Podcast #3 Parents who yell at their kids sports

Here is Podcast #3 Parents who yell at their kids sports. Based on a personal experience, this came about from a week we had as a family up in Cairns when our eldest son, Jack, played in a couple of basketball tournaments. One of which was the Inaugural Indigenous Basketball Competition. Jack was picked as one of two white boys to play in the Garbutt Magpies under 14’s team. The team was a good mix of youth and experience who had a pretty good chance to make the finals.

As the team progressed through the round games it was obvious that they were in the top four, which meant games were getting more serious to win. With that seriousness came my enthusiasm for cheering the team on. This cheering led to yelling and it took a text message from Mel to say “stop yelling”!

Whilst this wasn’t the first time that Mel has pulled me up for it, this time I realised the potential impact I was having on the kids, and the game. Even the referees were young and vulnerable.

It was a really valuable lesson to learn. I don’t want to be known as the yelling parent or yelling dad. I want to be known as the supporting parent - always cheering the team on positively and supporting the team as much as I can!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3587GVWKbjUizX3mXNWISL?si=doiW_oQVSuu5j3v3NHVPuQ


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