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re: Youth Sports - Are people really this crappy
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:44 pm to bamaphan13
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:44 pm to bamaphan13
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Just pure POS behavior telling a couple of elementary aged kids they are not good enough.
The younger they learn this lesson, the better. Teach your kid to work harder if he wants to be one of the 5 on the floor with the championship on the line.
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Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:45 pm to bamaphan13
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Just pure POS behavior telling a couple of elementary aged kids they are not good enough.
This is where you could step in and explain that if he wants more playing time, he can put in the work to practice and improve. Or he can accept his position.
You had the chance for a major life lesson and you're pissed because your son doesn't get the same treatment as those that are more talented, put in more work, or both.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:45 pm to Chad504boy
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uhhh why yes i do.
meant for OP
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:45 pm to bamaphan13
take ur sob story 2 gump droppings, cousin fricker
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:46 pm to Deep Purple Haze
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take ur sob story 2 gump droppings, cousin fricker
DAYUM!
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:46 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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Sir, this is Baseball.
There's quarters in baseball?
I stopped reading at 81 year old league.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:48 pm to bamaphan13
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The league does say they aspire to have fair playing time for all. It is rec league if I wanted a more competitive experience I would sign him up for that.
6 minutes more (so 12 given you have to take 6 from someone) playing time for the best kids over the course of an entire season is damn near impossible to achieve.
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Just pure POS behavior telling a couple of elementary aged kids they are not good enough.
It’s really not.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:49 pm to bamaphan13
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My kid was playing in rec league for BB (8-10 yr old). Nine kids on the team and mine is not one of the better ones. All season each kid got two quarters minimum.
This weekend was the championship game. They were down like 5 points going into the 4th. My kid and a few others were due up to play but the coach rolls out the best five again. After about 2 min in the 8 min quarter he subs for the kids that did not get the full two quarters. Then two min later he pulls those kids and puts the best five back in and the team still loses.
My kid is crying after the game, upset he didn't get the full playing time. I talk to the coach and he was saying its a competitive league and he was trying to win the game but appreciated my feedback.
This guy made a 9yo kid cry trying to win a rec league BB champ game. Even if you had won that doesn't make it right.
so your kid didnt put forth the work and then cries because he didnt get the results he wanted......and you support this?
sorry you are the one that is crappy. Its the championship game, best kids play. if your kid doesnt like that instead of being a little bitch and going to talk to the coach....tell your kid to work harder and get better.
sorry but you are whats wrong with youth sports and why so many have left and went to the tournament style play in baseball and basketball. The my kid should play no matter what parents ruined rec sports.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:50 pm to bamaphan13
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Never had the making of a varsity athlete.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:50 pm to icegator337
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They're too young to learn and understand that in 2nd or 3rd grade imo.
Not true.
My kid played in a no-score league in 1st grade and I’ll be damned if every kid knew the score regardless.
Winning and losing is part of life at any age. Teach them how to deal with it.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:50 pm to bamaphan13
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My kid is crying after the game, upset he didn't get the full playing time.
I raised 4 sons. All athletes. Thank God none ever cried after a game because they didn't get enough playing time. I would have been humiliated.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:51 pm to icegator337
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Coach is a dick head. I think 8-10 is 2nd-4th grade. Imo it shouldn't be about winning at that age. Middle school, they need to start to understand that not everyone gets to play. They're too young to learn and understand that in 2nd or 3rd grade imo.
yea you are wrong. they understand that even at 6 & 7.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:51 pm to dsides
My son is in kindergarten. Every kid knew the score of t he baseball games and if they were winning or losing. They also know which kids are good and which are not.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:52 pm to lsu777
Yes. Parents use rec league as a baby sitter. Kids come out give zero effort aside from breathing. Anyone with a pulse should want their kids to give some effort.
This guy should have sat down with his son and asked him how important it is to him to play the game. If it is that important to him challenge him to work hard and earn his spot. Pay for some camps, practice with him, etc...
If it isn't that important to him then tell him to stop crying.
This guy should have sat down with his son and asked him how important it is to him to play the game. If it is that important to him challenge him to work hard and earn his spot. Pay for some camps, practice with him, etc...
If it isn't that important to him then tell him to stop crying.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:53 pm to Tiger Ryno
"hi coach, Liam has a tummy ache and won't be able to make practice tonight. sorry. thanks, karen"
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:54 pm to Chad504boy
Yep. Exactly.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:55 pm to onelochevy
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The younger they learn this lesson, the better. Teach your kid to work harder if he wants to be one of the 5 on the floor with the championship on the line.
And as a Dad tell him you'll work on it with him. Spend time with him. Teach him how to work for improvement. Push him. He'll love you for it.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:56 pm to bamaphan13
When I was in little league, the worst six or so players typically rotated in the outfield each playing half a game while the best six played the entire game in the infield. I was never particularly gifted, but I used it as motivation to improve because I wanted to play more and be a part of the infield rather than stuck out in the outfield by myself. Even at an early age, I could tell the better players were just treated differently by teammates, opposing players, and coaches. I’m sure I cried at some points, but over the course of two seasons, I eventually improved enough to move to the infield and play all the games.
Was I a talented athlete? Hell no, but I learned that you can improve regardless of where you start or where you’ll end up. Without the motivation of additional playing time, as a kid, I doubt I would have bothered to put in the extra practice time to improve.
Was I a talented athlete? Hell no, but I learned that you can improve regardless of where you start or where you’ll end up. Without the motivation of additional playing time, as a kid, I doubt I would have bothered to put in the extra practice time to improve.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:56 pm to Tiger Ryno
quote:You're supposed to start this around 6 months old. That's when you stop protecting them from every possible negative emotion they may have and start teaching them that sometimes they feel bad and they must control it.
If it isn't that important to him then tell him to stop crying.
6 months to a year old. That's when you begin to tell them to stop crying and learn to handle it. Not 8 years.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 2:56 pm to bamaphan13
Generally, people take youth sports way too seriously. The adults tend to suck the fun out of it for all the kids involved. They took what is supposed to be a learning experience and turned it into a self-validation ordeal that has turned them into bitter twats who honestly believe their children are playing for a full ride at a D-1 school at the age of 5. It tends to bring the worst out of far too many people.
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