Parents keeping it silent on the sideline is better for kids on the sports field

Children’s sports fields should be as quiet as libraries, according to sports experts as screaming parents, says Richard Fitzpatrick, are doing enormous damage to children’s fragile self-esteem

They rant and they rave. Every weekend around Ireland’s playing fields, you hear shocking abuse being yelled by parents.

Antonio Mantero trains under-age soccer teams for Castleknock Celtic in Dublin.