A Kid’s Perspective

How Kids Feel About Yelling or Cheering During Sports

By Torianna Swinson

Torianna Swinson

When you hear parents yelling at their kids during sports, your first thought is that they are very connected to them and the game. There are many reasons parents could be yelling, but whether good or bad, yelling can be taken too seriously. Children, especially teenagers, may take it so seriously that they feel nothing they do is right. No matter what good things you say to them after the game, they choose to believe the bad things. Yelling is not a bad thing, but you have to be careful who you yell at and when in their life. Kids might take what you say and remember it all day long.

Cheering for someone motivates them and makes them feel better about themselves. Children take things really harshly, so you have to be careful what you say. Cheering for a child changes the way they think all day. Your child may even use your words as motivation for the rest of their life.

On the flip side, cheering can also make you get embarrassed and mess up. I can’t think of a single kid who would want to mess up.

When my parents yell for me, I feel like I’m not doing well enough sometimes. But I always know they mean the best. When they cheer for me, I tend to get embarrassed and sometimes mess up.

Parents yelling at their kids when they’re playing disconnects the child from the game and messes with their head. When I hear a parent yell at a referee, I think they just need to accept the fact that a bad call was made. Referees can be one-sided, but there’s not much we can do about it. Yelling at them only makes our team get worse calls.

There are people out there who want their team to win and will do whatever it takes, but in our hearts, we might know we really won. When parents yell at referees, their kids get embarrassed, especially if the parents get kicked out, and the kids don’t work as hard because they’ve given up. Kids enjoy seeing their parents at their games, but they don’t want them to criticize them or embarrass them. If my parents were to yell at referees, I would be embarrassed and probably not play as hard.

I like to be treated fairly by my coaches. I like them to know my skills and help me based on my level. Most coaches single kids out. Singling someone out

can be a good thing or a bad thing. It can bring us down a lot, or it can help us out. Either way, it depends on the child and how they feel every day.

Some children would want to be singled out so they can prove themselves, but some might want to be pulled aside while the others do the drill. Kids tend to get embarrassed, and their self-esteem can be lowered.

I like it when coaches yell during games because I don’t want to make a mistake and not know it. I want to know what I did wrong and be able to fix it. However, some kids don’t like coaches yelling during games because it’s distracting, and it makes them feel bad about themselves.

I like being in sports because it gives me something to do when I’m bored, and it makes me feel more confident in my skills. It makes me healthier and stronger, and I get to see my friends a lot more. I like being able to do things with my friends and share the excitement when we win. Being part of a team helps me get along with others and helps me develop skills for when I’m older such as teamwork, fairness and respect, rule-following, leadership, and many more things. I like making my friends laugh and cheering them up when they make a mistake.

I hardly dislike anything in sports. To me, it’s all about your attitude when something you disagree with happens. When a referee makes a call that doesn’t seem fair, you just have to pick everybody up and stay positive. When you sit on the bench, you cheer your teammates to victory. No matter if I have a bad day or not, I choose to make my teammates happy. Your team is like your family, and you won’t have very good relationships if you don’t let them know you are there for them.

When asked for a perspective from another student-athlete, Lauren Harbison, a student from Henry-Senachwine High School, said her parents rarely ever yell at her during games, but when they do, she usually doesn’t mind.

“It doesn’t really bother me when they yell at me, but I know when I mess up in a sport, so I don’t need someone else to tell me what to do. I like it when they cheer for me, like after I do something good and they cheer,” she said. “I hate it when I hear children getting yelled at by parents. I think they should just let them play the game. No one is perfect, and everyone makes mistakes.”

“My parents don’t make me nervous because they have been going to my games since I was 4 in T-ball, and it’s just my parents,” Harbison continued. “I don’t mind my parents yelling at me when I make a mistake, but my parents don’t really yell; they just say, “Come on, you got to get that,” but I don’t know if other people like it. I would say it just makes me try harder. Yelling just makes me try harder, but I know that some other kids get frustrated and get down on themselves. I think cheering makes them feel good about themselves.”

Harbison has experienced adults yelling at umpires and referees too.

“I sometimes think it’s funny when parents yell at refs and umps, but sometimes I don’t like it. It kind of depends on what they are yelling at them for. I like to get told when I do something wrong so I can fix it, so I guess I like getting yelled at, but I also like getting told “nice job” when I do something good,” she said. “I like it when coaches yell during the game because players need to have a good stern coach, or they won’t get better. Without being told what you did wrong, you will never know how to fix it.”

About the author: Torianna Swinson is a high school student who lives in Marshall County. She has participated in volleyball, track, softball, and basketball at school.

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