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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is on a U10 travel team and he's been training almost daily along with having a personal coach since summer.  He was suppose to move up to the higher level U10 team this spring, but a day ago we heard from the high tier coach his current coach was very unhappy to hear he wanted to leave and made a fuss about it.  So, they are going to leave him on the current team which is well below is skill level.

I've never seen my son so unhappy.  It's borderline depression.  I'm all for facing real life and realizing life isn't fair.  In fact, I'm the parent who makes sure he realizes it.  But, this really hit him hard.  He trains so much with the hopes of getting moved up because his current team has horrible chemistry and they don't even practice outside of team practice (they don't care).  A portion of the players don't even show up to practice or games and the coach doesn't do anything.  It's a mess.

Talent and skill wise he 100% is able to perform well if moved up.  But, he's the best player on his current team so his coach doesn't want to lose him.  I think that's selfish (and I used to coach high school sports along with 3 youth sports).  Should I speak with the coach or leave it alone?  [/quote]

Hang in there! This will pass, that kid of disappointment is real and we have been through something similar.  My kid was moved up 1 year group during tryouts but no promises of 1st or 2nd team. She practiced really hard and wanted to make the 1st team, but when the new season started, new coaches came in and did not add any new players to the 1st team and put all new players on the 2nd team.  There were no changes at all.  My daughter was crushed.  It took about 6 months for her to snap out of her funk.  Here we are mid-year, she is shinning really bright, but no roster changes have occurred, nor do we expect them too.  I think we will be sure of which team she will be placed on before we accept the offer for next year however.  It's kind of a crap shoot at times.  The club seems content to not rock the boat and not demote any players, thus not making room for any new players.  Anyway, keep your chin up, keep finding love for the game and encourage him to keep practicing for spring tryouts are just around the corner![/quote]

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