SPECTATOR CONDUCT

Expectations for every parent, family member, and fan representing Forge from the sideline.

SPECTATOR EXPECTATIONS

How the sideline protects the team.

Encourage effort, hustle, and team-first plays. Keep the noise positive.

No arguing balls, strikes, safe, out, or judgment calls from the stands.

Let the athletes hear one voice. Leave instruction to the coaches and dugout.

Do not criticize players publicly — ours or theirs. Youth athletes are always listening.

No yelling across the field, taunting, profanity, or behavior that pulls focus from the game.

Your conduct shapes how opponents, officials, and families experience the program.

GAME DAY BOUNDARIES

The best sideline creates confidence, calm, and clarity for players — not pressure, confusion, or distraction.

Arrive calm, keep pregame space clear, and let players prepare with the team.

Cheer, encourage, and stay out of coaching, officiating, and opponent conversations.

Give players room to breathe, recover, and hear from their coaches first.