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Cooper Flagg’s mom, once a coach, has tips for parents

Over-rated!

The chant is hurled, seemingly endlessly, at elite college and professional athletes.

Kelly Flagg started to hear opposing fans shout it to her son, Cooper, when he was in the eighth grade.

“Cooper actually enjoys it when people taunt him,” his mother tells USA TODAY Sports. “It actually makes him play harder, kind of turns up the juice. And we always know, ‘Good, go ahead and talk.’ ”

This post appeared first on USA TODAY

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