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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our team forgot my 9-10 DD during paper plate awards last year even though she went to every swimmer. They have the kids sit by the coaches separate from the parents for awards. It was so hard when they got to the next age group up and then the next and I had to watch my DD's face as she first was confused and then crushed. She was at every practice and meet but wasn't a standout.

That is great parenting and great coaching. 
At the very end when everything was breaking up, an assistant coach saw my DD, realized her mistake, and tried to give her one of the little gag gifts that were for special shoutouts. To DD's credit, she said no thank you, thanked the coaches, and we left.

Banquet season sucks.[/quote]

Very proud of your daughter. She was disrespected by being forgotten. Absent an apology from the coaches and team reps, I would have looked to switch teams.[/quote]

Um...how about explaining to her that people make mistakes? The week of divisionals is absolutely insane in terms of behind the scenes preparations for divisionals itself, regular practices, and all the prep that goes into the awards ceremony. I did not appreciate what a gigantic effort it entails until a few summers ago.[/quote]

Make a frickin checklist with all the kids names.  It’s not that hard.  [/quote]

I agree. Offering a joke award to cover for such a lapse just amplifies the mistake. Someone should have a list of names that corresponds to the paper plate awards. A genuine apology from the head coach was owed, but it sounds like that didn't happen.

If that happened to my kid, I would have an unkind word with the head coach, especially if I was a team rep.[/quote]
Agreed.  "A lot going on" is not an excuse for a lapse like that, not when it leads to excluding a kid.  That's the kind of thing that needs to take precedence.

We do paper plate awards and last year, three of our junior coaches - all teenage boys - sat down one afternoon and made every single award.  They were all personal.  They got a standing ovation when our head coach told everyone at the banquet.[/quote][/quote]

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