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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And I can't help but root against the first team.   [/quote]

That's sad.[/quote]

No it isn't. Screw the A team that didn't want the B team player. Do you think Jordan rooted for the varsity HS team when he didn't make it? No, he hoped they failed to drive home the mistake he felt they made by playing him on JV.

And no bench player is rooting for the success of the starter either. They are always hoping that they fail so that they get their opportunity. Eff the starters, eff the A team has to be how a player looks at it. Sorry if it hurts your feelings but there are many kids rooting for your kids failure. [/quote]

I played many different sports when I was a kid. On some teams, I was a starter; on others I rarely played, but enjoyed being part of the team nonetheless. I never rooted against the success of my teammates.

It wasn't a mistake to put your kid on the B team. You're clearly a B-team parent as well.[/quote]

If you aren't rooting for failure in order to get an opportunity then you are not driven. Opportunity comes both through ones own hard work and the opportunity presented by the failure of another. If you accept that you are a sub or a B team player then you are one.

Players who want to be on the A team or be a starter view their teammates as the competition anything less then you are accepting being a role player. [/quote]

This is B team mentality right here. If you were A-team material, you'd be angling how to make yourself better and indispensable to A-team. You'd be working on skills, training and putting in the work. IF the only way you succeed is through someone else's failure, you were never good enough to begin with. [/quote]

I did say the B team player needs to work on their game so that when opportunity comes they cash it in. But in either event the B team player should view the A team or the A team sub should view the starter as the competition. You don't cheer for them. Screw them[/quote]

You know what else coaches don't want? The self-absorbed kids who can't coalesce with a team. They're hard to coach and terrible for morale. I think maybe singles tennis or golf should be your thing. [/quote]

I think when that former B team player or sub over takes your kid you will have the right mentality to accept her new role as cheerleader. She can spend her time improving morale while watching.[/quote]

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