Fryowa
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I’ve gotten better at letting those things go the older I get. A big part of that has been coaching for several years and coming to the conclusion that sports ain’t everything, and also seeing the dark side of it. Most parents want it more than the kids and 99.9999% of high school kids won’t play in college or beyond, they just want to bond with their friends which is the best thing about sports imo.
This year was a perfect example. My son is an 8th grader, and in his grade we have some super super shitty parents. Screamers, yelling at every penalty, call, like really really embarrassing parents. Calling kids out on the field, that type of stuff.
Last year they went 7-0 in football and played really well all season long. Things just clicked. This year, they went 2-5 and you should have heard the stands, man. All from a bunch of fat idiots who’ve never stepped on an athletic field. I made the decision very early in that there was no way I was sitting in the stands with those assbags, so at games I got as far away from our crowd as I could and became a fence walker. And a funny thing happened. I found myself giving zero shits if they won or lost. And coming from me that’s a big deal. I simply enjoyed watching the game and watching my kid play even when they were getting pounded. For shit’s sake man, none of those kids are gonna earn a living out there and all they want to do is go out there with their buds and compete and have fun. Nobody’s gonna remember the 2nd quarter of a football game when they’re 34, and if they do they’re idiot uncle Ricos. As parents we think they give a shit waaaaay more than they really do.
The best thing you can do is go watch and stop giving a shit. Even if your kid is devastated by losses he’s gonna forget about it in a couple days and move on to the next thing in life. You both will thank each other later
