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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the Title should be "Why Results Don't Mean Anything at U12...if your kid wants to play DA at U16 or play HS soccer or play college or pro and your kid is mature enough to understand this at 11-12 years old..."  Because I don't give a crap what anyone says...results matter to a 11-12 year old.  Kids need to win to stay involved.  They are not going to stay with something that they feel they suck at.  There are all different teams out there.  If your team is losing, find a crappier team to scrimmage or play against to get that all important W!  Don't get me wrong, I believe that we all learn more from losing than winning, but don't blanketly state that results don't matter.[/quote]

it depends on kids. My older one does not really care about game result even when he was at age 9 and continue to work hard regardless. my little one cares a lot.[/quote]

Agreed. It also depends on coaching, on parents, on the expectations we create, on the overall social environment, and on much else.

My kid's team is losing more than winning this season, but her coach is positive and she's improving so much. Her teammates are friendly and supportive, as are the parents. She just loves playing.

Of course she'd prefer to win, but the results don't matter to her much at all. She'd much prefer to stay on this team with a losing record, rather than go back to either her team that won every game in a blowout -- but where she wasn't learning much at all -- or to her very competitive team with the very angry coach. They won a lot, but it was so stressful that she almost quit rather than deal with the negativity. [/quote]

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