I'm so upset. I've had it with the bullshit and politics that goes on with kids sports. My 9 year old son came home from football practice in tears last night. The starting center got hurt at practice last night and instead of putting in my son, who has been playing center for two years now, they put in one of the coaches sons who just started playing center this year! Nick is getting so discouraged, when I ran out of things to say to him last night to try to comfort him all I could do is sit and cry with him. He knows he's getting cheated, and so do we. We had this problem last year too. They never put him in as center with the starting offence, but they did make him play center with the younger kids which opened Nick up to a lot of teasing from his teammates. Now I look at the starting line up, both offence and defence and see 11 kids, 11 of the coaches kids (yes, we have 11 coaches for our team). We got a new director this season who made lots of changes in how much play time each kid gets (10 plays per kid, no more bench warmers), you can't have all of the same kids who play starting offence play starting defense. Well, the coaches are still finding ways around it. It broke my heart to hear my son say things like, "I'm always second best", "I work so hard and for what", " I wish I could quit" "RJ go it just because his Dad is a coach". So they have him playing guard, and not even starting, the secondary. So not only can't he start in the position he's worked so hard for, they put him in a different position and the secondary! I really want to let the coaches have it but I'm afraid that it will only make things harder on Nick AND most of these coaches are my sons friends fathers and you think they would cut him a little slack and give him a chance. He's a good player, not a great player, but he's good and he belongs there, he never misses a practice, is always on time, even early. Never gives anyone attitude or is disrespectful. I can't wait until high school, at least I know that's when the "Dad's as coaches" comes to a stop. I won't let Nick quit, we have a rule; you finish what you start, but you don't have to do it again. I need to pump him up, keep him motivated, and keep his confidence intact. And I need to calm down before 5:45 PM today when I take him to practice. Sorry for the rant, but you got me through the bullying problem last year, so here I am again.
God this sucks.



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you attitude is good in this situation. It is important for athleats to realize why their competitors are trying to get better than them, and why their parents are helping them out too much. If he really loves the game he will focus more on his own training goals, and less on the position he is given. Also through training and patience he will eventually surpass those who have been unjustly given advance ahead of him. Not caring about your competitors is very important as the only real competitor is oneself.
Wow...I've never heard of that!!

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