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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, coaches support multi-sport players. Kids are expected to finish out their fall sport (football, soccer, etc). Once fall sports end, coaches expect them to prioritize the county team time commitments dover any other team.

My son's 5th gr team had an AAU player who tried to do both but the coach would not play kids if they were late or missed practice the previous week without a good reason and so he barely played the first half of the season, then he quit the team because his parents were piqued that he wasn't playing. He didn't know what they were running bc he skipped practice for AAU practices, [b]so he didn't add any value to the team. [/b]
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LOL.  You’re talking about 5th graders.  Thanks for being part of the problem.[/quote]

What problem? Encouraging kids to honor their commitments to their team?

5th graders need to attend practices for their teams so they know what's going on in the games. A kid can be great, but if he goes into the game and doesn't know what to do when the coach yells out a play or a press or an offense, he is hurting his team.[/quote]

Sports for 5th graders is supposed to be fun.  There is no “hurting his team” at this age.[/quote]

Its fine to have that approach for 5th grade! Those families should play rec league where you get to play whether you skip practice or not.

If a kid doesn't go to travel basketball practice, it hurts his team. Putting him out on the court is not fair to the other 10 players who attended practice and learned what they were supposed to learn. [/quote]

Keep being ridiculous.  You’re the type of parent who is ruining youth sports in this country.

Again, there is no hurting the team at this age.  Do you know why?  Because whether it’s rec league or “competitive” (LOL btw) these kids are 10 years old and it doesn’t effing matter.[/quote]

If "doesn't effing matter" to you, just sign your kids up for house ball. It doesn't matter, right? [/quote]

It’s not that it doesn’t matter *to me* - it doesn’t matter *at all*.  Seriously, what do you nincompoops think is going to happen if your prepubescent children don’t win the game on Friday because little Timmy practiced basketball with his other team this week?  Or God forbid, went to practice for a completely different sport?  You think the college scouts in attendance aren’t going to offer Billy that scholarship?

Taking sports too seriously at too young of an age (and 5th grade definitely qualifies) is ultimately just setting your kids up for failure.  But you do you, and good luck to your kids.[/quote]

I'm not the PP but your point is absurd. Signing up and making a select team means you have certain requirements and responsibilities. If your kid doesn't show up for a single rec practice your kid is going to play the same amount as the kid that does. Not exactly fair but thems the rules. At the select level, there is no playing requirement. Generally every kid plays but some more than others. It isn't about taking the sport to seriously but learning actions have consequences. Don't show up to games and practices don't expect to play as much. Just wait until you run across the kid in select that is really good, has numerous conflicts on practices and games, shows up and plays the entire game because they are just head and shoulders better than anyone else. Happens all the time.

If you don't want to be serious about a sport than go play rec because lots of other people want to take it more serious. Sorry that offends you.
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The county team coaches are all volunteers and most of them are busy parents taking time away from their families to coach your kid. For five months.
Not showing up for practices is incredibly disrespectful to them. Basketball is not like soccer-you can't wing it: you need to know specifically what YOU are supposed to be doing when the coach calls out plays and plans. This is especially true for 5th graders who need a lot of repetition to follow the plan.[/quote]

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