I argee it's embarassing when parents get carried away during matches. I have, as I said earlier have been one of those parents on occasion. Thankfully I get better every year. As for parents leaving the coaching to the coach, there is more to it than that. You have many parent/coaches out there that do a good job. You have many coaches who do great jobs, but when you have 30+ kids at practice there are wrestlers that the coach just isn't familure with. You have coach/parents that do know more about a kids wrestling skills, have wrestling experience, and want to help. It isn't always a bad situation when a parent coaches his own kid. I try to only help coach kids that I am familure with and that includes my son. We have other parents who coach on our team and almost all do a great job, most better than me. I think saying, "leave the coaching to the coaches" is over simpifying the issue. I've had my son ask tell me he wants me to coach because he understand the moves I tell him to try. There are those times when parents get carried away and need to let someone else do the coaching. I hope I realize when that time applies to me. I hope everyone understands emotions are at times very difficult to control, and that emotional people can make good parents and coaches too.
