Arlington travel tryouts?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, coaches support multi-sport players. Kids are expected to finish out their fall sport (football, soccer, etc). Once fall sports end, coaches expect them to prioritize the county team time commitments dover any other team.

My son's 5th gr team had an AAU player who tried to do both but the coach would not play kids if they were late or missed practice the previous week without a good reason and so he barely played the first half of the season, then he quit the team because his parents were piqued that he wasn't playing. He didn't know what they were running bc he skipped practice for AAU practices, so he didn't add any value to the team.

LOL. You’re talking about 5th graders. Thanks for being part of the problem.

What problem? Encouraging kids to honor their commitments to their team?

5th graders need to attend practices for their teams so they know what's going on in the games. A kid can be great, but if he goes into the game and doesn't know what to do when the coach yells out a play or a press or an offense, he is hurting his team.

Sports for 5th graders is supposed to be fun. There is no “hurting his team” at this age.

This is why we have recreational sports for kids this age. Some kids aren't ready for that level of commitment, and that's fine!

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, coaches support multi-sport players. Kids are expected to finish out their fall sport (football, soccer, etc). Once fall sports end, coaches expect them to prioritize the county team time commitments dover any other team.

My son's 5th gr team had an AAU player who tried to do both but the coach would not play kids if they were late or missed practice the previous week without a good reason and so he barely played the first half of the season, then he quit the team because his parents were piqued that he wasn't playing. He didn't know what they were running bc he skipped practice for AAU practices, so he didn't add any value to the team.

LOL. You’re talking about 5th graders. Thanks for being part of the problem.

What problem? Encouraging kids to honor their commitments to their team?

5th graders need to attend practices for their teams so they know what's going on in the games. A kid can be great, but if he goes into the game and doesn't know what to do when the coach yells out a play or a press or an offense, he is hurting his team.

Sports for 5th graders is supposed to be fun. There is no “hurting his team” at this age.

Its fine to have that approach for 5th grade! Those families should play rec league where you get to play whether you skip practice or not.

If a kid doesn't go to travel basketball practice, it hurts his team. Putting him out on the court is not fair to the other 10 players who attended practice and learned what they were supposed to learn.

Keep being ridiculous. You’re the type of parent who is ruining youth sports in this country.

Again, there is no hurting the team at this age. Do you know why? Because whether it’s rec league or “competitive” (LOL btw) these kids are 10 years old and it doesn’t effing matter.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, coaches support multi-sport players. Kids are expected to finish out their fall sport (football, soccer, etc). Once fall sports end, coaches expect them to prioritize the county team time commitments dover any other team.

My son's 5th gr team had an AAU player who tried to do both but the coach would not play kids if they were late or missed practice the previous week without a good reason and so he barely played the first half of the season, then he quit the team because his parents were piqued that he wasn't playing. He didn't know what they were running bc he skipped practice for AAU practices, so he didn't add any value to the team.

LOL. You’re talking about 5th graders. Thanks for being part of the problem.

What problem? Encouraging kids to honor their commitments to their team?

5th graders need to attend practices for their teams so they know what's going on in the games. A kid can be great, but if he goes into the game and doesn't know what to do when the coach yells out a play or a press or an offense, he is hurting his team.

Sports for 5th graders is supposed to be fun. There is no “hurting his team” at this age.

Its fine to have that approach for 5th grade! Those families should play rec league where you get to play whether you skip practice or not.

If a kid doesn't go to travel basketball practice, it hurts his team. Putting him out on the court is not fair to the other 10 players who attended practice and learned what they were supposed to learn.

Keep being ridiculous. You’re the type of parent who is ruining youth sports in this country.

Again, there is no hurting the team at this age. Do you know why? Because whether it’s rec league or “competitive” (LOL btw) these kids are 10 years old and it doesn’t effing matter.

Maybe you should volunteer to coach since you have such strong philosophies.
The season runs from early October to March with 2, 3 hours practices a week for you, the coach, to run as well as around 15 games plus a tournament.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, coaches support multi-sport players. Kids are expected to finish out their fall sport (football, soccer, etc). Once fall sports end, coaches expect them to prioritize the county team time commitments dover any other team.

My son's 5th gr team had an AAU player who tried to do both but the coach would not play kids if they were late or missed practice the previous week without a good reason and so he barely played the first half of the season, then he quit the team because his parents were piqued that he wasn't playing. He didn't know what they were running bc he skipped practice for AAU practices, so he didn't add any value to the team.

LOL. You’re talking about 5th graders. Thanks for being part of the problem.

What problem? Encouraging kids to honor their commitments to their team?

5th graders need to attend practices for their teams so they know what's going on in the games. A kid can be great, but if he goes into the game and doesn't know what to do when the coach yells out a play or a press or an offense, he is hurting his team.

Sports for 5th graders is supposed to be fun. There is no “hurting his team” at this age.

Its fine to have that approach for 5th grade! Those families should play rec league where you get to play whether you skip practice or not.

If a kid doesn't go to travel basketball practice, it hurts his team. Putting him out on the court is not fair to the other 10 players who attended practice and learned what they were supposed to learn.

Keep being ridiculous. You’re the type of parent who is ruining youth sports in this country.

Again, there is no hurting the team at this age. Do you know why? Because whether it’s rec league or “competitive” (LOL btw) these kids are 10 years old and it doesn’t effing matter.

If "doesn't effing matter" to you, just sign your kids up for house ball. It doesn't matter, right?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, coaches support multi-sport players. Kids are expected to finish out their fall sport (football, soccer, etc). Once fall sports end, coaches expect them to prioritize the county team time commitments dover any other team.

My son's 5th gr team had an AAU player who tried to do both but the coach would not play kids if they were late or missed practice the previous week without a good reason and so he barely played the first half of the season, then he quit the team because his parents were piqued that he wasn't playing. He didn't know what they were running bc he skipped practice for AAU practices, so he didn't add any value to the team.

LOL. You’re talking about 5th graders. Thanks for being part of the problem.

What problem? Encouraging kids to honor their commitments to their team?

5th graders need to attend practices for their teams so they know what's going on in the games. A kid can be great, but if he goes into the game and doesn't know what to do when the coach yells out a play or a press or an offense, he is hurting his team.

Sports for 5th graders is supposed to be fun. There is no “hurting his team” at this age.

Its fine to have that approach for 5th grade! Those families should play rec league where you get to play whether you skip practice or not.

If a kid doesn't go to travel basketball practice, it hurts his team. Putting him out on the court is not fair to the other 10 players who attended practice and learned what they were supposed to learn.

Keep being ridiculous. You’re the type of parent who is ruining youth sports in this country.

Again, there is no hurting the team at this age. Do you know why? Because whether it’s rec league or “competitive” (LOL btw) these kids are 10 years old and it doesn’t effing matter.

If "doesn't effing matter" to you, just sign your kids up for house ball. It doesn't matter, right?

It’s not that it doesn’t matter *to me* - it doesn’t matter *at all*. Seriously, what do you nincompoops think is going to happen if your prepubescent children don’t win the game on Friday because little Timmy practiced basketball with his other team this week? Or God forbid, went to practice for a completely different sport? You think the college scouts in attendance aren’t going to offer Billy that scholarship?

Taking sports too seriously at too young of an age (and 5th grade definitely qualifies) is ultimately just setting your kids up for failure. But you do you, and good luck to your kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, coaches support multi-sport players. Kids are expected to finish out their fall sport (football, soccer, etc). Once fall sports end, coaches expect them to prioritize the county team time commitments dover any other team.

My son's 5th gr team had an AAU player who tried to do both but the coach would not play kids if they were late or missed practice the previous week without a good reason and so he barely played the first half of the season, then he quit the team because his parents were piqued that he wasn't playing. He didn't know what they were running bc he skipped practice for AAU practices, so he didn't add any value to the team.

LOL. You’re talking about 5th graders. Thanks for being part of the problem.

What problem? Encouraging kids to honor their commitments to their team?

5th graders need to attend practices for their teams so they know what's going on in the games. A kid can be great, but if he goes into the game and doesn't know what to do when the coach yells out a play or a press or an offense, he is hurting his team.

Sports for 5th graders is supposed to be fun. There is no “hurting his team” at this age.

Its fine to have that approach for 5th grade! Those families should play rec league where you get to play whether you skip practice or not.

If a kid doesn't go to travel basketball practice, it hurts his team. Putting him out on the court is not fair to the other 10 players who attended practice and learned what they were supposed to learn.

Keep being ridiculous. You’re the type of parent who is ruining youth sports in this country.

Again, there is no hurting the team at this age. Do you know why? Because whether it’s rec league or “competitive” (LOL btw) these kids are 10 years old and it doesn’t effing matter.

If "doesn't effing matter" to you, just sign your kids up for house ball. It doesn't matter, right?

It’s not that it doesn’t matter *to me* - it doesn’t matter *at all*. Seriously, what do you nincompoops think is going to happen if your prepubescent children don’t win the game on Friday because little Timmy practiced basketball with his other team this week? Or God forbid, went to practice for a completely different sport? You think the college scouts in attendance aren’t going to offer Billy that scholarship?

Taking sports too seriously at too young of an age (and 5th grade definitely qualifies) is ultimately just setting your kids up for failure. But you do you, and good luck to your kids.

I'm not the PP but your point is absurd. Signing up and making a select team means you have certain requirements and responsibilities. If your kid doesn't show up for a single rec practice your kid is going to play the same amount as the kid that does. Not exactly fair but thems the rules. At the select level, there is no playing requirement. Generally every kid plays but some more than others. It isn't about taking the sport to seriously but learning actions have consequences. Don't show up to games and practices don't expect to play as much. Just wait until you run across the kid in select that is really good, has numerous conflicts on practices and games, shows up and plays the entire game because they are just head and shoulders better than anyone else. Happens all the time.

If you don't want to be serious about a sport than go play rec because lots of other people want to take it more serious. Sorry that offends you.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, coaches support multi-sport players. Kids are expected to finish out their fall sport (football, soccer, etc). Once fall sports end, coaches expect them to prioritize the county team time commitments dover any other team.

My son's 5th gr team had an AAU player who tried to do both but the coach would not play kids if they were late or missed practice the previous week without a good reason and so he barely played the first half of the season, then he quit the team because his parents were piqued that he wasn't playing. He didn't know what they were running bc he skipped practice for AAU practices, so he didn't add any value to the team.

LOL. You’re talking about 5th graders. Thanks for being part of the problem.

What problem? Encouraging kids to honor their commitments to their team?

5th graders need to attend practices for their teams so they know what's going on in the games. A kid can be great, but if he goes into the game and doesn't know what to do when the coach yells out a play or a press or an offense, he is hurting his team.

Sports for 5th graders is supposed to be fun. There is no “hurting his team” at this age.

Its fine to have that approach for 5th grade! Those families should play rec league where you get to play whether you skip practice or not.

If a kid doesn't go to travel basketball practice, it hurts his team. Putting him out on the court is not fair to the other 10 players who attended practice and learned what they were supposed to learn.

Keep being ridiculous. You’re the type of parent who is ruining youth sports in this country.

Again, there is no hurting the team at this age. Do you know why? Because whether it’s rec league or “competitive” (LOL btw) these kids are 10 years old and it doesn’t effing matter.

If "doesn't effing matter" to you, just sign your kids up for house ball. It doesn't matter, right?

It’s not that it doesn’t matter *to me* - it doesn’t matter *at all*. Seriously, what do you nincompoops think is going to happen if your prepubescent children don’t win the game on Friday because little Timmy practiced basketball with his other team this week? Or God forbid, went to practice for a completely different sport? You think the college scouts in attendance aren’t going to offer Billy that scholarship?

Taking sports too seriously at too young of an age (and 5th grade definitely qualifies) is ultimately just setting your kids up for failure. But you do you, and good luck to your kids.

We are all going to die anyway. Why does anything matter at all? Why even get out of bed in the morning?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, coaches support multi-sport players. Kids are expected to finish out their fall sport (football, soccer, etc). Once fall sports end, coaches expect them to prioritize the county team time commitments dover any other team.

My son's 5th gr team had an AAU player who tried to do both but the coach would not play kids if they were late or missed practice the previous week without a good reason and so he barely played the first half of the season, then he quit the team because his parents were piqued that he wasn't playing. He didn't know what they were running bc he skipped practice for AAU practices, so he didn't add any value to the team.

LOL. You’re talking about 5th graders. Thanks for being part of the problem.

What problem? Encouraging kids to honor their commitments to their team?

5th graders need to attend practices for their teams so they know what's going on in the games. A kid can be great, but if he goes into the game and doesn't know what to do when the coach yells out a play or a press or an offense, he is hurting his team.

Sports for 5th graders is supposed to be fun. There is no “hurting his team” at this age.

Its fine to have that approach for 5th grade! Those families should play rec league where you get to play whether you skip practice or not.

If a kid doesn't go to travel basketball practice, it hurts his team. Putting him out on the court is not fair to the other 10 players who attended practice and learned what they were supposed to learn.

Keep being ridiculous. You’re the type of parent who is ruining youth sports in this country.

Again, there is no hurting the team at this age. Do you know why? Because whether it’s rec league or “competitive” (LOL btw) these kids are 10 years old and it doesn’t effing matter.

If "doesn't effing matter" to you, just sign your kids up for house ball. It doesn't matter, right?

It’s not that it doesn’t matter *to me* - it doesn’t matter *at all*. Seriously, what do you nincompoops think is going to happen if your prepubescent children don’t win the game on Friday because little Timmy practiced basketball with his other team this week? Or God forbid, went to practice for a completely different sport? You think the college scouts in attendance aren’t going to offer Billy that scholarship?

Taking sports too seriously at too young of an age (and 5th grade definitely qualifies) is ultimately just setting your kids up for failure. But you do you, and good luck to your kids.

I'm not the PP but your point is absurd. Signing up and making a select team means you have certain requirements and responsibilities. If your kid doesn't show up for a single rec practice your kid is going to play the same amount as the kid that does. Not exactly fair but thems the rules. At the select level, there is no playing requirement. Generally every kid plays but some more than others. It isn't about taking the sport to seriously but learning actions have consequences. Don't show up to games and practices don't expect to play as much. Just wait until you run across the kid in select that is really good, has numerous conflicts on practices and games, shows up and plays the entire game because they are just head and shoulders better than anyone else. Happens all the time.

If you don't want to be serious about a sport than go play rec because lots of other people want to take it more serious. Sorry that offends you.

The county team coaches are all volunteers and most of them are busy parents taking time away from their families to coach your kid. For five months.
Not showing up for practices is incredibly disrespectful to them. Basketball is not like soccer-you can't wing it: you need to know specifically what YOU are supposed to be doing when the coach calls out plays and plans. This is especially true for 5th graders who need a lot of repetition to follow the plan.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, coaches support multi-sport players. Kids are expected to finish out their fall sport (football, soccer, etc). Once fall sports end, coaches expect them to prioritize the county team time commitments dover any other team.

My son's 5th gr team had an AAU player who tried to do both but the coach would not play kids if they were late or missed practice the previous week without a good reason and so he barely played the first half of the season, then he quit the team because his parents were piqued that he wasn't playing. He didn't know what they were running bc he skipped practice for AAU practices, so he didn't add any value to the team.

LOL. You’re talking about 5th graders. Thanks for being part of the problem.

What problem? Encouraging kids to honor their commitments to their team?

5th graders need to attend practices for their teams so they know what's going on in the games. A kid can be great, but if he goes into the game and doesn't know what to do when the coach yells out a play or a press or an offense, he is hurting his team.

Sports for 5th graders is supposed to be fun. There is no “hurting his team” at this age.

Its fine to have that approach for 5th grade! Those families should play rec league where you get to play whether you skip practice or not.

If a kid doesn't go to travel basketball practice, it hurts his team. Putting him out on the court is not fair to the other 10 players who attended practice and learned what they were supposed to learn.

Keep being ridiculous. You’re the type of parent who is ruining youth sports in this country.

Again, there is no hurting the team at this age. Do you know why? Because whether it’s rec league or “competitive” (LOL btw) these kids are 10 years old and it doesn’t effing matter.

If "doesn't effing matter" to you, just sign your kids up for house ball. It doesn't matter, right?

It’s not that it doesn’t matter *to me* - it doesn’t matter *at all*. Seriously, what do you nincompoops think is going to happen if your prepubescent children don’t win the game on Friday because little Timmy practiced basketball with his other team this week? Or God forbid, went to practice for a completely different sport? You think the college scouts in attendance aren’t going to offer Billy that scholarship?

Taking sports too seriously at too young of an age (and 5th grade definitely qualifies) is ultimately just setting your kids up for failure. But you do you, and good luck to your kids.

I'm also not the OP but I completely disagree with you. If you can't commit (even as a 5th grader), play house. Coaches spend a lot of their own personal time to run practices and coach these kids, so when you have any kids that consistently miss practice (in county league), it messes things up for the whole team and it's irritating to the coach. So if you know you're going to do this, don't sign up for county and play house instead.

That being said, 5th graders don't make their own decisions so this really boils down to the parents being selfish a$$holes and not thinking of anyone else but their own kid. Sounds like you may be that type of parent.

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It speaks volumes that to make your point that the (three?) previous posters have gone from “missing some practices” to “missing all practices”.

People have to miss stuff sometimes. I hope you all get fired if you ever miss work for any reason whatsoever if this is how you really feel 10 years old should be treated.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, coaches support multi-sport players. Kids are expected to finish out their fall sport (football, soccer, etc). Once fall sports end, coaches expect them to prioritize the county team time commitments dover any other team.

My son's 5th gr team had an AAU player who tried to do both but the coach would not play kids if they were late or missed practice the previous week without a good reason and so he barely played the first half of the season, then he quit the team because his parents were piqued that he wasn't playing. He didn't know what they were running bc he skipped practice for AAU practices, so he didn't add any value to the team.

LOL. You’re talking about 5th graders. Thanks for being part of the problem.

What problem? Encouraging kids to honor their commitments to their team?

5th graders need to attend practices for their teams so they know what's going on in the games. A kid can be great, but if he goes into the game and doesn't know what to do when the coach yells out a play or a press or an offense, he is hurting his team.

Sports for 5th graders is supposed to be fun. There is no “hurting his team” at this age.

Its fine to have that approach for 5th grade! Those families should play rec league where you get to play whether you skip practice or not.

If a kid doesn't go to travel basketball practice, it hurts his team. Putting him out on the court is not fair to the other 10 players who attended practice and learned what they were supposed to learn.

Keep being ridiculous. You’re the type of parent who is ruining youth sports in this country.

Again, there is no hurting the team at this age. Do you know why? Because whether it’s rec league or “competitive” (LOL btw) these kids are 10 years old and it doesn’t effing matter.

If "doesn't effing matter" to you, just sign your kids up for house ball. It doesn't matter, right?

It’s not that it doesn’t matter *to me* - it doesn’t matter *at all*. Seriously, what do you nincompoops think is going to happen if your prepubescent children don’t win the game on Friday because little Timmy practiced basketball with his other team this week? Or God forbid, went to practice for a completely different sport? You think the college scouts in attendance aren’t going to offer Billy that scholarship?

Taking sports too seriously at too young of an age (and 5th grade definitely qualifies) is ultimately just setting your kids up for failure. But you do you, and good luck to your kids.

I'm also not the OP but I completely disagree with you. If you can't commit (even as a 5th grader), play house. Coaches spend a lot of their own personal time to run practices and coach these kids, so when you have any kids that consistently miss practice (in county league), it messes things up for the whole team and it's irritating to the coach. So if you know you're going to do this, don't sign up for county and play house instead.

That being said, 5th graders don't make their own decisions so this really boils down to the parents being selfish a$$holes and not thinking of anyone else but their own kid. Sounds like you may be that type of parent.

Why doesn’t the house league coach’s time matter, pray tell?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, coaches support multi-sport players. Kids are expected to finish out their fall sport (football, soccer, etc). Once fall sports end, coaches expect them to prioritize the county team time commitments dover any other team.

My son's 5th gr team had an AAU player who tried to do both but the coach would not play kids if they were late or missed practice the previous week without a good reason and so he barely played the first half of the season, then he quit the team because his parents were piqued that he wasn't playing. He didn't know what they were running bc he skipped practice for AAU practices, so he didn't add any value to the team.

LOL. You’re talking about 5th graders. Thanks for being part of the problem.

What problem? Encouraging kids to honor their commitments to their team?

5th graders need to attend practices for their teams so they know what's going on in the games. A kid can be great, but if he goes into the game and doesn't know what to do when the coach yells out a play or a press or an offense, he is hurting his team.

Sports for 5th graders is supposed to be fun. There is no “hurting his team” at this age.

Its fine to have that approach for 5th grade! Those families should play rec league where you get to play whether you skip practice or not.

If a kid doesn't go to travel basketball practice, it hurts his team. Putting him out on the court is not fair to the other 10 players who attended practice and learned what they were supposed to learn.

Keep being ridiculous. You’re the type of parent who is ruining youth sports in this country.

Again, there is no hurting the team at this age. Do you know why? Because whether it’s rec league or “competitive” (LOL btw) these kids are 10 years old and it doesn’t effing matter.

If "doesn't effing matter" to you, just sign your kids up for house ball. It doesn't matter, right?

It’s not that it doesn’t matter *to me* - it doesn’t matter *at all*. Seriously, what do you nincompoops think is going to happen if your prepubescent children don’t win the game on Friday because little Timmy practiced basketball with his other team this week? Or God forbid, went to practice for a completely different sport? You think the college scouts in attendance aren’t going to offer Billy that scholarship?

Taking sports too seriously at too young of an age (and 5th grade definitely qualifies) is ultimately just setting your kids up for failure. But you do you, and good luck to your kids.

I'm also not the OP but I completely disagree with you. If you can't commit (even as a 5th grader), play house. Coaches spend a lot of their own personal time to run practices and coach these kids, so when you have any kids that consistently miss practice (in county league), it messes things up for the whole team and it's irritating to the coach. So if you know you're going to do this, don't sign up for county and play house instead.

That being said, 5th graders don't make their own decisions so this really boils down to the parents being selfish a$$holes and not thinking of anyone else but their own kid. Sounds like you may be that type of parent.

Why doesn’t the house league coach’s time matter, pray tell?

It does but the time investment is a lot less.

House league practices one hour a week for 8 weeks with a one hour game. 16 hours total of coaching with close by games.

County team coaches have open gyms, tryouts, and practices from October-early March, with at least 15 games that involve travel time. That's hundreds of hours.

If your overall point is that the parent who thinks nothing mattera should avoid all organized sports-houae and travel--then I agree with you.

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Anonymous wrote:It speaks volumes that to make your point that the (three?) previous posters have gone from “missing some practices” to “missing all practices”.

People have to miss stuff sometimes. I hope you all get fired if you ever miss work for any reason whatsoever if this is how you really feel 10 years old should be treated.

No one has a problem with a sick kid missing practice.

The example being discussed is a kid skipping some travel team practices to prioritize other team practices. Nope, not OK. If you want to do this, play rec.

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Also: no one said anything about a kid missing *all* practices.

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Anonymous wrote:It speaks volumes that to make your point that the (three?) previous posters have gone from “missing some practices” to “missing all practices”.

People have to miss stuff sometimes. I hope you all get fired if you ever miss work for any reason whatsoever if this is how you really feel 10 years old should be treated.

No one has a problem with a sick kid missing practice.

The example being discussed is a kid skipping some travel team practices to prioritize other team practices. Nope, not OK. If you want to do this, play rec.

The bolded is just your opinion, not some universally accepted fact. Half the time practice schedules aren’t even known until after a kid has already made a team. Are you seriously suggesting that unless a kid has literally no other activities on their calendars they shouldn’t try out for a travel team?

My high school son’s travel basketball team just called a team meeting to reassure the kids that if they want to also play for their school basketball teams he will work with them because he understands that playing for your school is also important. And that he encourages them to do both. And this is a team that had close to 100 kids try out, so it’s not like he is hurting for players.

My son has also always had to miss some practices (and even games) for each of his two primary sports when the end of one season overlapped with the start of another season. It has never been a big deal. No coach has ever given him any sh!t about it. And in fact they always seem eager to have him back every year.

But I guess we are lucky in that he has always been coached by *actual* adults who prioritize the development and experience of the kids and don’t take it personally that their team isn’t necessarily the only thing these busy kids have going on in their lives. His coaches in elementary school definitely understood that winning is not (and should not be) the point at that age.