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Fair enough. I thought you were suggesting to put winning at the top. We agree that all adds to winning. [/quote]

Here's what I view as the opposite of what I said:

Hey kiddo, you did awesome! Don't worry about the loss because you played really good today, and were clearly the best player on the pitch by far! If your team could just replace players x, y, and z for more players as good as you then you could win more games.[/quote]

And sometimes the above is also true.[/quote]

It is absolutely true on every team that ever suffers a loss.  The losing team always has a player who played the best. And they would have been more likely to win if they traded out their worst players for better ones. But focusing on how much better you could be if you replaced your weakest player is not helpful in developing a winning culture.

Regardless of whether it's a winning team of a losing team, every single team has a "best" player and a "worst" player.  The best players have just as much to work on as the worst players.  So, dismissing a loss just because you were the best player on your team is a great way to stagnate.

If your kid is the most skilled player then help them recognize that they have a great opportunity to work on their "intangibles". Grit, team leadership, developing an ability to make those around them better. None of those important life skills are likely to be developed if a player becomes satisfied with losing by rationalizing that they are playing well individually.[/quote]

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