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Old Fri Jan 16, 2009, 11:19am
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Originally Posted by dsqrddgd909 View Post
I find that the intensity from fans/parents is creepng into lower and lower age groups. I think part of it is that the true elite athletes haven't been identified yet and their parents think that their kids are all elite athletes.

Same deal with coaches I think.
I think it's the fact that the fans/parents in the lower age levels know fewer of the rules and don't know how to act at a game. If I volunteer for a fundraiser tournament, I can always count on at least one parent approaching me after the game whining about their team losing. The coaches don't know what they're doing and also don't know the rules, so that compounds the problem.
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