yes and no… In the U.S. the vast majority of parent coaches do so at the recreational level so while most are terrible coaches who don't know soccer they usually only have access to recreational players and not competitive players.
There are many many volunteer parent coaches who just don't know the game well enough to coach it at any level. And even those who are qualified to coach at the competitive level often struggle with their own child by showing favoritism or being too hard on them.
For the most part it is not the game of soccer that suffers but individual players who suffer.
no not really. well some parents do cross the line and fight once in a while..
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us europeans call it football!
I just think it will never catch on here in America. If you look at sports that we like they have 1. alot of scoring 2. violence. Soccer has tried with pele and Beckham but both have failed.
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yes and no… In the U.S. the vast majority of parent coaches do so at the recreational level so while most are terrible coaches who don't know soccer they usually only have access to recreational players and not competitive players.
There are many many volunteer parent coaches who just don't know the game well enough to coach it at any level. And even those who are qualified to coach at the competitive level often struggle with their own child by showing favoritism or being too hard on them.
For the most part it is not the game of soccer that suffers but individual players who suffer.
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