Game
26, 2017-18
I coach a boys U7 team, and on Saturday
morning we had a home game in the Fair-Play League. I am very hands-off and let
them scurry around after the ball, backed by lots of encouragement and very
little guidance. I stick closely to the League's instructions to keep my team's
parents well away from the field of play.
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The away team, however, allows a father to
stand behind one goal coaching his son. The kid has the ball in his hands and
kicks it straight to one of my players. The father screams at his son for the
mistake. My player shoots, the goalie saves (very well), then another one of my
players nets the rebound. Making the score... it doesn't matter. We're not
supposed to count the score. The father is now gesturing emphatically and screaming
at a whole bunch of wee lads: "Where was the defence?"
His two coaches are doing nothing, so I
walk up and ask him what on earth he's doing yelling at five- and six-year-old
kids. He suddenly looks ashamed, apologises, and then...
