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I've known quite a few dad's failing to live vicariously through their son or daughter's sports
not just sports though. choir and band are some other parent top offenders
Oh no, I’ve been hoping my 9yo would like the marching band when it’s time (he plays the trumpet already). I don’t want to deal with those parents. It’s one of many reasons we’ve stayed clear of sports for the most part.
It's not a game of little league baseball unless at least two parents get tossed from the field for disparaging a child. My only memories of playing sports as a child are being yelled at by my dad for not being good enough. And that was all I needed to get my fill of sports for a lifetime.
As ridiculous as the father is, isn't it also kind of ridiculous to be making a life-long evaluation of someone's athletic ability as trash when they're only 6?
Its a chicken and egg scenario.
The kid who has trouble developing the basic skills when they are 6 gets picked less, gets less field time, gets less positive reinforcement... by the time they are 13 the kid that DID grasp catching the snap and throwing first has been doing it for 7 years. Even if the first kid hits a growth spurt and everything about his body "clicks" and all of a sudden he could be the next Brady he now has to get 7 years of experience competing with "fast hands" McGee who is the starting QB at their school.
Not uncommon.
We're not super into sports, but my younger son was curious enough that he did one season of just about everything out there. He was mostly curious and looking for something fun.
When he was 7, he tried football, and the whole thing was insane. They would 4 hour practice 6 days a week and one game. For fucking 7 year olds. This isn't college tryouts. It was a 26 hour per week commitment.
Unless your kid is some sort of 1 in a million prodigy, any parent who is going to invest this much time to have their 7 year old in local town league has got to be a bit nuts.
The parents would yell at the kids during practice for not understanding strategy of plays. Just nuts. We did the one season and noped tf out of there.
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