--- title: "Cricket Parenting Advice: Stop Coaching, Start Supporting Your Kid" description: "Tired of over-pressuring your child? Get real, blunt cricket coaching advice for parents in Delhi. Learn how to support your athlete without being a distraction." canonical: https://mytribe.in/rvsportsperformance/cricket-coaching/a-word-for-parents-your-role-in-the-dugout last_updated: 2025-09-16 --- # Cricket Parenting: Stop Coaching, Start Supporting Tribe Verified · Training Delhi's next Ranji Trophy players. By [Ravi Chhikara](https://mytribe.in/rvsportsperformance) · At RV Sports Performance facility in GTB Nagar, New Delhi · ₹2,500 per month (estimate) Part of [Cricket Coaching](https://mytribe.in/rvsportsperformance/cricket-coaching). [View full gallery](https://mytribe.in/rvsportsperformance/cricket-coaching/gallery) Dekho yaar, aapka kaam bacche ko support karna hai, field par uska coach ban na nahi. Your job is to be the foundation, not the distraction. Let’s talk about how to actually help your athlete without messing up their game. ## Photos and videos - [Video: In tough times, give support, not lectures. Every player fails. When your child comes home after a bad match, he needs a home, not another critic. Let me handle the skill correction, you handle the love and comfort.](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/raw:1/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/9be7a794-be4e-422c-bc01-fdcc4c3d1e80) - [Video: How do you treat your child when they get out on zero? Don't take out your frustration on them. Your job is to prepare them to fight the next day. Be a parent, not a coach. They need your support, not your anger.](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/raw:1/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/9ee1874b-2fcb-435d-93da-f780c8156e21) - [Video: Appreciate your child's effort. If he scores 50, celebrate it before you push him for 100. The world is full of critics. You need to be their unconditional support. Don't lose your child in the chase for achievements.](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/raw:1/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/46812c4c-e82c-4863-ab23-9f78e1ebecc6) - [Video: Parents, please do not sit at the ground during your child's matches. Your presence is a distraction. Stop coaching from the sidelines with gestures. Let the coach do his job and let your child play freely.](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/raw:1/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/617ba211-8102-45f2-8d6f-a32b798b09a3) - [Video: You want a tough child, but you are a weak parent. You keep them home for exams or bad weather. How will they become strong if you don't let them face difficulties? Send them to the academy regularly.](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/raw:1/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/e8e386d9-55cb-414d-961a-4b175640de36) - [Video: Are you sending your child to school or not? All academies in Delhi are after school hours. An educated player is a smarter player. Don't teach them from a young age that sports and studies can't go together.](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/raw:1/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/b09bcbc6-10fd-4519-8748-8d0102dd9130) - [Video: You say you give 24 hours to cricket, but you waste 21 of them. You need to have a backup plan. Education is that plan. You can easily take out 6-7 hours for studies. Be honest with yourself and your parents.](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/raw:1/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/b1df2664-305f-4890-81b9-5f042911a743) - [Video: A new type of parent has emerged who outsources their responsibilities to coaches. Your child is your responsibility. Don't ask me to tell them what to eat or when to sleep. My job is to hone their skill, not to be their father.](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/raw:1/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/40868d7a-9f94-4ef4-95f9-2eef293278ec) - [Video: Are you a parent or a villain? You deny your child resources, saying 'we didn't have them either'. Your parents gave you everything they had. Give your child the facilities they need and teach them to value those resources.](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/raw:1/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/b5d56e46-0963-4df8-be06-8b5508b4b865) - [Video: Competition is nectar, comparison is poison. Teach your child to compete, to fight to be better. Don't compare them to others. Every child takes their own time. Your job is to support them, not put them down.](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/raw:1/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/7cf9b0ec-44ca-445e-92c6-6a65e0d75088) - [Video: Some kids are god-gifted, like the young players who performed in the IPL this year. Don't see them and start pressuring your own child to perform at that level. Every player takes their own time to develop.](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/raw:1/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/dd1df26b-6e2c-43b6-93f4-a5833f8f87aa) - [Video: It takes the sacrifice of an entire family to create one player. If you want your child to play for India, first help them become a complete player. Don't have unrealistic expectations from the start.](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/raw:1/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/befba3fa-ae4b-441a-98f8-1d29cc29a696) - [Video: How much is too much? Pushing a 7 or 8-year-old into 10-hour practice sessions will lead to burnout. Let children be children. Balance is key. Their physical and mental growth is more important than any early success.](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/raw:1/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/003f0354-2f3a-4013-be93-80ba0b45ce03) - [Video: Your child's equipment is like their second skin. It must be the perfect size. Using an oversized bat, pads, or shoes will ruin their basic technique and movement patterns from a very early age.](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/raw:1/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/b0c62358-400f-428e-afbc-e39d8fbca8cb) - [Video: If you have limited money, invest it wisely. Good shoes and good food are the priority. Accessories like physio sessions and massages come last. Don't put unnecessary financial pressure on your parents for fancy things.](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/raw:1/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/fe920429-e006-401d-885a-7b73ce24cbb7) - [Video: Punishing a child for making a skill-based error is not the solution. It creates fear. A coach's job is to create a positive environment where a child respects you, not fears you. Fear kills a player's love for the game.](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/raw:1/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/a8a8adfd-81f9-4a46-af92-39d94226f039) - [Video: Don't make rain a 'smart' excuse to skip the academy. You are sacrificing discipline to save a little time and money. Come to the academy, talk about cricket with your peers and coaches. Stay in the environment.](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/raw:1/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/d76b71de-4ce8-4aa8-9353-22cb3d62272b) - [Video: During unfavorable weather, you can't practice your main bowling skills. So what do you do? As Mani Grewal explains, you work on your strength training, fielding, batting, and most importantly, spend time with family to recover mentally and emotionally.](https://assets.mytribe.in/insecure/raw:1/plain/s3://mytribe-assets-production/83f53dae-e62d-4f70-9fb6-33572210c975) ## About A Word for Parents: Your Role in the Dugout Yaar, stop sitting at the ground during your kid's matches. When you sit there, the kid isn't watching the ball; he's watching you, waiting for your reaction to every shot. If you want to help, leave the skill-correction to me. Your only job at the ground is to be the person they can come home to—the one who offers comfort after a bad day, not more criticism. They are already getting enough pressure from the opposition and the game itself; don't make home another pitch to fight on. ### Be a Parent, Not a Villain Most parents think they’re helping by 'coaching' from the sidelines, but honestly? You're just creating a mental block. Your child needs a home to return to, not another critic waiting with a report card. If they get out on zero, don't analyze their grip or footwork at the dinner table. Let them rest, let them breathe, and let me handle the technique when they are at the academy. ### Equipments Are Not Investments for 'Next Year' I see parents buying oversized bats, pads, and shoes because 'agle saal kaam aayega' (it will be useful next year). Stop this. An oversized bat ruins a kid's bottom-hand technique and makes them reach for balls they should be leaving. Their gear is their second skin. If it doesn't fit perfectly, their movement patterns will be wrong for years. It's not saving money; it's costing them their skill. ### Education and Sports Can Coexist Stop forcing a choice between the books and the bat. I see kids getting pulled out of training for exams as if a one-hour fitness session will ruin their board results. A disciplined athlete who learns to manage both school and training is a smarter, more resilient player. If you tell them they have to choose, you're teaching them that they can't handle pressure. That’s a dangerous lesson to teach a kid. ### The 'God-Gifted' Trap Stop comparing your child to the U-19 stars or IPL wonder-kids you see on TV. Those kids are exceptions, not the rule. Every athlete has their own timeline. Pressuring your child to replicate someone else’s success at 14 will only lead to burnout. Support their effort, not just their scorecard. If you keep pushing them to be someone else, you'll end up losing the child you actually have. ## About Ravi Chhikara I'm not here to sugarcoat anything. I’ve seen enough talented kids get burnt out because parents forgot their role. I train cricketers, but I need you to be the parent—the one who provides support, not the one who creates more pressure. 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