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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'd talk to the coach with your son. But, I would also be sure that your son is doing everything that the coach is asking field players to do in terms of fitness and conditioning. My child is the same age and his coach requires field players to do 30 minutes of running a day, 50 push ups, 50 sit ups, and 50 burpees.

He is doing everything that's asked of him, but if the issue is that he isn't good on the field, then to me the result of that would be that during the half of the game that he's not in goal (as we agreed) he's watching, and the coach is giving him feedback at some point about what he needs to do to improve as a field player. I'd be OK with that.
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Well, if the issue is technical skills, I agree, but if the issue is fitness, that doesn't make any sense.    But, if he's doing everything that is asked, that's that.[/quote]

I'm not sure I understand.  He's definitely as fit as the other kids.  I don't know enough about soccer to be able to say "he plays as well as the other kids" or "he's the best player".  I mean, when he's in the goal it's obvious, but on the field I can't tell.  But if they're running laps or something I can say for sure that he's got as much or more stamina as the other kids.

But if the issue was that he wasn't fit enough, and wasn't keeping up, why wouldn't coach benching him (for that half) and giving him the feedback that he needs to run outside of practice, or do whatever to improve his fitness if he wants playing time on the field, make sense?

The issue definitely isn't compliance.  If the coach asks him to do something, at practice or outside of practice, he does it.  [/quote]

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