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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A problem with rec soccer is that too many kids miss games because it’s a lower priority than many other things and teams often end up playing short handed. If you are a coach it can drive you nuts. I’ve been a soccer coach and always did my best to communicate to the parents the importance to the team of their kids being at every practice and game so as to not let the team down. Learning to not let a team down is an important early life lesson. Your child is ten and not six so learning about being a team member could resonate for a long time.[/quote]

I’m the most recent poster making argument that this ain’t a huge deal and I stand by that.

But I also wanna say I just read your post and I hear you, too.
You’re A+ in my book for coaching and I’m sure flaking can be a real issue.
But I think you will probably agree that the problem is when every kid does this multiple times for no reason—not once a season after attending ALL other games and practices.
OP seems to understand that it’s ideal to make it to all the games/practices. But in an age where every extracurricular attempts ti get a “lock” on all of a family’s calendar, we all know that sometimes conflicts happen.

So I’m still Team OP on this one.[/quote]

+1, OP isn't suggesting half the games or practices. She's saying they had a prior commitment that conflicts with ONE game.

Also, it sounds like OP and her DD made the commitment to see the show with the grandparents before the soccer games were scheduled. Wy does forcing her to give up the show and attend the game teach her to honor commitments, but skipping the game to attend the show with her grandparents does not? They are both commitments. One is not automatically more important because it involves a team sport. It's rec soccer at a low level. It's really not that important.[/quote]

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