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Post by soccermaxx72 on Apr 12, 2018 13:07:48 GMT -5
Have you heard of a few clubs that have proposed or tried these 'silent soccer' games?
Personally I feel that would be bizarre and I don't even think the kids would appreciate it.
I am in favor of a no arguing with the refs rule, but I honestly believe that our team's girls seem to give another level of effort when the parent's are positvely cheering them on.
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Post by dad on Apr 12, 2018 13:46:37 GMT -5
I could not agree with you more. It would be nice though to ban top hat parents from yelling go hatters in a fake english accent
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Post by soccermaxx72 on Apr 12, 2018 13:52:41 GMT -5
Ha! that is awesome!
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Post by Keeper on Apr 12, 2018 14:28:02 GMT -5
South Carolina implemented them a few years back for opening weekends I believe. It’s a great way to remind parents that there job is to be a cheerleader not a coach or heckler. I’m actually all for them even though my club, and most we play don’t have a huge issue of negativity just as a way of reminding everyone across Ga Soccer to be nice and fair.
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Post by spectator on Apr 12, 2018 16:56:36 GMT -5
GA ODP had a “silent sideline” at Sub Regionals for years. My player loved it and I enjoyed just kicking back and watching (albeit usually freezing).
Used to love the way it was communicated- “polite applause for a goal is fine but act like you’ve been in the end zone before”
😂
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Post by oraclesfriend on Apr 12, 2018 17:09:03 GMT -5
Have you heard of a few clubs that have proposed or tried these 'silent soccer' games? Personally I feel that would be bizarre and I don't even think the kids would appreciate it. I am in favor of a no arguing with the refs rule, but I honestly believe that our team's girls seem to give another level of effort when the parent's are positvely cheering them on. My kid says she rarely even hears us when she is playing whether we are cheering a great play or saying something like "nice try." However, I think it would be completely weird to watch or play in a game when no one is making any noise positive or negative. I agree that yelling negative comments at refs, players or other team's parents is a bit overly harsh it is overkill IMO to expect people to be silent. I am not silent when watching a game (soccer, football, softball, or basketball) by myself at home on TV!LOL!
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Post by spectator on Apr 13, 2018 8:44:26 GMT -5
Have you heard of a few clubs that have proposed or tried these 'silent soccer' games? Personally I feel that would be bizarre and I don't even think the kids would appreciate it. I am in favor of a no arguing with the refs rule, but I honestly believe that our team's girls seem to give another level of effort when the parent's are positvely cheering them on. My kid says she rarely even hears us when she is playing whether we are cheering a great play or saying something like "nice try." However, I think it would be completely weird to watch or play in a game when no one is making any noise positive or negative. I agree that yelling negative comments at refs, players or other team's parents is a bit overly harsh it is overkill IMO to expect people to be silent. I am not silent when watching a game (soccer, football, softball, or basketball) by myself at home on TV!LOL! Perhaps the compromise is not to be completely silent but to do what a poster above said their coach instructed: Personally I think it's very arrogant for anyone on the parent sidelines to attempt to coach a game while the kids are playing. If you want to coach - go coach. If you're on the sidelines, watch, cheer, have a latte, but don't instruct your player - or mine -on what you think they need to do. But above all, don't scream at referees - especially if they are younger. The referee shortage is a direct result of parental abuse of younger refs. What I really wish was that clubs could have a representative or ref assignor at most games to police the sidelines and enforce some rules. Perhaps if parents watched a peer be escorted out of a game for yelling at a referee, they'd stop doing it themselves. Here's hoping!
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