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[quote=Anonymous]Coaching little kid rec soccer is thankless.  I'd have kids refuse to go in because they felt shy, and then the parent would come talk to them and convince them to play, and then the parent would walk the kid up to me on the sideline and be like "ok he's ready to go in now!" and expect me to immediately put him in , as they stood next to me expectantly,  despite the fact that making a sub now would mess up the entire rotation I'm trying to juggle in my head.  Or yes, they'd show up 15min late when I'd had their kid slotted for the first rotation, and then they'd expect me to move around the entire game plan so that their kid still had equal playing time.  Or their kid would refuse to play goalie or defense, and they'd come ask me why their kid wasn't playing as much as other kids who were willing to play any position.  Meanwhile, once I had the flu and sent a team email the day before saying that someone else would need to coach the game ("coach" the game... for 5 year old rec soccer... basically just sub them in and out and tell them they're doing awesome).  Not a single parent would do it!! Apparently they all showed up and stood around and none of them were willing to "coach", so they forfeited the game.  After that I was done listening to "suggestions" of how I could coach differently or play their kid more fairly. [/quote]

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