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[quote=Anonymous]At this point maybe the best thing to do is emphasize to your DS that it doesn't matter at all whether he makes a team or not and that the second and third tryouts are basically just two chances to play some extra soccer beyond his rec practices. In other words, these are special, privileged hours when wins and losses aren't on the line and when the only thing that's important is the experience of playing the game, potentially on a nice field with good coaches. All of that may be impossible to convince him of, but I do think it's a good idea to continue with the tryouts, as you said, so that he has a a different experience to dislodge the unhappy first tryout from his brain. At the subsequent tryouts, maybe give him something simple to focus on such as "go hard to the ball whenever it's within 15 feet."

Signed,
Former anxiety-plagued travel soccer player who scored an own goal with his back at a do-or-die tryout 25 years ago (and still played in college, if I'm bragging) [/quote]

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