[Albion] Silent Support Weekend

[crodonilson]

Parents asked to support games silently

A good initiative and a healthy debate this morning on Good Morning Britain about the merits of this. One parent from Buckinghamshire said the club their team plays for will be advocating the use of jazz hands to show support for the players and any goals scored.

 

[Giraffe]

Jazz Hands! Good grief.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Over to you ESL

 

[lost in london]

It's a great initiative. For just one game weekend clapping is still allowed, but no other comments / shouts from supporters or management / coaches. Just let the kids get on, play how they want to play, and problem solve for themselves rather than coaches bellowing instructions.

Depressingly predictable to see the Mail pitch it as woke and banning parents from cheering on your child.

 

[South Stand Bonfire]

Parents asked to support games silently

A good initiative and a healthy debate this morning on Good Morning Britain about the merits of this. One parent from Buckinghamshire said the club their team plays for will be advocating the use of jazz hands to show support for the players and any goals scored.

I saw quite a few single digit fingers waved towards Chelsea last week.

 

[raymondo]

Good idea, I'm looking forward to my son's U13 match this Sunday.
Without derailing the thread, a lot of our parent frustration comes from having some poor refs (sound familiar?!). I know, we are lucky to have them, and some are still within their 5 or 6 game run to qualify. When someone's son is wiped out by an opponent (these teams are normally coached that way too ) and the opponent is not sin binned for (10 mins ) , sometimes even no foul is given, we do worry a tad how long an ambulance would take on a Sunday afternoon...and consequently get edgy and mouthy. It shouldn't all be about the parents behaviour, IMO.

 

[The Clamp]

I agree with no shouting instructions and no angry parents but not shouting encouragement or clapping?

We really are raising a generation of wimps.

 

[Washie]

I agree with no shouting instructions and no angry parents but not shouting encouragement or clapping?

We really are raising a generation of wimps.

Why should someone need encouragement?

 

[Curious Orange]

I agree with no shouting instructions and no angry parents but not shouting encouragement or clapping?

We really are raising a generation of wimps.

It is just for one game.

 

[lost in london]

I agree with no shouting instructions and no angry parents but not shouting encouragement or clapping?

We really are raising a generation of wimps.

Clapping and cheering is fine, that's not banned.

We're not raising a generation of wimps. We have a generation of adults that don't know how to control themselves at a kids football game.

 

[The Clamp]

Clapping and cheering is fine, that's not banned.

We're not raising a generation of wimps. We have a generation of adults that don't know how to control themselves at a kids football game.

I thought there was no clapping. Jazz hands? Maybe I’m mistaken.

 

[Swansman]

Good idea, I'm looking forward to my son's U13 match this Sunday.
Without derailing the thread, a lot of our parent frustration comes from having some poor refs (sound familiar?!). I know, we are lucky to have them, and some are still within their 5 or 6 game run to qualify. When someone's son is wiped out by an opponent (these teams are normally coached that way too ) and the opponent is not sin binned for (10 mins ) , sometimes even no foul is given, we do worry a tad how long an ambulance would take on a Sunday afternoon...and consequently get edgy and mouthy. It shouldn't all be about the parents behaviour, IMO.

I hope this is a joke?

 

[Bold Seagull]

Good idea, I'm looking forward to my son's U13 match this Sunday.
Without derailing the thread, a lot of our parent frustration comes from having some poor refs (sound familiar?!). I know, we are lucky to have them, and some are still within their 5 or 6 game run to qualify. When someone's son is wiped out by an opponent (these teams are normally coached that way too ) and the opponent is not sin binned for (10 mins ) , sometimes even no foul is given, we do worry a tad how long an ambulance would take on a Sunday afternoon...and consequently get edgy and mouthy. It shouldn't all be about the parents behaviour, IMO.

Absolutely no excuse for blaming the ref and getting edgy and mouthy. If you can't keep it together, don't go - simple as that, especially if you're going to overreact with talk of ambulances as justification for outbursts.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

As many of you will know. I coach cricket at an elite performance level for county age group players.

Any coaching during the match from coaches/parents/supporters is strictly prohibited - see attached from the 2022 ECB U14 County Cup regulations.
Happened to me once playing away at Oxfordshire about 10 years ago - Ump stopped the game, walked all the way over to the boundary where I was stood and said if he heard my voice coaching during the game again he would report me to the ECB for breach of the code of conduct.

Gentlemen's game init?

 

[A1X]

What a shame to see something that seems to be a good idea hijacked by the usual suspects and turned into another tedious "culture war" against young people

 

[lost in london]

Good idea, I'm looking forward to my son's U13 match this Sunday.
Without derailing the thread, a lot of our parent frustration comes from having some poor refs (sound familiar?!). I know, we are lucky to have them, and some are still within their 5 or 6 game run to qualify. When someone's son is wiped out by an opponent (these teams are normally coached that way too ) and the opponent is not sin binned for (10 mins ) , sometimes even no foul is given, we do worry a tad how long an ambulance would take on a Sunday afternoon...and consequently get edgy and mouthy. It shouldn't all be about the parents behaviour, IMO.

Any parent will get emotional seeing their kid get clattered where they feel nothing is being done about it.

However there simply can't be any situation where it is excusable for a parent to mouth off at a referee or 'get edgy'.

 

[raymondo]

I agree with no shouting instructions and no angry parents but not shouting encouragement or clapping?

We really are raising a generation of wimps.

We've been told by our club that we can applaud good play by either team - maybe the clubs can interpret the guidance

 

[raymondo]

I hope this is a joke?

No, parents get seriously concerned about some of the fouling they see, and some teams (aged 12) constantly use the f and c words to intimidate opponents.

 

[raymondo]

Any parent will get emotional seeing their kid get clattered where they feel nothing is being done about it.

However there simply can't be any situation where it is excusable for a parent to mouth off at a referee or 'get edgy'.

I disagree. OK, maybe my words were a bit lazy - who said we mouth off at the ref? we may say @oh, please, or 'oh come on' if another kid studs the back of one of our players. Sorry, we're just human. We 'get edgy' in the sense that we are really uncomfortable with what we are seeing. If you interpreted that as we start punching other people then...errr no of course we don't

 

[raymondo]

I am not knocking the FA's idea. I LIKE IT!!! I just feel that some of the inexperienced ref's should be mentored when they ref their first few games - I fully understand there are probably insufficient numbers of refs for this to happen.