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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 2114376" data-attributes="member: 26737">You might see if there&#039;s a church league with a team in her age bracket; they tend to be more about the fellowship and having fun than about having a &quot;win at all costs&quot; mentality. I don&#039;t agree with those &quot;we&#039;re not going to keep score, and everybody gets a trophy because he or she can tie his or her shoes, even the kid with the velcro straps&quot; leagues, but at her age, the goal is more about learning sportsmanship and how to be a team player than it is about winning. Hell, I think I learned more on losing teams than I did when I was on dominant teams; you certainly learn more about handling defeat and victory with grace.I&#039;m sorry I don&#039;t have a better suggestion for you, but it sounds like she&#039;ll be better off playing for another team. I certainly wouldn&#039;t want my nieces playing for a coach with that sort of loser&#039;s attitude.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 2114376, member: 26737"] You might see if there's a church league with a team in her age bracket; they tend to be more about the fellowship and having fun than about having a "win at all costs" mentality. I don't agree with those "we're not going to keep score, and everybody gets a trophy because he or she can tie his or her shoes, even the kid with the velcro straps" leagues, but at her age, the goal is more about learning sportsmanship and how to be a team player than it is about winning. Hell, I think I learned more on losing teams than I did when I was on dominant teams; you certainly learn more about handling defeat [I]and[/I] victory with grace. I'm sorry I don't have a better suggestion for you, but it sounds like she'll be better off playing for another team. I certainly wouldn't want my nieces playing for a coach with that sort of loser's attitude. [/QUOTE]

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