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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Appreciate all the responses. I’m upset about my kid’s lack of playing time because he’s upset. It’s so obvious that it’s demoralizing for him. Moping little kids are kind of pathetic.  My spouse is more of the ‘what do the rules say’ so I’m curious on both fronts.

In this case, I’m well aware he’s in the bottom quarter of the team in performance, but I think playing 50% of a game where there’s only 8 kids in attendance seems low.  I also don’t love that he never starts and kids who are late to warmups (ie show up at game time) start before him.  And he’s on the bench for such long stretches (15+ minutes) that it seems like it would be hard to perform well after that.

We know he’s not that great of a player, but he seems to love it and I do think he can improve if he’s not run out of the sport.

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While U10 is more about development than winning, winning is still a thing.

The reality is that travel playing time at all levels is earned and not "expected". Some coaches may differ on what "earned means". For some coaches playing time is earned in practice and others it is earned game by game. Some coaches will play the first half evenly in minutes but the second half is earned based on first half performance.

It sounds like you know that your kid is near the bottom of the roster talent wise. Well, stop moping about a game minutes and start focusing in practice and getting in work away from practice. You are simply finding out that simply showing up isn't enough. Talk to the coach about what improvements need to be made to get more playing time. There are likely a few easily achieved things with some extra work.

All that said, it really doesn't matter what we all think the expectations should be, what matters is what your kids coach's expectations are and whether or not your kid can meet those expectations. Find out and work for them. This isn't rec and there are no rules that you can use to get your kid on the field if the coach doesn't think your kid is CURRENTLY good enough. [/quote]

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