Soccer Moms and Dads Are Discovering the Brutal Truth About the Folding Sideline Chair
You bought it for comfort. It's changing how you watch your kid.
It arrives in every youth soccer parent's life eventually: the folding chair with the cupholder. And this World Cup summer, with youth registrations surging, thousands of new parents are learning its secret.
The chair is a commitment device. Once you sit, you're a spectator. Once you're a spectator, you start coaching from the sideline, and every youth coach in America will tell you that's the one thing that makes kids play worse.
The parents who ditch the chair and walk the far sideline report something strange: they yell less, see more, and their kids stop looking over after every touch.
Keep the chair for halftime. Spend the game on your feet, quiet, just watching. Your kid will notice the difference before you do.
