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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your impression of your husband is bad if you are looking at him as a scapegoat for your son liking soccer any more.

Talk to the kid without blaming your husband.

A kid should be tough to handle a little criticism, especially when as you say you don't even see it as criticism.

If Jan--July birth find another sport, if Aug-Dec finding another team for next year should be easy.[/quote]

"If Jan--July birth find another sport" - why would you say this, you think a few months makes that big of a difference and can never be circumvented by skill? [/quote]

If OP‘s kid is struggling right now, it is possible that with upcoming tryouts he will be bumped down a team by older kids repeating U11. From what OP described, being moved down might kill her son‘s motivation altogether. It’s probably worth at least considering that possibility as it could be a good way to gauge how much the kid actually likes soccer. A kid who loves it is still going to want to play even if they’re not on the top team.

If I were OP, I would try to find out if the coach is maybe saying things when parents aren’t around that are killing her son‘s confidence or making him not want to go to practice. This happened on my son‘s team last year with a kid who quit midway through the season. Turned out the coach was saying horrible things to the kids. We switched to a different club even before we knew the full extent of it because we were not interested in another year with a toxic coach. If it is a coaching issue, OP should try to find out if that coach is staying with the team next year and if so, start looking around now before tryouts. Moving to a new team could help with confidence and motivation if the coach is in fact the problem.[/quote]

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