This to a degree is represented by a thread 'acceptable or not' which demonstrates a senior player issue. The comments on that thread probably answer some of your questions. But you are on the money - poor behaviour outside the spirit of the game taught / allowed at junior level will in most cases carry though to seniors along with the frustrations and poor anger management associated with it. Most clubs have run at some time a good sports session or similar for junior coaches, players & parents but the ones who you really need to attend just don't go.
This comment does need a response though - 'reward players for foul mouths and blatantly dirty play because they want tough players.' Trust me, you can have tough players in the spirit of the game who have the skills to let their "game do the talking" and who will give anything who are disciplined and fair-minded sportspeople. We need players that are strong, disciplined and will go hard at trainings and games but we don't need thugs. Foul mouths and dirty play have got absolutely nothing to do with tough players - maybe better defined as dirty players, than tough. There is nothing tough about condoning or dishing out common assault.

can i start a magic thread because this is getting boring? at least with spadge and i going at each other people were entertained!!!!

With the response of a yawn shows exactly the point of this thread.

Yes, everyone has a responsibility to think about sportsmanship.

And sorry, a yawn doesn't cut it!

Grow up and understand that it is a problem that needs to be discussed in such away to work positively to solve it. If that means parents, coaches, players and referees need to all look at themselves and take on their own personal responsibility to ensure they are presenting themselves professionally and respectfully in the sport then that is what needs to happen.

Recognise that as a kid, seeing your parent being chucked out of the stadium or asked to behave properly is very embarrassing to some, to others- they simply learn from it and think it is okay to do the same. In exactly the same way a senior referee act can and will rub off on a junior referee and same for senior and junior players and coaches.

More so, if everyone involved in the game realises that people come to see a product of entertainment (and entertainment to the majority is not seeing whinging players or over officious officials, or coaches who think they are playing the game on the sidelines by yelling out at everyone 24/7) then the game would be presented better and more people would probably come and watch. More so, disposing of this layer... people will then be able to see the skillful and athletic game that is our great sport.

Again, a yawn doesn't cut it and shows a complete lack of respect to the sport itself. If everyone just yawned at the problem, the problem would be far worse than it is - that is saying something.

We already have enough yawners.
Turn over a new leaf and become a better role model!

10 years ago u could pin a player to the wall unleash a verbal barage and send him out to rip a head off. these days the school system teaches kids that anger is an emotion that shouldn't be used.
so it all comes down to family values if my son got punched off the ball and he sooked about it he would be told "toughen up princess". if it was happening to one of my players in a game i would tell them if the refs aren't calling it do it aswell.

#5471 you are right society has changed, the meek have inherted the earth

no respect for anons, post a name or shut the hell up.
as for the all brawn no brain people who know me would be saying ....."yeh and your point is" i grew up in the north. no silver spoon in my mouth unlike some.

lol got to love dim wits, booga is my nickname has been since i was 15 so yeh more people no me as booga than my real name.
i don't condone thuggery but u play social in the north it's part of the game. i played in 4 social grand finals and had three canned because of all in brawl and one of them was mixed.
i have never in the whole time i have been coaching ever sent a player out to hit some one. i may of a couple of times sent a player in seniors out to protect a kid playing seniors, but that happens all the time ask any coach in seniors.

anon u have no idea about my son. i acuatly have to try and relax him with his bad sportsmanship. i have seen him at 8 y. o trash talk a full soccer team telling them they are going to whip 'em, laughing at them when they missed a goal, he even got sent off by his own coach because he was trashing them. i know this is not a good thing but it also pushed my son to beat the most well known club with some of the best skilled players in adelaide and beat them 4 nill.
badsport or competitive player

Booga, you wrote #5452 - "family values if my son got punched off the ball and he sooked about it he would be told "toughen up princess". if it was happening to one of my players in a game i would tell them if the refs aren't calling it do it aswell." So in response to #5584, you have extolled your family values in the previous post but you are confusing me, you then say that "i know this is not a good thing" in reference to his behaviour??? Booga, if any kid has talent AND passion in any sport, they need a good coach who will teach him/her all the skills he/she needs and then he/she will achieve by tough hard play, not intimidation. Kids need to be playing sport and when they are little kids they need to more importantly ENJOY playing sport - can't do if you are being bullied or intimidated. Bad attitudes and chips on shoulders tend to stick and become misguided thuggery and elbows to the head in later years. Not acceptable in any area of life.