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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid did not play much this year.   They still enjoyed being a part of a good team, and the practices were mostly good, but there were instances where they were left out during practices, too. As a parent, I saw a significant dropoff in their confidence.  When they did play, they quickly gave up possession because they were so anxious.  By the end of the season, I was so agitated with how they were treated in games that I couldn't watch them anymore.  I'd go for a walk and then make up a few nice things to say to my kid about the game after.  We also spent a lot of money and gave up weekends to travel to tournament where their playing time was less than 20%.  Am I wrong to tell my kid they can't attend their tryouts this year (even though they say they want to try out again)?  The coach may move forward with the kids this year if it matters.  [/quote]

If it's that bad I'd get a different team.  It's difficult to wash off the stink of that kind of treatment.  I know my kid recently had to switch teams, not for playing time reasons, but the coach just wasn't very good, he wanted his daughter to be the center of attention the entire time, though she wasn't very good.  DD ended up playing up a grade level, which means less playing time, but overall, it's a better team.  Even though playing less, I think her confidence has improved.  So two points, playing time isn't necessarily the only metric, but if the coach is cratering your kids confidence, don't let the door hit you in the tail.  It takes a long time to get over that.

Though, even on my daughter's team I can see there are playing time issues with many of the kids not bothering to go to away games.  I get that to.  Sometimes they play tough competition, it doesn't make sense to put in the kid that just doesn't have the reflexes yet to just get clobbered.  No confidence there.

I think the best situations I have seen are when there are enough players to stratify the teams, have two rosters in the leagues and tournaments.  A/B teams so to speak.  It sucks to be a practice only player.[/quote]

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