As our children get older, they get involved in more and more activities; some get involved in a certain activity because they want to - others, because we want them to. And then, subsequently we parents get involved. But what kind of sport parent are you? A clever list might just help you find out.
Softball Performance Coach Marc Dagenais wrote the 10 Types of Sports Parents list.

The model parent
The competitive parent
The blasé parent
The ‘living through your kids' parent
The outspoken parent
The ‘coach' parent
The critical parent
The negative parent
The uncooperative parent
‘My child is a superstar' parent

Here is a brief description of each kind in the author's own words.

The model parent: "supports their child in and out of the athletic arena. The model parent shows their son or daughter respect when they are playing the game, and whether they win or lose."

The competitive parent "places winning above everything. It is a win-at-all-costs mentality."

The blasé parent "is one that neither supports nor criticizes their child in athletics."

Living though your kids: "They are always telling their children about, ‘when I played, I always used to do this.'"

Outspoken parent: "If they don't like the way their son or daughter is performing on the court or the playing field, etc., they may have no problem embarrassing their child in front of other's because of their outspoken nature."

The ‘coach' parent: "If something goes wrong with the team, or with their child as a player, they will always resort to telling whoever will listen, what should have been done."

The critical parent "may be critical of other players, other parents, officials and coaches. This is never good and can cause tremendous friction between different areas of your team."

The negative parent: "They will find the bad part of everything. No matter how good something is, they will find a way to turn it into something bad."

The uncooperative parent "will try to make things more difficult, when they can be easy."

The "my child is a superstar" parent presses "the coaching staff to make sure that their child is set ahead of everyone else on the team."

The author writes in much greater detail about each of these categories. For more on that, you can check out his blog at www.softballperformance.com.

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