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re: Youth Sports - Are people really this crappy
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:12 pm to Oilfieldbiology
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:12 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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Yeah, what if it’s not a rule, and the coach still goes out of his way to play every player evenly, and still plays every player in the league final, but just played the best kids 6 minutes more.
Is he still a scumbag?
If the dude gave one shite about winning a "championship" over teaching young kids good life lessons and having fun... then yes.
Kinda like you.
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Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:12 pm to bamaphan13
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:12 pm to loopback
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100% agree with this.
Bingo. Not blasting his son, but I've been there. My dad said I could complain or get better. I got better. No one cared that I didn't play one game.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:13 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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You think the coach went and punched a hole in his living room wall after?
No idea. But it wouldn't surprise me.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:14 pm to the_magician
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" over teaching young kids good life lessons
Not playing is a fantastic life lesson. Get better or find another sport to play.
This post was edited on 5/23/22 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:15 pm to the_magician
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winning a 8-10 yo champ game isn't a huge accomplishment
Agreed at the age of 35 no but those kids think it is a huge accomplishment. Just because your friend had a dad who was an a-hole doesn't mean the kids don't care and take a great amount joy/pride in winning a championship. I don't even really understand what you are trying to argue, that the kids won't look back on this when they are 30?
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:15 pm to McCorkleJonesGOAT
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It's fricking 8 year olds, no one gives a shite about the "championship"
Maybe it makes me not cool, but I definitely cared a lot about the championship when I was 8.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:16 pm to bamaphan13
quote:just like his dad
My kid is crying after the game,
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:17 pm to the_magician
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Sure, you can learn a lot from them, but winning a 8-10 yo champ game isn't a huge accomplishment.
Maybe its not a "huge accomplishment", but has your son ever won one and you witness the sheer level of enjoyment and excitement from them and their teammates? I have. Even though its not a major accomplishment, it was a great moment for him, his teammates, and the parents. My 8yo plays outfield in baseball, bats toward the end of the lineup, and sits sometimes on defense. He understands why. We understand why. We are practicing to become better. He was sad they lost in the 1st round of playoffs this Spring season. I guarantee you he would have rather won the championship even though he sat at times.
This post was edited on 5/23/22 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:18 pm to bamaphan13
My son’s team was undefeated through the season and into the tournament championship this last February. We had 3 pretty weak players we gave equal playing time to for the entire year, but had still came out on top until the final.
Our opponent in the final didn’t play their weaker players the second half (definitely breaking the league rules) and won by 1. The weaker players 100% contributed to us losing.
We have our moral ground but they have the trophies. My 12 year old DGAS about moral high ground.
Do with that what you will.
Our opponent in the final didn’t play their weaker players the second half (definitely breaking the league rules) and won by 1. The weaker players 100% contributed to us losing.
We have our moral ground but they have the trophies. My 12 year old DGAS about moral high ground.
Do with that what you will.
This post was edited on 5/23/22 at 7:10 pm
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:18 pm to the_magician
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the_magician
Found the kid who was always picked last on the playground and is still bitter about it today decades later
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:19 pm to the_magician
quote:Well, OP and his son clearly do, so maybe you should either advise them to not take it so seriously or get better. Shifting blame to the coach isn’t going to help anything.
I will never take sports seriously.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:19 pm to Crowknowsbest
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Maybe it makes me not cool, but I definitely cared a lot about the championship when I was 8.
Makes you pretty normal.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:21 pm to the_magician
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But one of my friends growing up was an all sport everything. His dad made him throw 100 pitches a night and shite like that.
Long story short, he was never going to be a professional ball player. He was the backup QB at a college to a guy that got drafted. He didn't make it. It ruined his life and his relationship with his family when they couldn't let it go.
There is an enormous middle ground between making a very measured attempt to win the championship by giving better players more playing time and the situation you are describing.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:23 pm to bamaphan13
I see both sides of the situation, and do think if the coach was going to depart from the substitution pattern he’d used all season he should have at least let the parents and players know ahead of time. 8-10 year old leagues are still primarily about learning the game, and it sucks that experience will stick with your son for a while, and maybe even prompt him to give up the sport.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:24 pm to bamaphan13
There is a solution for this. You make sure the style of play is so up tempo that as a player you are happy to be subbed just to get a breather. But the the tone for that style of play needs to be set at the first practice. If you have 12 kids as a coach I would make damn sure they were all worn out after a game.
No walking up the ball on offense and full court trap defense all the time.
No walking up the ball on offense and full court trap defense all the time.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:26 pm to GumboPot
Most 8-10 year old leagues don’t allow fast breaks or full court pressing. The league my son played in certainly didn’t.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:27 pm to loopback
Thing is the guys kid got to play, its not like he didnt. He just didn't get the time he thought he was entitled to.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:29 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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he thought he was entitled to.
And THATS the issue here....entitlement without EARNING it.
Posted on 5/23/22 at 4:30 pm to bamaphan13
You don’t, by chance, happen to have a kid on the Vandebilt Catholic baseball team, do you? Possibly a #2 pitcher?
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