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[quote=Anonymous]I feel like this is really simple.  My kids have played rec for years, and I'm currently the coach of my daughter's team.  There are some clear basic courtesies on both sides:

1. These kids are playing rec (in OP's case it's 1st graders).  There are no stakes - it's for fun!  Not a big deal at all to be flexible if one team has more kids, if kids show up late, if kids don't come, etc.  The most important thing is to get the players playing, developing a bit, learning to be a good teammate, and having a good time.

2.  That said, it's a giant pain when parents don't let you know if their player isn't coming to practice or a game.  I send an e-mail every week with details on that week's practice and game and direct parents to the app that the league provides (it's Sports Engine/DC Soccer Club), asking people to please RSVP in the app to let us know how many players will be there so we're not wondering if we'll have enough players at game time.  And even with all that, there are STILL multiple parents who don't take two seconds to RSVP for their players so we're left wondering if we'll have a full team, need to borrow players, etc.  They tend to not have a problem telling us that the practice is too far away based on the field we could get when signups happened (it's about a 5-10 minute drive for almost everyone) or with making other requests based on the needs of their individual players.  I've asked multiple times in multiple ways to see if anyone wants to volunteer to be a team manager so that I don't have to deal with all the logistics in addition to being the coach and the response is crickets.

All this to say, I understand the frustration when you think your kid is joining a full team and there's never enough players to play, even at first grade.  I also get that it's supposed to be for fun and it's really not a big deal when people can't come.  But please just take a minute to let people know so that we don't have to wait around and wonder.  We're volunteers, we usually have multiple kids with multiple sports that we're juggling, we all work too, and no, you're not busier or more important than anyone else...[/quote]

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