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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To clarify, he HAS gotten 50% playing time the majority of games (several games he has gotten less). But he always starts on the bench. I think psychologically it’s messing with him. He works just as hard as the others, attends all practices, plays multiple positions well, he is a good teammate (not ball hog), and he loves the game. My biggest fear is this will demoralize him and change how he feels about playing. Especially since he’s only 10.

Thanks for the feedback. I’m glad so many people agree that the unchanging lineup is inappropriate at this age. We will make a plan to provide feedback to the coach and have a contingency plan if he doesn’t take it well.

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Talk in person and then follow up with an email about the conversation and cc they age group director on the email so they have a record of it and normally makes coaches take you more serious.

I will say, complaining about not starting but playing 50% won't go far even if that's dumb. The coach is doing the bare minimum to not get in trouble. Definitely have a conversation and then start looking at other clubs over winter and make the move mid year or have another team lined up before tryouts. [/quote]
Or have your kid do extra work at home and improve. He needs a super power. They all have one. Mine was easy. Speed. If he is not a speedster make him the best Passer/best Touch/ best Dribbler on the team by working at home. The answer is not always leaving, complaining about coach to Director etc... sometimes the answer is putting in extra work. Especially when he is young enough (10) to become very very good at this game with just some extra practice on his own. If he were not playing, I agree move... but if he is playing half the game... Work work work. It won't go to waste even if you end up moving down the road he will be a more technical player able to back himself on any team.[/quote]

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