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[quote=Anonymous]4th grade son is not good at sports. He has tried a bunch of different sports that friends were doing and while he seems to enjoy himself, he is always the worst on the team.
I thought we were doing the right thing by keeping him active and having him hopefully learn about different sports but the coaches act like it is a personal affront to be saddled with this poor performer. They yell at him, groan and moan, ask me why I signed him up when he doesn't understand a game which he never played before, and so on. These are just rec sports run by our village!
This is starting to affect him because he can see that these grown men are angry with him. One of them even told him he was playing like "dog sh*t"! He said today that he knows he's bad at everything. Which is not true...he's the best math student in his grade according to his teacher! But of course no one is publicizing that fact because it would make the other kids feel bad.
He did try a non-team sport (karate) but he asked to quit after 6 months and I allowed that since he gave it a try.
How are we supposed to help him improve his athleticism without making some coach mad? If we just kept him home wouldn't we also be doing the wrong thing? 
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