The Sideline Coach Playbook: What Your Kid Wishes You Knew (Player and Parent Guide, PDF)

Every football parent turns into a sideline coach sometimes. This is how to retire, from the kid who can hear every word.

The Sideline Coach Playbook is written by Alex, a rep-team attacker and referee. It's what players say to each other about their parents, written down kindly so you can hear it.

Inside:

• 20 cards for real sideline moments: the drive there, big game week, mistakes, bad calls, the bench, the car ride home, losses, quitting, the coach, playing time and the parents' group chat
• Each card tells you what's actually going on, what to do and when, and exactly what to say instead
• The Sideline Coach Quiz, to take now and again in four weeks

Plus 6 bonuses:

• The Swap List: 25 things to stop shouting, and what to say instead
• The Coach Email: word-for-word templates
• The One Question to ask after any game
• A Quickstart guide
• Your Official Retirement Letter
• Sideline Coach Bingo for the whole family

Suits football and soccer parents, grandparents, team managers and coaches. Instant PDF download, 44 pages, printable.

Also in the series: The Bad Game Playbook, for players, The Road to Finals Playbook, a season guide for players, and The Cheat Codes Playbook, for players. Or get all four in the Complete Next Ball Set for A$49 (save A$15).

Written by a player, not a parenting expert. This is a player's view of the sideline, not professional parenting or psychological advice.