Yes, I enforced it at our tournament this year. It didn't happen until the championship round. The son was pressured so hard to win by his dad that when he was losing he bit the other kid. When his son was DQed he went off, cussing the official, charging the other dad and throwing things at the other father and cussing myself out when I threw him out. Everything was caught on tape. As a wrestling dad and coach for over 12yrs you see alot of things that are uncalled for. It is very sad for the kids, that the parents have to act like that. If they could only see the way they are acting and how stupid it is and how they are making their son or daughter feel, I know they love their child very much and sometimes it take a video tape to show them just how their actions are totaly uncalled for and that EVERYONE is watching them. To see a Dad with his hands around a childs neck, there is no telling what I would've done... in shock would have been first also, then anger....
The kids are doing their best. Yes some days they are just not there. I had that with my oldest at districts. He should have gone to state and placed but just didn't show up mentally. Yes I had to leave the gym for a bit before I talked to him. I didn't have to say anything. he knew he had screwed up. It wouldn't have done me any good to yell and scream at him. There is next year and it's only wrestling big deal. Thank God he is physically able to wrestle. It's not the end of the world. We as parents need to look at the big picture of our childs future not the short term. Acting like that they will hate the sport and you for how they feel. Sometimes we need to look in the mirror and face the truth, the kids are not the problem.