@anotherparent posted:(because we haven't had a Crazy Sports Parent thread in a while)
I just saw the new movie King Richard, about the father of Venus and Serena Williams. One point seemed to be that he pushed them to train insanely hard, but at the same time he never yelled at them about their performance, and kept asking if they were having fun. He wouldn't let them compete on the junior tennis circuit so as not to put too much stress on them. Obviously, it worked.
Thoughts? Could this work for a team sport like baseball?
But could you get ALL the parents in a team sport like baseball (12+ sets of parents in little league, 12-20 sets in travel ball, 24-30 sets in high school, 34+ in college) to agree to train (their son) insanely hard, and never yell at them, and keep asking if they are having fun? Individually, sure.
FWIW- Because of this site (a similar thread), before every college game, I texted my son to play hard, do his best, have fun, and that I loved him. He got tired of it, but hey, I'm the parent.