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[quote=Anonymous]I'm from TX and my dad and uncles have all worked and/or volunteered as baseball and football coaches. Teams are not where kids learn basic athletic skills.  You need to teach them that stuff at home. By the time they're on a team, they should be able to do the basic skills that are part of that sport.  I felt so bad for the kids whose clueless parents signed them up for baseball when they hadn't bothered to teach them how to bat, throw, or catch. Kids show up not knowing what direction to run in after you've hit the ball.  This is just lazy and dumb parenting that's a set up for failure.

Your husband sounds like a jerk, tbh.  If he's aware of the problems your son is having, why isn't he engaged in helping to figure this out?

I agree with the people who suggested more solo activities like biking, hiking, and archery.  But that will probably mean that you or his dad need to accompany him.

I hate mean kids.  This reminds me to remind my son to do what he can to be inclusive on the playground.  Kids who are naturally athletic are so lucky.  I was always super slow and awkward when I was a little kid.  My goal in life for the annual school-wide field day was to not be last in every single event I was assigned.  To this day I hate gyms because of the trauma![/quote]

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