What did you want out of this experience, OP?

Look, I have my young kids in plenty of sports and maybe i am doing it wrong but fwiw I am a former collegiate runner and I would not enroll them in a track program unless they really requested it themselves. (And I have enrolled one who requested it in a running club at school).

I didn’t join track until HS but got my running in other sports until then - soccer, field hockey, lacrosse - which was probably better so I didn’t get burnt out. I would also just do pick up races with boys at school for fun, etc.

As a kid, my dad ran (still does) a lot himself, and at one 5K we went to cheer him on at when I was in 8th grade, I just randomly decided on my own, spur of the moment, that I would just run it (not in running clothes or shoes) - won my age group and eventually decided to check it out as a sport in HS. Recently my dad was running a 5K at the beach and my 9 y/o wanted to run it with him. But, my 9 y/o hadn’t trained or anything and I ended up walking most of it with him to keep him company (and said whatever pace he wanted was fine). All these other parents around me were begging their kids to run a bit. I was thinking - did the kids ask to run this race? If not, I wasn’t sure that experience was going to make them LIKE running. (Maybe the parents both really want to do it and they felt they couldn’t leave the kids alone while they did it, idk).

I suppose it’s interesting that they didn’t give times at CYA. Not sure why not. Though I did do a race in another country once and they didn’t really do times because the important thing is that you finished. I liked that.

Anyway I think it’s ok to not like something because it’s disorganized or whatever. But if you need external validation in the form of not having everyone get participation trophies, maybe think about why that is.

So tired of weak conservative snowflakes b!tching about participation trophies. OP - put on your big boy pants and enroll your kid in a serious sport/league, don't get on the internet and whine to the rest of the world because you made a bad decision.

Put it resume and try different sport

Anonymous wrote:Not a big fan of CYA in general but tried their track it was a big mistake.
Dont waste your money. Typical liberal bent where everyone gets a trophy. Just dont do it.

You must live a very difficult life, OP.

Then decline the trophy if you're so offended.

When my child did CYA track it was actually called the Trophy Mile, or something like that. And for some kids, esp younger ones, that mile is a LONG run. So they earned it.

I swear, some of you will literally bitch and whine about anything.

Anonymous wrote:$100 is insanely cheap for any rec sport season. Sounds like a bargain to introduce a kid to track and try some new things. What did you think you were getting for $100?

A guaranteed varsity letters

What exactly were you looking for from this program? Is your kid a fast runner? Otherwise athletic? If not, move on.

Your child had a weekly practice and the chance to do several
meets, for $100? That seems like a good deal to me.

$100 is insanely cheap for any rec sport season. Sounds like a bargain to introduce a kid to track and try some new things. What did you think you were getting for $100?

Anonymous wrote:Who cares - with track they get times. Your kid doesn't need a trophy to see where they fall vis a vis the others.

Actually, CYA track didn't post any times this year. And the ribbons were never given out to most of the participants. The kids get one trophy for completing the mile at the end of the year. It's not really a participation trophy but an accomplishment.

That said, this year's CYA track season was a complete clusterfu*k! For over $100, the kids had practices and ran a total of maybe 1 lap, waited in long lines to throw a shot put or pool noodle (javalin), and ran into a sand box because they were never taught how to actually do the long jump. The kids that performed well in the big meets were never given their correct times or ribbons.

This isn't a serious program...it's just a chance for families to get out on a Sunday and let their kids run around (I mean, listen to the head coach talk).

Who cares - with track they get times. Your kid doesn't need a trophy to see where they fall vis a vis the others.

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Anonymous wrote:Not a big fan of CYA in general but tried their track it was a big mistake.
Dont waste your money. Typical liberal bent where everyone gets a trophy. Just dont do it.

I have heard it was quite disorganized this year. But seriously? Every sport gives participation trophies nowadays, it has nothing to do with being liberal or conservative.

Now every sport doesn’t give trophies either. My kids have played multiple leagues and when there is a championship tournament, only the championship team and sometimes the runner up get trophies

Anonymous wrote:Not a big fan of CYA in general but tried their track it was a big mistake.
Dont waste your money. Typical liberal bent where everyone gets a trophy. Just dont do it.

I have heard it was quite disorganized this year. But seriously? Every sport gives participation trophies nowadays, it has nothing to do with being liberal or conservative.

Not a big fan of CYA in general but tried their track it was a big mistake.
Dont waste your money. Typical liberal bent where everyone gets a trophy. Just dont do it.