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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 8 yo just started basketball and he’s the worst on the team.  But he’s making a lot of progress.  He’s tall so that helps a bit but he’s not aggressive and occasionally loses his man and misses most passes.  We struggle with practicing at home because he is pretty oppositional/meltdown/ocd with us (but not with coaches.).

I feel a bit guilty about dragging down the team, and wonder if the kids will start resenting him too much.  He doesn’t seem to be aware of that yet.  Almost all of the kids have obviously been playing for a couple years.

Maybe try a couple private lessons to see if he can catch up more?  Or just pull the plug and accept he’s not a sporty kid?  [/quote]

My dude.
Please learn from my mistakes.
My kids was pretty good at baseball but my insistence that he be "good" at the age of 8 turned him from a kid that saw baseball as fun into a kid that saw baseball as work.
Right now (until your kid is at least 10 but probably 12), focus on making sure he is having fun.
That will drive him to improve.
Then figure out what you want to do at that point.[/quote]

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