Quitting a team sports mid-season

[Anonymous]

what should i do if the coach had pulled my daughter up to play high school when shes in her last year of middle school, and she didn't get to play any of her 8th grade year but he pulled up 2 other younger kids that was younger than her for our pg because she tore her acl, etc and my daughter has worked her butt off to play and try and the other kids get too play they're middle school years but also play all 3 divisions in high shcool

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem is it leaves the team short-handed. Depends on the sport, but with multiple sports and conflicts, my son's baseball team has yet to have a sub on the bench this year. That's fine for baseball, but it stinks for soccer or basketball. You've "taken a slot" on the team, and if you decide to quit mid-season, it could screw up the experience for 10 other kids. That is why we follow through on our commitments, we consider others.

That's the lesson here. You misjudged this commitment, but if at all possible, you suck it up and prevent making others pay for your mistake. That said, if DS is really feeling overwhelmed, I'd fine ways to lighten his load. Maybe skip a practice now and then to give him a break.

This. And some teams aren't as short-handed as others, but there's a bonding/team-building aspect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC is 10. He felt overscheduled/overstretched because of doing two sports this season (we're mostly to blame not knowing the commitment level beforehand), and said wanted to focus on just one sport (didn't say which) so he'd have more free time/time to rest. I think he wants a break mentally more than actual free/rest time as he does get plenty of that.

As far as I can tell it has little to do with how the teams do or his own performance.

Parents Stop already with signing small kids up for more than one sport at a time. This is one of the reason the majority of kids quit when they get the chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem is it leaves the team short-handed. Depends on the sport, but with multiple sports and conflicts, my son's baseball team has yet to have a sub on the bench this year. That's fine for baseball, but it stinks for soccer or basketball. You've "taken a slot" on the team, and if you decide to quit mid-season, it could screw up the experience for 10 other kids. That is why we follow through on our commitments, we consider others.

That's the lesson here. You misjudged this commitment, but if at all possible, you suck it up and prevent making others pay for your mistake. That said, if DS is really feeling overwhelmed, I'd fine ways to lighten his load. Maybe skip a practice now and then to give him a break.

Disagree. If it’s making him that miserable he should quit. If the coach didn’t plan for a few kids to quit, or get injured, or otherwise be out for awhile (i.e. if coach doesn’t have enough players) that’s not actually your kid’s problem or responsibility.

Attitudes like PP’s are how you get restaurants guilting people into working when they’re sick. Nope! You should have had more staff, sorry.