tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7586597368187289360.post2695655548365718357..comments2016-03-27T03:21:53.073-05:00Comments on Roaring Moms: I Was Right!Dee Linnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084412122776244651noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7586597368187289360.post-12914334545733563542010-04-15T23:27:52.438-05:002010-04-15T23:27:52.438-05:00You are so right, Rox! Organized sports would be g...You are so right, Rox! Organized sports would be great if we let the kids run it! My oldest went to soccer camp one year and the coodinator spoke to the parents after. He told us that at that level, the girls obviously liked the sport or they still wouldn't be playing, but if they weren't enjoying playing it, it was the fault of some adult--namely a coach or parent. <br /><br />And those parents who coach from the sideline, they ruin the game for me. I can only imagine what the kid thinks. That's why I try to keep my comments limited to "Go Team!"Dee Linnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084412122776244651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7586597368187289360.post-7763050024422677802010-04-15T17:27:18.198-05:002010-04-15T17:27:18.198-05:00I've never been a huge fan of organized sports...I've never been a huge fan of organized sports outside of school. Not a whole lot inside school, either. And it's not that I hate sports.<br /><br />Softball, baseball, soccer, biddy basketball, and all the others that parents stick kids in are mostly for the parents. I've seen kids who were <b>expected</b> to participate and be better than all the rest. It gave the parents bragging rights. These are the parents who can't stop coaching from the bleachers. "Sally, be ready, stand up straight, throw harder..." There's nothing like a nagging parents to spoil what might otherwise be fun.<br /><br />The problem with school sports in some schools is the coaches who play the students whose parents have the most pull in the school.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong. My three oldest daughters played softball every summer. It took hours to coordinate three girls, each on a different team located in a different town, and all playing the same nights. But I did it. Sometimes I even enjoyed it. They played basketball in grade school and volleyball in high school. I'd watch, but I wasn't there to coach, unless they asked my opinion after the game.<br /><br />Give a kid a basketball or a baseball bat and ball or a soccer ball, and he/she will be joined by other kids. They'll make up their own rules and end up going home, tired, happy, and still friends. Keep grownups out of it!Rox Delaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10793875617929387443noreply@blogger.com