject: Parents Coaching on the Sideline – What Should I Do?
Coach and I have this $ invisible link $ that ensures whatever I say to my kid on the field is exactly what the coach would want to be said. Playing time has never been impacted so I must be yelling the right things
Anonymous
03/27/2025 08:06
Subject: Parents Coaching on the Sideline – What Should I Do?
Anonymous wrote:Our coach dealt with a parent like this by sending an email that said if a parent was coaching from the sideline- their kid was going to get benched. the next weekend- the team manager passed out lollipops to keep voices down. the dad of course did not think it applied to him and then his kid got benched for the whole game. never coached from sidelines again!
THIS! Spread this to all coaches.
What is crazy is that these parents do not know they are hindering the kids development. The kid will learn through trial and error to “get wide” or whatever instruction you want on their timeline, not the parents.
Anonymous
03/26/2025 22:07
Subject: Parents Coaching on the Sideline – What Should I Do?
Anonymous wrote:I'll reply to all of you at the same time. Your situation or situations is not my situation. Believe if another parent, coach or my kid told me to be quiet I'd have no problem doing so. Obviously I can't without going 20 paragraphs go into what I say and at what times but I'm not the annoying guy. Believe me or not 🤷🏼
If you are a parent calling out instruction from the sideline you are by definition the annoying guy
Anonymous
03/26/2025 21:32
Subject: Parents Coaching on the Sideline – What Should I Do?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t care the parent is more effective than the coach! Coach has no command- where do you want to play? And confused the kid bc they sub every moment they get and switches them in different positions!
Then why don't you coach?
Not the pp but some of us do actually know what we're talking about. I honestly echo what the coach wants like I know he wants his winger to stay wide I'll remind them to get wide or stay wide. I'm not disrespectful or wrong so I've never heard anything from any of the other parents or the coach. I've actually been asked to be an assistant but my full time job schedule doesn't allow it. The biggest issue I've always seen is when parents are loud and wrong or don't know when to be quiet.
We all can't stand you. Just stop. You are there to be a spectator. If you can't control yourself, work on that. Get help.
Anonymous
03/26/2025 20:47
Subject: Parents Coaching on the Sideline – What Should I Do?
Our coach dealt with a parent like this by sending an email that said if a parent was coaching from the sideline- their kid was going to get benched. the next weekend- the team manager passed out lollipops to keep voices down. the dad of course did not think it applied to him and then his kid got benched for the whole game. never coached from sidelines again!
Anonymous
03/26/2025 20:28
Subject: Parents Coaching on the Sideline – What Should I Do?
Anonymous wrote:I'll reply to all of you at the same time. Your situation or situations is not my situation. Believe if another parent, coach or my kid told me to be quiet I'd have no problem doing so. Obviously I can't without going 20 paragraphs go into what I say and at what times but I'm not the annoying guy. Believe me or not 🤷🏼
We understand bro! We are here to support you: https://thesidelineproject.com
Anonymous
03/26/2025 19:50
Subject: Parents Coaching on the Sideline – What Should I Do?
Anonymous wrote:Kids need to learn to tune it out because some parents cannot stop doing it
They can’t tune it out because that crazy dad called them by name!
Anonymous
03/26/2025 19:47
Subject: Parents Coaching on the Sideline – What Should I Do?
I'll reply to all of you at the same time. Your situation or situations is not my situation. Believe if another parent, coach or my kid told me to be quiet I'd have no problem doing so. Obviously I can't without going 20 paragraphs go into what I say and at what times but I'm not the annoying guy. Believe me or not 🤷🏼
Anonymous
03/26/2025 19:45
Subject: Parents Coaching on the Sideline – What Should I Do?
Anonymous wrote:Kids need to learn to tune it out because some parents cannot stop doing it
So the child should learn self-control because the "parent" has none?!
This is absolutely hilarious!
Anonymous
03/26/2025 19:27
Subject: Parents Coaching on the Sideline – What Should I Do?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t care the parent is more effective than the coach! Coach has no command- where do you want to play? And confused the kid bc they sub every moment they get and switches them in different positions!
Then why don't you coach?
Not the pp but some of us do actually know what we're talking about. I honestly echo what the coach wants like I know he wants his winger to stay wide I'll remind them to get wide or stay wide. I'm not disrespectful or wrong so I've never heard anything from any of the other parents or the coach. I've actually been asked to be an assistant but my full time job schedule doesn't allow it. The biggest issue I've always seen is when parents are loud and wrong or don't know when to be quiet.
Every parent that coaches from the sidelines think these exact things.
Yes. I’m sure there a few a**hole parents out there that don’t care what anyone thinks but for the most part they all think they are saying the right things. They probably even think the coach wants them to do it. That the kids couldn’t possibly learn without their added input. The best is when they coach other people’s kids too.
Anonymous
03/26/2025 19:26
Subject: Parents Coaching on the Sideline – What Should I Do?
Kids need to learn to tune it out because some parents cannot stop doing it
Anonymous
03/26/2025 19:00
Subject: Parents Coaching on the Sideline – What Should I Do?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t care the parent is more effective than the coach! Coach has no command- where do you want to play? And confused the kid bc they sub every moment they get and switches them in different positions!
Then why don't you coach?
Not the pp but some of us do actually know what we're talking about. I honestly echo what the coach wants like I know he wants his winger to stay wide I'll remind them to get wide or stay wide. I'm not disrespectful or wrong so I've never heard anything from any of the other parents or the coach. I've actually been asked to be an assistant but my full time job schedule doesn't allow it. The biggest issue I've always seen is when parents are loud and wrong or don't know when to be quiet.
I sure that you do just like I do. Still. STFU please or coach. Thank you!
If you don't value your coach, find a new club and blame yourself for your research. Nevertheless, STFU please. Thank you again!
Sincerely,
Your kids (ask them what they really feel)
Anonymous
03/26/2025 18:58
Subject: Parents Coaching on the Sideline – What Should I Do?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t care the parent is more effective than the coach! Coach has no command- where do you want to play? And confused the kid bc they sub every moment they get and switches them in different positions!
Then why don't you coach?
Not the pp but some of us do actually know what we're talking about. I honestly echo what the coach wants like I know he wants his winger to stay wide I'll remind them to get wide or stay wide. I'm not disrespectful or wrong so I've never heard anything from any of the other parents or the coach. I've actually been asked to be an assistant but my full time job schedule doesn't allow it. The biggest issue I've always seen is when parents are loud and wrong or don't know when to be quiet.
Every parent that coaches from the sidelines think these exact things.
Anonymous
03/26/2025 18:30
Subject: Parents Coaching on the Sideline – What Should I Do?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t care the parent is more effective than the coach! Coach has no command- where do you want to play? And confused the kid bc they sub every moment they get and switches them in different positions!
Then why don't you coach?
Not the pp but some of us do actually know what we're talking about. I honestly echo what the coach wants like I know he wants his winger to stay wide I'll remind them to get wide or stay wide. I'm not disrespectful or wrong so I've never heard anything from any of the other parents or the coach. I've actually been asked to be an assistant but my full time job schedule doesn't allow it. The biggest issue I've always seen is when parents are loud and wrong or don't know when to be quiet.
Yep.
Or sometimes the “coach” ain’t coaching.