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[quote=Anonymous]A T-Ball coach is most likely a volunteer and while he/she is excited to help the kids is not someoe formally trained to deal with kids having tantrums and melting down. I have 5 and 6 year olds at tennis throwing their racquets on the court and totally ignoring the coach and their parents do nothing. The coach is a high school/college kid. The only sports program I have enrolled my kid in that has “professional” coaches is soccer and those are still college age adults from the UK or some place else for soccer. It is normal for kids that age to cry and have melt downs and I do think that parents need to pull their kids aside and help them calm down. Fairness is a huge thing at that age and I can see why a kid would be upset that one team got an adult and the other team didn’t. Maybe try and focus on having fun and learning. Practice isn’t aboout keeping score but getting better and playing against an adult should help him get better. My only complaint is when parents don’t step in and remove their crying/tantruming child from a practice. Most of the Coaches, especially on rec teams, are not trained to deal with those issues. They are there to try and teach young kids about a sport that they love and try and help the kids have fun. They don’t have the skills to focus on the kid who is upset or having a tantrum. I have no problem with a kid returning after they have calmed down but please don’t leave it to the coach. OP, it is hard with a kid who is competitive but trying to focus on the idea that they are learning how to play and that it is ok for thigns to not go perfectly. Keep helping yur kid when he is crying. I would only leave practice if he is having a full on tantrum. Crying is a sign of frustration, tiredness, something that can be addressed. A tantrum is somethng a bit different and I would say warrents heading home. [/quote]
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