One frustration that many youth soccer coaches endure is having parents that insist on coaching their child from the sideline. You may be trying to teach your defenders to set an offside trap, and the parents are yelling for the defenders to fall back, which allows the attackers to get that much closer to the goal. You may be teaching your wings to stay wide, and the parents are yelling for the wings to push in to help the center midfielder. You might be working on short, controlled passes, and soccer parents are yelling for the ball handler to make a long pass. The point is, parents don’t always know or understand your game strategy, or what you are trying to teach your players. The more you learn how to coach soccer, the more you will be trying new things during games. Soccer parents that don’t respect what you are trying to do will cause serious problems between you and your players.