You Care About How You Show Up for Your Athlete.
But do you know how they experience you from the sideline?
The Sideline Project Certification is a 15-minute course that helps levelheaded sports parents understand how their words, reactions, and sideline behavior affect their athlete.
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Supportive to you might feel distracting to them.
You don’t have to be the parent screaming at referees to unintentionally affect your child’s experience.
Even well-intentioned cheering, instructions, reactions, and post-game conversations can create pressure or distraction.
Most of us have never actually been taught the difference.
This was eye opening to me as I thought all of the positive cheering I was doing was supportive, but she actually found it distracting."
MICHELLE B.
SIDELINE PROJECT CERTIFIED
15 Minutes That Make a Real Difference
64.8%
Report improved sideline behavior *
32%
Report an improved parent-child relationship *
43,000+
Adults already Sideline Project Certified
*Based on a survey of parents 21 days after completing the certification.
15 Minutes That Could Change How You Experience Gameday Together
In the Certification, you’ll:
SEE IT
Discover the three types of sideline behavior—and where your behavior falls.
FEEL IT
Experience an interactive exercise that helps you understand what distraction feels like from an athlete’s perspective.
TALK ABOUT IT
Get simple conversation prompts to ask your child what they want and need from you on gameday.
GET CERTIFIED
Complete the experience, earn your Sideline Project Certification and join a growing movement changing youth sports.
What Parents Are Saying
It was a great course. The Stroop effect exercise was eye-opening. Great work.”
Rodney
SIDELINE PROJECT CERTIFIED
Our soccer organization recently recommended that we take this training and it was very beneficial for us as parents and our daughter.”
N. Macias
SIDELINE PROJECT CERTIFIED
It was simple, concise and to the point in a way that was not condescending but helpful.”
Michael S
SIDELINE PROJECT CERTIFIED
You're Not Just Taking a Course. You're Joining a Movement.
We're building a community of sports parents who believe young athletes deserve more joy and less pressure.
Our goal: 1,000,000 Sideline Project Certified adults by 2029.
Not perfect parents. Not silent parents. Intentional parents.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, the course is mobile friendly and taking it on your phone is no problem at all.
That's no problem. You should review the question prompts, download them if you want, and have that conversation when it's convenient for your child. It's a great dinner table conversation for later!
Upon completion of all the course steps, your certificate will appear on the top of the course dashboard. You can download it, share it on social channels, and come back anytime in the next 90 days to access your certificate.
Absolutely, having a shared understanding of sideline behavior is important and aligning with your spouse or partner on this will likely improve the experience for your child. Also - if other family members such as grandparents attend your child's sporting events - encourage them to get certified too!
Your club or organization is working to develop a shared understanding of adult behavior and a better environment for everyone.
Yes!!! This course is absolutely for you. It's designed for levelheaded sports parents.
In some cases. If they bulk purchased the course, then, yes - they will know when you have registered for and when you have completed the course. Many organizations are requesting parents upload their certificate to a registration portal or turn it into the club.
It doesn't expire! That being said, we encourage you to take a refresher course each year. Many organizations have their parents take the course and get certified each year.
Yes. Simply click the CC button on the bottom of the video to have the subtitles showing.
Great! Taking the course as a refresher is a fantastic idea. We have many organizations that require their parents to get certified every year. If you're looking for your certificate, log in where you originally took the course to download it.
Follow the link just below the "Get Certified" button to register for the course in Spanish.
More questions? See the full FAQ
What Kind of Sideline Do You Want Your Child to Remember?
You'll spend hundreds of hours watching your child play.
Spend 15 minutes learning how they want you to show up.
More joy. Less pressure. More confidence.
It starts with us.
15 minutes. $9.99. 43,000+ certified.
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