I spent some time Friday afternoon volunteering on the sidelines for the local soccer club at a rec soccer tournament. I had two U11-U12 games and the soccer parents were just hilarious. Each game I saw was as important as the World Cup final itself! Each play a referendum on whether the girls wanted the victory enough and a statement on their inherent worth (or their parents).
The parents shouted out instructions as if the kids were interested, let alone could react in real-time to the Shoot-Pass-Win the Ball shouts.
Another veteran soccer dad sat near me and we had some fun listening to the parents. By the time you get to our level of experience, hundreds of games, thousands of road and air miles, tournaments and league games in every podunk town and suburb in a 3 thousand mile radius of home, you realize that it's best to just chill out and enjoy the game. Or talk to your friends and ignore the game.
Some day these parents will understand (or their kids will burn out before they do).
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