Standing Up During Competition...

[Beth Sweet]

Personally, our team compiles scouting databases at competitions. We scout every team, every match and make that information available to every team. If your team intends to stand through the match for every match out there, it would be polite to the other teams if you would sit near the back. Just because your team is on the field doesn't mean that everyone else shouldn't get to see that match.

I love the way that Wildstand does it. Team spirt is evident, but they still take into consideration that everyone in the stands behind them wants to see the match as well. If your team does something surprising, obviously you're going to stand up. I don't think people would yell for that. But if a team stands up the whole match every match they're out there, I do ask them to sit down and remind them that they are blocking the view of every single person sitting behind them. So if you plan to stand every match you're out, please sit near the back so that the rest of the people at the competition can see too!