SHOCKING footage shows a woman sticking out her leg and trying to trip a young boy while watching a children’s basketball game.

The parent, who was sat court side at the under-10s tournament in Rocklin, California on Saturday, is also alleged to have told her son’s team to ELBOW their opponents.

2 The woman watches the boy beat another player before trying to trip him

2 The lady, who is shown sticking out her leg, is also accused of telling kids to elbow other boys

While the woman has not been identified, bosses at the Folsom Elite Basketball Academy say they have spoken to the mother.

Filmed at a game between Folsom and kids from Cornerstone Basketball Academy, the footage shows the adult sticking out her leg as a nine-year-old dribbles past her.

Luckily, the boy did not fall over and continued to play.

Eugene Solano, director of the Cornerstone team who are based in Vallejo, California, told FOX40 that his players notified him of the woman’s unsportsmanlike behaviour while having a team talk.

He said: “One of the kids during one of the timeouts had said, ‘Hey coach, there’s a parent on the sideline, it’s a woman you know, I think she’s wearing a pink hat,’ pretty specific.”

Are there other parents who take child or youth athletics this seriously where you would actually attempt to harm a child? Basketball coach Eugene Solano

Solano added: “’And she’s telling their kids to elbow us in the face’.”

He said during the same huddle, another child said the woman had tried to trip him.

Solano said the attempted tripping was captured by another parent who was filming the game at the Hardwood Palace in Rocklin.

The basketball coach asked: “Is this a specific incident that occurred with this particular parent and are there other parents who take child or youth athletics this seriously where you would actually attempt to harm a child?”

Folsom’s directors released a statement confirming they have spoken to the parent in the footage but refused to identify her.

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They said: “We have been made aware of the video and we have addressed the situation with the parent involved directly.

“It is our policy to manage all disciplinary matters in a way that is effective and productive so we can eliminate incidents in the future but this is an internal club matter and out of respect for the privacy of the people involved we will not be commenting any further.”

The manager of the Hardwood Palace told local media that the woman has been asked not to return to the venue.

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