I would recommend the first step is for parents to back off their trash-talking in the stands, and let the kids have a chance.Trash talk is something many people overlook as a symbol of arrogance within sports. However, it is a fine art that is worth passing down to the generations. As with comedy, some people just don't have it.
I'm not endorsing the idea that every child from the earliest of ages should become a trash-talker.
If you don't care whether you win or lose, you're probably not going to bother to summon up the energy to chirp at your opponents. I've found in my own experiences as a parent and youth coach that kids have varying levels of worrying about wins and losses, and that often the individual child's worry is more about his or her own performance. This explains why at the youth level you have parents who are ready to talk smack at kids and coaches, and why the players themselves aren't. Trash-talking requires caring deeply about a game's outcome But then, there's another reason those kids might not be motivated to trash-talk. Otherwise, how do you know what buttons to push? The great think about working on material during pick-up games is that it's very likely you know the people you're playing, so not only do you know what buttons to push, but you also are all (more than likely) friendly enough that you realize what's said on the playing surface stays on the playing surface.Īlso, it's hard to trash-talk when you're playing opponents you don't even know, which is often the case in youth sports, especially if you're a young kid on a travel team. In order to trash-talk effectively, you have to know something about your opponent.
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