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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this softball or lacrosse? I can’t think of another sport with parent coaches and cuts.

If it’s a team where a parent coach submits a set roster to the league (basketball comes to mind) and there are only X teams with Y kids permitted and you have one guaranteed team slot, that’s going to be a mess. If teams are unlimited but roster spots are capped, recruit enough girls for a second team and split the team.

Bottom line, you can’t cut this girl and maybe roster somehow needs to be expanded. One extra kid will not ruin everything and if it’s a league with limited roster spots permitted, this kind of thing will happen every year/season and is a good reason to NOT have parent coaches after elementary school. [/quote]

The age and time of the year line up with county basketball. I would not carry too many kids because there isn’t enough playing time to go around (regardless of sport). Just cut some kid you don’t know. Your DH is volunteering a ton of time, so he gets to make roster decisions [/quote]

Yup, sounds like its tryouts for a MS basketball team.

Which, I get; they are competitive.

But it will be better for her to play rec if she's not going to succeed as the more competitive level.  Giving her a spot on a team where all her teammates and all her competitors are better than her is more cruel in the long run.

Rec basketball is great for the rec player.  Playing time requirements and most kids experience some success on the court[/quote]

Rec bsaketball is great for a rec player.  No question about that.
But being on a team with a good friend and a coach who knows you and your family well is far, far more important for a grieving 11 year old than the comparative basketball abilities of her teammates.[/quote]

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