Where is the line for parents?

[The_Rookie]

Originally Posted by chicodork

Last week, Girl's Varsity, 2 top 10 teams gearing up for playoffs. Old school gym, and bleachers are right on top of court. I never had issues with parent's comments before..."3 in the key!", "over the back", etc....east to ignore.

2 dads, sitting midcourt, a few feet away from the court, not a full gym, so they are easily heard, yelling, "You're horrible!", and "Brutal!" My main issue is how loud they were, and that it was only the 2nd quarter, and I didn't want to hear it all night...the coach hadn't said a word and the other coach was the one in our ear!

I know we are encouraged to not listen to the crowd, but where is the line? I understand what I signed up for, and I know the parents are irrational, so I don't take it personal. Suggestions?

In my experience, parent behavior problems exists more at AAU and Rec league settings..Many times there is no game management on hand and the parents feel that can track you down and confront you when you are leaving the gym or in the parking lot! 99% of my incidents happened in those type of environments.

With AAU and Rec leagues the parents are paying the freight for little Johnny and Mary to play, so many times the head of these leagues would dump a ref instead of control a parent