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Anonymous wrote:Our new addition to our teen team is a parent who plants a chair sideline during all of training. How do we cut her... the parent not the kid?

Why do you care? She has the right to watch training. What is your problem?

I have always done it too. I enjoy watching my player practice. Def not there to socialize.

Overbearing. Give your kid some space. No, they don’t like you watching. If they tell you that it’s because they think it’s what to want to hear. So weird. You don’t have to leave, but hovering on the sideline when a kid is older than like 8 years old is over the top. Do something else while you are there.

My player loves having me there and always asks if I ever miss. You can make it enjoyable, you know—give it a try!

We often stay and watch our ECNL player (who needs transportation) because they practice relatively far away and at a HUGE facility (8+ full sized turf fields). It's easy enough to sit up on a hill and be completely out of view. Heck my wife and I will often grab a quick dinner and eat it while we catch up on the day.

Anonymous wrote:Our new addition to our teen team is a parent who plants a chair sideline during all of training. How do we cut her... the parent not the kid?

What age? Since this is an ECNL & GA thread, do you mean at U13 or higher?
-If so, that is against the norm for sure. If it's U12 or younger, it's ok.

-Also, if I were a new parent, I would want to watch practices for a few weeks also to check coach quality. I find the best way to do this is to watch them for a few a weeks. How do they coach? Do they scrimmage a lot? Do the have drills they want to implement in the scrimmage? How do they handle warm-up and cool down? Are they picking favorites over and over again? Are they involved when fouls happen? Do they yell at the kids?

You have to watch the Coach closely at practice, not just on game days, to really see how they are as a Coach.

Likely, once they have a comfortable feel for the new team, they will do something else. Or maybe you could invite the new parent to walk laps w you?

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Anonymous wrote:Our new addition to our teen team is a parent who plants a chair sideline during all of training. How do we cut her... the parent not the kid?

Why do you care? She has the right to watch training. What is your problem?

I have always done it too. I enjoy watching my player practice. Def not there to socialize.

Overbearing. Give your kid some space. No, they don’t like you watching. If they tell you that it’s because they think it’s what to want to hear. So weird. You don’t have to leave, but hovering on the sideline when a kid is older than like 8 years old is over the top. Do something else while you are there.

That and, find time for yourself. Go take a walk or run, get some exercise. I hear parents say that it is equivalent of watching your favorite player play. I get it. And if you really enjoy watching, then find a spot far away. I can’t stand parents standing at the fence, hovered over it like their kids are at the zoo. Most are doing it for reasons other than pure enjoyment. And even if your kid doesn’t mind, which I really question, the other kids don’t appreciate it. Also, coaches don’t want you there, but they can’t really tell you to go away.

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Anonymous wrote:Our new addition to our teen team is a parent who plants a chair sideline during all of training. How do we cut her... the parent not the kid?

Why do you care? She has the right to watch training. What is your problem?

I have always done it too. I enjoy watching my player practice. Def not there to socialize.

Overbearing. Give your kid some space. No, they don’t like you watching. If they tell you that it’s because they think it’s what to want to hear. So weird. You don’t have to leave, but hovering on the sideline when a kid is older than like 8 years old is over the top. Do something else while you are there.

our club has a no parents on field during practice policy. It’s for “our safety”.

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Anonymous wrote:Our new addition to our teen team is a parent who plants a chair sideline during all of training. How do we cut her... the parent not the kid?

Why do you care? She has the right to watch training. What is your problem?

I have always done it too. I enjoy watching my player practice. Def not there to socialize.

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Anonymous wrote:Our new addition to our teen team is a parent who plants a chair sideline during all of training. How do we cut her... the parent not the kid?

Why do you care? She has the right to watch training. What is your problem?

I’m curious as well. I’ll do this sometimes if I don’t need to run to a store or exercise. It’s a hour and fifteen minute practice and a 25 minute drive each way. Not much sense in going home. I’m too old to sit in the car in the parking lot for that long without messing with back. I’m just reading or talking in the phone or chatting with other parents, not interfering with training.

Anonymous wrote:Our new addition to our teen team is a parent who plants a chair sideline during all of training. How do we cut her... the parent not the kid?

Why do you care? She has the right to watch training. What is your problem?

Our new addition to our teen team is a parent who plants a chair sideline during all of training. How do we cut her... the parent not the kid?

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Anonymous wrote:As was stated, and you ignored likely because it simply makes you feel better about yourself and your kid who probably doesn't dress for games, other ECNL and GA parents don't really care. It's the bottom feeder parents of bottom feeder players.

I'm a GA parent with a non-starter that debated a move, but stayed on the team because she likes her teammates and the training and level of play. So, I don't blame any ECNL kid for doing the same. That being said, wresting with that decision didn't cause me to talk down to ECRL or Aspire parents. I think those are fine options. It's strange that ECNL parents are the only ones that punch down.

No parents go out of their way to put down GA. It’s only when people try and pretend like they are equal that you need to let them know that’s not true. It’s not a shot at GA to be the second best girls league. Anyone who has their feelings hurt by that needs to grow a pair.

GA is a good league especially if you’re on a national level qualifier team.

It's how we feel about ECNL on the boys side. I mean it's clearly 2nd to MLSNext, but all good if you're on a team that makes playoffs [twitter]

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Anonymous wrote:As was stated, and you ignored likely because it simply makes you feel better about yourself and your kid who probably doesn't dress for games, other ECNL and GA parents don't really care. It's the bottom feeder parents of bottom feeder players.

I'm a GA parent with a non-starter that debated a move, but stayed on the team because she likes her teammates and the training and level of play. So, I don't blame any ECNL kid for doing the same. That being said, wresting with that decision didn't cause me to talk down to ECRL or Aspire parents. I think those are fine options. It's strange that ECNL parents are the only ones that punch down.

No parents go out of their way to put down GA. It’s only when people try and pretend like they are equal that you need to let them know that’s not true. It’s not a shot at GA to be the second best girls league. Anyone who has their feelings hurt by that needs to grow a pair.

GA is a good league especially if you’re on a national level qualifier team.

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Anonymous wrote:As was stated, and you ignored likely because it simply makes you feel better about yourself and your kid who probably doesn't dress for games, other ECNL and GA parents don't really care. It's the bottom feeder parents of bottom feeder players.

I'm a GA parent with a non-starter that debated a move, but stayed on the team because she likes her teammates and the training and level of play. So, I don't blame any ECNL kid for doing the same. That being said, wresting with that decision didn't cause me to talk down to ECRL or Aspire parents. I think those are fine options. It's strange that ECNL parents are the only ones that punch down.

The longer I'm on here, I'm not so sure it's ECNL parents. Sometimes people just want to stir the pot.

I can believe that. A year, or so, ago some guy admitted he doesn't even have kids who play soccer. He just comes here to cause arguments.

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Anonymous wrote:As was stated, and you ignored likely because it simply makes you feel better about yourself and your kid who probably doesn't dress for games, other ECNL and GA parents don't really care. It's the bottom feeder parents of bottom feeder players.

I'm a GA parent with a non-starter that debated a move, but stayed on the team because she likes her teammates and the training and level of play. So, I don't blame any ECNL kid for doing the same. That being said, wresting with that decision didn't cause me to talk down to ECRL or Aspire parents. I think those are fine options. It's strange that ECNL parents are the only ones that punch down.

The longer I'm on here, I'm not so sure it's ECNL parents. Sometimes people just want to stir the pot.

Anonymous wrote:As was stated, and you ignored likely because it simply makes you feel better about yourself and your kid who probably doesn't dress for games, other ECNL and GA parents don't really care. It's the bottom feeder parents of bottom feeder players.

I'm a GA parent with a non-starter that debated a move, but stayed on the team because she likes her teammates and the training and level of play. So, I don't blame any ECNL kid for doing the same. That being said, wresting with that decision didn't cause me to talk down to ECRL or Aspire parents. I think those are fine options. It's strange that ECNL parents are the only ones that punch down.