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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP my son was always a great athlete, but a quiet shy guy, who didn't really grow til senior year.

Our neighborhood dad coaches never played him and treated him like shit.

He came from a private to his large public HS varsity lax freshman still tiny, coach saw him play on a rec indoor team and reached out. Well by senior year he hated the parents so he quit.

Turns out Divison 1 wanted him anyway LOL. Played div 1 all four years of college his choice and he grew LOL....

OP bottom line I know a lot of people think sports are the be the end all but seriously LAX or soccer LOL. My kid understands this as well.

I agree with previous posters tennis, swimming, shot put, and golf running all great for anyone.

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We have some real a-hole dads on the sidelines of my kids Club games.  And, it's crazy because out of all of them--I am the only one that played the sport at a completive level--with National championships, club and college (female).  It is painful to hear their game analysis and critiques, but what bothers me to no end is the way they talk about other players (other peoples kids!!).  As someone with knowledge of the sport, I can tell you that some of their kids may be big for now (looking at mom and dad prob not for much longer) but they lack game awareness, positioning, intelligence and first touch.  They incessantly kiss the coach's *ss and the pecking order really is which parent has the straight-line to the Coach or TD's ear and the number of kids in the program.  So on top of having a late bloomer, for being a 'normal sport parent' and never bothering the coach or communicating other than 'johnny sprained his ankle and will be out this week', etc. it's even tougher path for the kid.  We don't play that game in our house and really the kids by high school know who is there because of those games and who is there because they deserve it by their play.  It really does drive the love out of the game for kids (and parents:)).

I look for coaches and clubs with as little the amount of BS as possible.  I find with boys by U17/18/19 (junior and senior years) all of that nonsense has washed out and it does become about the player.

My oldest also dealt with this crap, but my end of Junior year he was communicating back and forth with D1 coaches and invited to campus for personal tours, recruited, etc.  He really had such a love for the game, no matter how many times he was blatantly screwed over or knocked down, he didn't give up.  [/quote]

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