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[quote=Anonymous]You do realize soccer is a team sport, don’t you?  That means the team will win or lose based on multiple kids’ actions. It also means a forward and Gk are generally not competing for playing time.

We have a group of kids and parents we are friendly with, including a few that have moved to other clubs. We are positive during games, but, yes, we will talk afterwards within our family about who played poorly and why. I want our kid to learn from that, so they avoid the same mistakes and also can help out their friend. We praise teammates’ play even more frequently. I have found the most important part is not to talk about the outcome (a goal scored, a missed shot, a turnover in front of our goal), but what led to it (a great through ball, a bad pass, a teammate not helping out on defense).

The only time it gets a little edgy is when a kid has a bad attitude, is blaming teammates, etc. then we’ll be a little more pointed. But we’re generally not friendly with those kids’ parents. [/quote]

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