Mama Curry is crazy! A lot of you might be thinking, “Great point, Captain Obvious!” I mean, there are not many who aren’t aware of the energetic, passionate, and wild personality of the mother of Stephen Curry. The mom and son couldn’t be more different and yet, so similar. Then again, the Warriors superstar did confess that he gets his defensive abilities from Sonya.

Being athletes themselves, Sonya and Dell Curry were a wealth of information for Steph, Seth, and Sydel. Not just information, but they had professional coaches in their parents. A standout volleyball player at Virginia Tech, Sonya had also dabbled in track and field and basketball. As for Dell, he was a pro basketball player in the NBA.

Despite it all, the ex-couple had ensured their kids received outside coaching. And that’s where things got a little difficult for Sonya Curry. A former athlete and a coach, the mother of three found it incredibly difficult to keep her “professional opinions” to herself. “I was pretty bad,” she admitted carefree, in the episode – ‘Raising Steph, Seth & Sydel Curry (Part 1)’ of Raising Fame. 

It didn’t matter one bit to the now-58-year-old that a designated coach was right there, watching, noting, and training her kids. Oh, no! Sonya couldn’t help but get involved. “I was probably the parent that in the meetings before every season – and they would have the parent meeting and they would say, ‘parents, you’re not the coaches.’ And when they come off the court, don’t talk in the car to them. I violated every rule in the book,” she confessed.

No doubt Dell was sitting there and shaking his head, as we have seen him do countless times courtside beside a yelling, screaming, and jumping Sonya. But it wasn’t just the boys who were at the mercy of Mama Curry.

Aside from Stephen Curry, his sister was the direct victim of Sonya’s coaching

Dell has often spoken highly of his daughter’s basketball skills. Sydel, though, did not really connect with the sport despite being good at it. She did, however, find her calling in volleyball. An Elon alum, she made a name for herself as an outstanding volleyball player. But not before she went through her very own ‘Hunger Games’ episode with Sonya.

Part of the volleyball team in high school was not just the daughter, but also the mom. Sonya had coached Sydel’s volleyball team in high school for two years and it was not a fun experience. “It was tough,” she straight up admitted. There would be a certain level of difficulty, sure, because you have to be careful to treat your own kid as you would the others. So, there might be times when you as a coach might end up being extra harsh.

But in the case of Sonya, it was the opposite. Because Sydel was also a female, because her daughter played the sport in which she excelled, and in the same position as her, everything Sonya viewed was from a coach’s eyes. There was never a Mama Curry in the court. So much so that her daughter was forced to point out that Sonya was just picking on her. “But I think it goes back to me. At the heart of everything, I’m an athlete and I’m a tough nose,” she said thoughtfully.

There is no fixed rule to parenting. It’s more or less a trial-and-error method. Hence, mistakes made are lessons learned. And with Sydel, Sonya Curry learned an important lesson.

“As coaches, you can see the ones that you can really push and they can handle it. But there is a sensitive line to walk when it’s your child because, especially daughters with their mom, they don’t wanna disappoint you. So, any critiques you’re telling them they’re not gonna live up to your expectations of them as your daughter, and I learned that afterwards; as easy as it was for me to detach myself from her on the court, she couldn’t detach herself from me.“

Well, do you agree with her? Let us know in the comments.

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