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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My answer changes if it’s a boys or girls sport. Boys’ sport + nepo coaches= I would basically never be there without a book and headphones. And if I wasn’t there DH would tell everyone that I got a work promotion and was slammed.

Girls’ sport + nepo coaches= I’d find 1-2 parent friend/allies and visibly be with them a lot so that everyone was aware I wasn’t a lone wolf and couldn’t pick me off as the weakling. in other words, play it like it’s middle school lunch. I would also bend over backwards trying to find another club, which I know isn’t always a workable answer. My DD does an intense insane sport and girls change clubs even while recruiting. It’s always supposedly shocking because “no one changes clubs”, and yet they do, every year.

The feeling of being outside the clique as an athlete is one to examine closely. [b]Sometimes you can love a sport but its entire culture is a bad fit for you. [/b]We experienced that with another child with lacrosse and realized that if he encountered the same culture and types of people in 1st grade, 5th grade, 9th grade, etc., and he didn’t mesh with them, it was not going to get better in high school or college. I know other families that pulled out of hockey and competitive dance for this reason.[/quote]

This is not the case for kid. Club (esp every other year when the makeup of the team doesn't include certain kids who play up) and the showcase/clinic scene has been great. It's some of the Club and the HS team, which have a LOT of crossover with players and coaches. [/quote]

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