tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post5849347968883365755..comments2023-12-17T16:44:41.905-08:00Comments on AndrewsDad: AndrewsDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03060145267580346676noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-71481781362633462312007-04-19T21:14:00.000-07:002007-04-19T21:14:00.000-07:00The kids all know who won and lost as do most of t...The kids all know who won and lost as do most of the parents. I coach Baseball, Basketball, and Football. (you can keep that commie soccer game for yourself) We have not kept score in any of them yet. I don't know why not in Football and Basketball. Baseball with 5 and 6 year olds would go forever if you waited for three real outs, heck the game clock may run out before the other team ever even made it up to bat. Baseball is much harder to play then basketball and Football. Thats all. I have never had it put to me that our league does not keep score to keep the kids from feeling bad. And yes you are right the kids love to thump another team even when we don't keep score. And they also know when they were thumped. Our job is to teach them respect winning or loosing.<BR/><BR/>I'm always looking out for ways the world is trying to dumb down our kids and beat up on all things about being a tough manly man. This is not one of them. Now banning dodge ball, tag, musical chairs, that is.<BR/><BR/>But even after saying that there is another side. One of my children is very disabled. My wife and I would never try to keep a school from playing dodge ball because our child can't. We would rather find things our child can compete in rather then stop other children from competing. It breaks my heart to see my child fall behind a pack of kids running to do something, our child can't play musical chairs unless of course we made everyone else handicap themselves. That is not what not keeping score is about in Baseball at least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-70799382048183172762007-04-19T19:31:00.000-07:002007-04-19T19:31:00.000-07:00some kids are bad and the kids that are good are h...some kids are bad and the kids that are good are held back by the bad playersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-30341375565851313372007-04-19T14:27:00.000-07:002007-04-19T14:27:00.000-07:00"But the reality is some of these kids are really,..."But the reality is some of these kids are really, really bad and will never ever be anything other than really bad. I am not sure what the point is in encouraging a kid who simply lacks the basic skills to play the game."<BR/><BR/>Uh, that's what coaches do - they teach the game. Perhaps these kids still might enjoy learning the game, or even playing just for fun. <BR/><BR/>Please, don't 'help out' anymore if that's your attitude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com