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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does your 8 year old's soccer team cut players? [/quote]

Yes, my daughters U8 team has tryouts.  What is your point?[/quote]

Well this is off topic to the thread...but treating sports like that at age 8 is so unwise. 8 year olds should be in the DEVELOPMENTAL phase. Cutting kids at that point gives some kids an inflated sense of their abilities and could discourage others from continuing with the sport. What's going to happen to the little 8 year old whiz on the soccer field who thinks she/he is the best because they stood out at 8 when their small nimble size advantaged them...but then other kids grow big and strong and they stay small? Point is at 8 all competition should be is completely for FUN if it even exists at all. People in this area work so hard to feed their egos on their very young children's "abilities" that they lose all sight of reality.

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Well I started t-ball at age 6 and there were cuts in baseball and softball every year starting at 7yrs old.  Back in the 80's when it was completely normal to get cut from sports and dance if you weren't good enough.  Before the copter moms came to be in the 2000's[/quote]

Well that's sad and misguided because a person's skill in a sport at 7 is not always a good indicator of their skill in a sport at 17.[/quote]

Well obviously but there are teams for all different levels and abilities.  And if you couldn't make the worst teams at age 7, that is a good indicator you need to A.  practice more and better luck next time or B. Find a new sport that you could be good at.

Nowadays parents put their kids in sports as a social event and there are whiny brats out there that don't even want to play or be there.  And somehow the coach must play them the same amount of time.  Way too PC on the sports lately.  All so uncoordinated, rather be home, Jimmy can play while his mom yaks it up on the sidelines and doesn't even pay attention. And then look - yay!  We all got a trophy!!"   Teaches such a great lesson.   :roll: [/quote]

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