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[quote=Anonymous]My 6 yo son just started soccer. For the first two classes, one kid would pick on him, doing things like throwing the ball hard at his face or shoving him down. The coach never sees it. He's got about 14 kids running around doing different stuff. It really upset my son. I told him to tell the kid to stop, or tell the coach. And to whatever extent possible, just keep his distance. He told the kid to stop, but the boy didn't.

After the second practice, I talked tithe coach and told him what was going on. I just asked him if he could keep an eye on aggression outside the game rules. But he still didn't do anything. They were all sitting by the goal talking for some reason and this boy just kicked my kid in the face (coach didn't see).  (FWIW, the kids mother drops him off for practice and goes running).

So when I saw this, I was about to walk all the way across the field and tell the kid to stop. But my son suddenly hauled off and tackled to kid and started hitting. The coach saw THAT and yelled at my kid.

Done. That boy stopped bothering my son.   But I feel mixed emotions about what happened. I'm glad that kid stopped bothering mine, but hate it had to be stopped by my son hitting.  I talked to my son afterward, but I gave confusing messages, I'm sure.

What would you have done? How could I have handled this situation better?

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