Edwardsville YMCA Recreational Sports > Soccer

Be A Super Sports Parent

1. Encourage your child to play sports, but don't pressure. Let your child choose to play - and to quit - if he or she wants.
2. Understand what your child wants from sports, and provide a supportive atmosphere for achieving these goals.
3. Set limits on your child's participation. Don't make sport everything in your child's life; make it a part of life.
4. Keep winning in perspective, and help your child do the same.
5. Help your child set challenging but realistic performance goals rather than focusing only on "winning the game."
6. Help your child understand the valuable lessons sport can teach.
7. Help your child meet responsibilities to the team and to the coach.

• Be a coach or an assistant coach
• Be an official - or volunteer
• Help maintain equipment
• Coordinate refreshments / treats

1. Remain in the spectator area during competitions.
   
2. Let coaches coach.
   
3. Keep comments positive to players, parents, officials, and coaches of either team.
   
4. Come to games sober, and refrain from drinking alcohol at contests.
   
5. Cheer for your team.
   
6. Show interest, enthusiasm, and support for your child.
   
7. Be in control of your emotions.
   
8. Help when you're asked to by a coach or an official.
   
9. Thank the coaches, officials, and other volunteers who conducted the event.