Reply to Stop forcing your kids to play team sports

Forum Index » Sports General Discussion

Reply to "Stop forcing your kids to play team sports"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a 9 year old on my son's baseball team (kids are 9 and 10) who is absolutely terrified of getting hit by the ball. He stands in the back corner of the box and as soon as the pitcher releases the ball he backs out. He looks terrified and miserable. His first 20 at bats he never even swung the bat. He finally swung once with his eyes closed after his dad promised him $20 to swing. I heard his dad talking about signing him up again next year because this is the only sport he plays. Why, just why?[/quote]

They're 9.  They're learning.  Sounds like he's made progress.  I agree that parents should do something if their kid is misbehaving (what the pp describes is not that) but I disagree that kids who don't have it all together at 9 shouldn't even be there.  Geesh.[/quote]

The kid hasn't made progress, his fear is cemented in now. Last game the umpire had to repeatedly tell him to keep both feet in the batters box because he tried to put one for outside to start with. The kid shouldn't be playing baseball. Maybe golf would be a better sport for him since the ball doesn't move. I think the parent is torturing his kid who clearly doesn't want to play baseball. If it were the first games of the season it would be one thing but the season is ending where we live. I have a fear of horses. I took 3 lessons and every lesson my fears grew. If I were made to go be near horses twice a week, I would be miserable.and no way would Inwant to do it the following year. Not every kid needs to play team sports[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics