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[quote=Anonymous]My husband coached our three boys until each of them reached travel age. I would say 25-50% of the kids were challenging in some way or another, at least to some degree. Maybe didn't listen, maybe anger management issues, maybe would kick other kids' soccer balls into the woods, maybe super anxious, maybe cried all the time.

But you know what--it's rec. Rec is for everyone equally! My husband made a huge effort to keep drills simple enough that everyone could follow and learn something, while also keeping practice fun.  He split the team into two groups and might have the assistant coach work on one thing, while he worked on another because small groups were generally more effective. If he had a particularly challenging bunch he'd get a second assistant to step in with just keeping things running.

The kids learned and they had fun. With my oldest , from U6-U9 almost no one left the team. At U9 half the kids moved to travel. I'd say these are good signs of success.

EVERYONE gets to play rec. If you disagree, don't bring your kid to rec and, for goodness sake, please don't sign up to coach.

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