As it was stated in a previous topic on the forum, Derby does a nice job running tournaments and this was a relaxed and fun tournament last year. It may have been a bit too relaxed this year with regard to people at mat side. I wasn't there last year and as luck would have it, we managed to escape before the fireworks errupted. I would suggest this (knowing my club and my family are guilty of this as well), It might help maintain the peace if we moved the spectators away from matside at all tournaments. The 6 year old mat was flanked on all sides by spectators, early in the tournament and I doubt it changed troughout the day. That puts a lot of passionate people on the mat side and makes it very personal. Many times the wrestlers were confused about the end of match procedure, because they couldn't figure out who was coaching. It's a lot of chaos for such young kids. I have mixed feelings because I love seeing teammates supporting each other at matside, but I also think its ridiculous to see 5 coaches in the corner all yelling different things and mom, grandma, auntie, dad, step dad (that's never seen a mat before), the third cousin twice removed that came in from Arkansas, and three buddies from work, standing matside yelling "kill'em, throw' em down, get on top" at 6 year olds (and other novice age groups) whom are still trying to figure out the difference between a half and a cross face. Again don't throw too many stones back at my glass house, but I think we (all tournaments) need to keep control of the mat side. It's a difficult balance and I heard several nice reminders from the Derby PA announcer, but it fell on deaf ears. We need to do a better job as parents, fans, and coaches.