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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t see any child as a “threat”.  Who the hell are you people?  What world do you live in?

I’m guessing you are all at Clubs that put a heavy emphasis on team placement vs development.  Clubs where people are stepping on one another for some perceived glory of an A team spot.

It’s what I tell my kids, your competition isn’t some other kid in Loudoun or McLean or Arlington.  If it is, you are limiting yourself.  There are kids all over this country a million times better than anyone in your Club, or the local DA.  We won’t even start on a Internationally.

My kids want to be the best they can be.  They aren’t comparing themselves to anyone in the Club.  They don’t care so much what the team is doing.  For instance, if the team won but they didn’t play well that day-they are upset.

If it helps you to think people aren’t charting your kid’s development course for you because they are jealous or see your kid as a threat, you have a really inflated view of your child’s talent.

My kids do their own thing to achieve their own goals which aren’t to be on some A team in this area.  [/quote]

+100

If it were a friend or a parent I had a good relationship I definitely share information, but to just anyone on a team--no.  Why should I?  I agree with the sentiment expressed above.

Too many parents are misguided and so their kids are as well.  They don't see the big picture which is much bigger than their local Club and its 6 teams.  If you want your kid to have perfect first touch, understand the field and have good ball skill---you are going to have to focus on that outside of the Club setting.  Clubs around here develop teams beginning at age 7/8.  They don't develop individuals. The kid is useless once he has to rely on his own skill and tryout elsewhere without the networking his parents have established.[/quote]

You are your own competition.  The best don't compare themselves to others.  They seek perfection in themselves.  They are their own worst critic.  Worrying about everyone else around your and team placement in your early years only limits your development.  You do you.[/quote]

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