Hockey Parents Get Sportsmanship Lesson From Youth Player

Amen! For every recreational spots group - hockey, basketball, baseball, football, whatever. And then for every Junior HIgh and High School event. Most of the coaches should be required to watch this back to back for two days then maybe they will remember that kiddie sports, or whatever it is called in your area, is for the kids to learn how to play, how to enjoy themselves and be proud of their accomplishments. Winning isn't all that there is in sports. Expecting kids, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, etc. to become "professional" in a few years is unbelievable cruel expectations.

Wow.!!! I really believe this kid has a majic helmet he is much wiser than a lot of parents of 9 year olds. I agree parents should be required to watch this when their children join a league, and before they play the first game. You rock in or out of a helmet.

I like this kid! He has got the pulse of the game right at the tip of his finger. I remember when I was younger and playing little leage or in our local youth football leagues. The parents were just as this kid describes. INSANE! I was no longer just a kid playing for what was expected to be fun. It became a win at all costs death match. I remember parents duking it out in the stands during the games and how on several occasions, the games were stopped due to those same fights. So, finally some kid makes a video and makes more sense than most adults through his words. Kudos to him! Parents should take lessons from him!

Why are people ragging on him for sounding 'rehearsed'? Of course he sounds rehearsed - it's a speech he wrote and memorized for class, it isn't a locker room speech from the mighty ducks!! Go watch an elementary school speech competition - they'll all sound like this, coached by parents or not. It's what a kid memorizing and reciting a written speech sounds like. And to those saying he didn't write it, he actually probably did - he seems bright enough to earnestly convey his thoughts and feelings, with maybe a little help from mom or dad to strengthen arguments or make correct analogies.

Wonderfully wise young man.

when I grew up parents at the games and no fights in the stands like now days,people today are so ful of hate,they are agnostic and dont care about any ones feeling but there own ,selfish is the word today

To "soh". I agree with you. Yet, the message is true. I just think the grown-up behind this knows all-to-well, the power of YouTube. Not the worst way to convey a message.

BTW. Good job at incorporating that kid. He's a "star". As i'm SURE that was part of the plan. :)

Who hell cares who wrote it?! You're probably one of the parents beating the crap out of your kids for a missed point. IT'S THE MESSAGE THAT'S IMPORTANT - NO ONE CARES HOW IT GETS OUT THERE. What a moron.

As a youth coach for over 20 years I found that alot of kids that age have similar feelings.

being coached to say these things or mearley helping a kid articulate his feelings? helping him express what he wants to get across is no crime. And give the kid some credit. Maybe he did write it. Whatever the case, the message is whats important. I taught Phys Ed for 5 years, and even on Field Day parents would go nuts. We even had a fight once between a parent and a kid, in which the parent ended up being charged with assaulting a kid. This is a ridiculous time we live in where it stopped being about the kids and it became all about the adults. What happened to letting kids lose and learning a tough lesson in life...falling off the horse, and getting up back on.

Why do you feel his words are coached? Just because yours don't speak that way? I have a 9 year old daughter and a ten year old granddaughter. This young man speaks to the camera the same way they do. He stays on subject and he articulates well. That is basic English. I bet he makes good grades too.
Stop. It's people like you who aren't actually listening to kids because you don't think they can think. Do you tell your kids what they think or do you really, really listen to them? Nine year olds are not babies and they resent it when people treat them dismissively.
If you respect them for exactly who they are (and you will know who they are if you are a parent with true insight) you'd be surprised at how well they can express themselves.

I believe this young man wrote this on his own.

As a former coach, the kids used to be so embarrased by their parents actions. Many had the same feelings as this young man, he just put it into words. Good for him.

Way to go Miller!

As a Dad, a former coach (my son is 20 now) and a former vice-president of our local youth sports organization I wish this was played at every venue on sign-up days, prior to every game of all youth sports. It is the message that is being put out there, not if the child was coached on how to say it. I have said many times that youth sports would be a lot more enjoyable for kids if parents had too stay outside of the fences. this is the best video I have ever seen commenting on youth sports. If you have a problem with this video YOU are part of the problem.

wow....jealous much 'cause it isn't one of your kids on youtube?

Perhaps you'd like to scream at him and curse him--you know, the very behavior that he is talking about. If you know anything about children this age and how they memorize speeches, this is exactly how they sound when delivering something by rote. (Ever attend a child's play?) Please climb down off that high horse and get over being called on behavior that you very likely exhibit. I'm sure your children, if you have any--poor things, would eagerly side with this young man.

I'm 12 and have an IQ of 180. I'm currently working on a theory involving subatomic particle acceleration with my physics class. Why do you think this boy couldn't come up with this? Oh maybe because you wish you were as intelligent as him.