Why soccer is the best sport for kids

[jeramy576]

Yea, I think its dumb to have that also. But I'm in the south ppl are tards!

[Victor]

your kids must be super young and in leagues that stress noncompetition.

i played as young as 6. we kept score and many parents were completely obnoxious. i experienced this even more severly when i was 13 and started reffing the young kids for extra money. parents were horrible.

you say "Unlike baseball, the parents aren't frantically shouting instructions to their kids, because the parents don't know anything about soccer!"

very true that parents dont know anything about soccer. BUT THAT DOESNT STOP THEM FROM ACTING LIKE THEY DO. as they get older it gets worse.

also this "nobody is getting knocked down" is pretty dumb. theres a lot of contact and collisions. and its legitimate bc diving is not prevalent in even the competitive club and high school leagues in the states. at least it wasnt when i played 10 years ago.

[Quicksilvre]

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because the parents don't know anything about soccer!

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I don't see that holding them back, to be honest. I've seen little league games where parents are yelling at their kids to "Tag up! Tag up!" when there are two outs.

Mostly I would say that the soccer parents that I've seen are marginally better than baseball parents, but the difference isn't that big.

[lippy]

There is nothing wrong with teaching children to be very competitive and deal with combative environments.

[Disturbance]

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until 'soccer' becomes a major sport in the US, there won't be as much of a problem ass you state with baseball etc.

in england it is the opposite : go to a football game and all teh parents are yelling/screamin etc.

so for teh time being, you are right i guess

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So what you're saying is it will never be an issue in the US?

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Hopefully yes, the rest of the world can manage just fine with football as it's number one sport without any american interference. Please stick to your niche sports that allow plenty of oppurtunity for ad breaks and rest for the 'athletes'.

[chim17]

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until 'soccer' becomes a major sport in the US, there won't be as much of a problem ass you state with baseball etc.

in england it is the opposite : go to a football game and all teh parents are yelling/screamin etc.

so for teh time being, you are right i guess

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So what you're saying is it will never be an issue in the US?

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Hopefully yes, the rest of the world can manage just fine with football as it's number one sport without any american interference. Please stick to your niche sports that allow plenty of oppurtunity for ad breaks and rest for the 'athletes'.

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ok great

[RR]

Sometimes soccer can turn really ugly because the parents that know something will know A LOT more than the other parents and most likely the coach.

[MikeyPatriot]

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There is nothing wrong with teaching children to be very competitive and deal with combative environments.

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True.

There's also nothing wrong than avoiding life-tilting situations. I can't imagine having to be around parents that I had to deal with as a kid in youth sports.

[MicroBob]

A couple of the guys I know from our adult soccer league have kids who are 2 or 3 or something and play in some sort of soccer league where they pretty much just run around, and into each other, trying to kick a ball.

They seemed to think that pretty much every parent who has ever had a kid in such a league can agree that it's absolutely hilarious.

[12ressiMorP]

soccer is the best sport for kids with no arms no doubt