I had supportive, non-yip inducing parents while playing sports as a child.
It didn’t take long to see sports for what they were and what they most certainly were not, though, especially at the professional level.
I left the play of all organized sports behind after first year of high school. There were kids who knew very well that their time in that spotlight was going to be the pinnacle of their athletic and social lives, and would therefore play in a kind of frantically self destructive fashion. I had zero interest in getting caught up in that.