redhotcoach
Out on good behavior
- May 8, 2009
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"Some of the parents even started doing it to DW and I. Unbelieveable!! Friends for years and they stop talking to me because my DD got 3 more minutes than theirs in last night's game. Really?!?! Earlier in the season when my DD was sitting on the bench, I still talked to them..."
You will find that no matter the age group, talent level or whether it is school ball, TB, whatever, parents can be as competitive/vindictive/jealous, if not more, than kids can be. It never ceases to amaze me how some people can act over a game which is supposed to be fun and all for the kids to begin with. Remember people...it's still just a GAME!
Just dippin into this thread...but you are spot on. Dd (just turned 13 at the time) subbed in on a 16u team early last year. What completely silences a stand full of 16u parents...strike outs? No. Other team scoring? No. A new 13 year old hitting dbls and trpls for their own team? YUP that does it. Out family was never treated colder by opposing teams then the parents treated us on this team. Most of the girls started pretty cold with dd, but luckily 2 "alpha girls" on the team were super self confident and super nice.