Fanatical Sports Parents

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by Xander Hoover2 views·Updated May 16, 2023
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  1. One issue commonly found within youth sports are fanatical parents.
  2. The characteristics of a fanatical parent are usually
  3. overly concerned with the outcome of the game.
  4. They swear at the ref and heckle kids on the opposing team.
  5. They also urge their kids to become a sportsmanlike
  6. and push them to become athletes, whether the child wants it
  7. or not.
  8. But what makes a fanatical parent?
  9. They're usually aging,
  10. failed athletes trying to live through their Children possibly were
  11. peaked in high school and never did anything else with their lives.
  12. They can also be anxious parents hoping their Children
  13. can snare a sportsman scholarship from a college
  14. which is near impossible.
  15. Now,
  16. there are many arguments for and many
  17. arguments against why sports parents like these
  18. are in youth sports.
  19. Some arguments for is that they usually start out supporting their Children.
  20. At first,
  21. they push them to try and do their best and all they
  22. want is for their kids to achieve some level of success.
  23. And they again think that their kids can get
  24. an athletic scholarship from a college which again is impossible
  25. in most cases,
  26. but
  27. they usually push their kids too hard. They are very huge distractions.
  28. They make it very un, very
  29. unenjoyable to watch a game and they usually burn out their own
  30. child or Children if they have more than one in a sports
  31. and most of their Children end up not enjoying
  32. the sport that they play anymore.
  33. And it's sad because they could be really good at it.
  34. But me personally,
  35. I don't really like them. I'm very against fanatical parents like these,
  36. they're a very big problem.
  37. And again, they make it enjoyable to watch,
  38. they make their kids lose interest in playing even if it's the kids
  39. very own interests.
  40. That doesn't make sense.
  41. And usually
  42. the kids are burned out from being pushed too hard.
  43. And I just have to say, just let these kids be kids, let them have fun, calm down.
  44. It's only a game. Why do you have to
  45. be like this?
  46. Here are some articles
  47. about fanatical parents in youth sports.
  48. And thank you for listening to this presentation.