PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Netball mums are taking over the country one scabby-kneed child at a time.
I know this because, after playing at a high(ish) level for 14 years, and then coaching for another six, I’ve had a piece of my soul chewed off and stomped on by approximately 157 of them.
You think Dance Mums are bad? Well, Netball Mums and their batshit crazy antics deserve a prime time TV spot AND a bloody blockbuster horror movie.
I honestly believe we need a lockable cage installed at every netball centre to combat this growing epidemic. Let me give you a few examples why.
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I find it sad that this article is true. what happened to the amazing community that promoted the sort of sportsmanship that put other sports to shame? I remember the footy boys and girls spitting at each other off the field, where the netball girls congratulating the other team winning with hi fives and smiles, or helping carry stuff to cars after the game. Netball used to be about teamwork and working together to have fun in kids games - even rep games were filled with enjoyment. As a child, I would have been so ashamed to have my mother do something like some of these women. I now DON'T want to put my kids into netball. not because of the sport, or the other kids, or because of a bad club, but because of all the feral and disgusting parents involved. I love netball, just like the previous two generations of my family, but I really don't want to put my kids in a position to have some other parent bully and put them down so that their child can get ahead.
What about the netball administrators??? They scared me when I was a child and still scare me today....