I remember this post from last year \:D

Can somebody explain this for me? I coach matside for my son all year long, I get a few butterflies going into a big tournament (a little nervousness on dad's part) but when he's on the mat and me matside the butterflies leave. At one tournament this year I stepped off my son's mat to leave the coaching for someone else, since I thought maybe I was the cause of him not performing when he was going through a rough 3 weeks of the season. I was more nervous being a spectator than I was as a coach! He performed well in both his matches in fact securing pins in both. I have heard that sometimes allowing someone else coach your son has benefits because sometimes the line between coach and dad gets blurry for the child. I realized that this is harder to do than I first thought. Going into subs I find it hard to not want to be matside, but maybe I will have to suck it up and watch from afar (butterflies and all). Is this a control thing? Does this happen to more than just myself?

"Everything we do should be for the future of our children."