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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At U14, things get a bit more serious if you are doing travel. By u15, kids are either all in or they leave the sport or do lower level.

Is your team looking to become elite? If so and your kid is not on that page, you need to find a better team for your kid because remaining on the same team will only bring more problems.

[b]BTW, I have never seen a boys or girls team with players who belittle. [/b]I have seen parents belittle players but not parents. [/quote]

Christ, I see this all of the time.  I tell my kids (both starters/fairly leadership types) to tell the badmouthers to knock the sh*t off.  I tell them, look 'when a teammate f*cks up, they know it', they don't need other teammates yelling and trashing them during the game.   A good leader tells them 'man, it's okay', and builds them up.  Nobody plays better with an *sshole harping and yelling at them.  I've been known to directly loudly compliment a player from the sidelines when an *sshole teammate loudly mouths off at them.  It seems to snap them out of their sh*t behavior.

I have seen entire teams break down and start yelling at each other on the field.  That's when you know your team has it in the bag.[/quote]

^My kids are U13 and U16.  In the very young ages, it's immaturity and not just being a d*ck--you can teach them then.  In the older ages, they are just *ssholes who most likely learned it from the parents bad-mouthing their teammates or never heard 'no'.

Really, unless you are at the level of Michael Jordan---who demands you be his level--just shut the f*ck up.[/quote]

Thank you. You should know this really does help the kids!! As the parent of a child whose teammate was saying mean things to everyone recently DC appreciated the parents who spoke out and cheered everyone on.[/quote]

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