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Kids who do “travel” sports all kill selves in their 20s now
| clothmo | 04/01/26 |
| dupa | 04/01/26 |
| George Jetson | 04/01/26 |
| dupa | 04/01/26 |
| Richard Ames | 04/01/26 |
| Bogdanoff | 04/01/26 |
| .,.,...,..,.,..:,,:,......,;:.,.:..:.,:,::,. | 04/01/26 |
| Bogdanoff | 04/01/26 |
| .,.,...,..,.,..:,,:,......,;:.,.:..:.,:,::,. | 04/01/26 |
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Date: April 1st, 2026 9:34 AM Author: clothmo plan accordingly gibberish and dupa
https://x.com/drantbradley/status/2039306657566474462?s=46 |
Date: April 1st, 2026 9:40 AM Author: dupa “Elite” youth sports is a deranged culture. It’s terrible for kids mental health and families overall.
Last year I moved my older kids to a club with a strong team but a culture that understands that kids have lives outside of soccer. The message I try to send them is that soccer is a fun activity and that’s it. I don’t want them to feel any pressure to perform well on the field out of obligation to someone else or that their value as a person is in any way tied to their athletic achievements. |
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Date: April 1st, 2026 10:11 AM Author: George Jetson My son does travel soccer and he enjoys it, but some of the parents act like their kid is going to the world cup.
Example of this-our travel club breaks down into three levels- ECNL, Challenge, Classic. Within Challenge and classic, there are red and blue teams, with blue being the better of the two. My son isn't a world beater, but is ok, so he was ok being placed on classic. Within the classic, he missed the day they evaluated for blue vs. red, so he was placed on red. Little disappointed, but it's 12 year old soccer, so we told him to suck it up life isn't always fair. Coach realizes he should've been on blue, so he ends up playing in both red and blue games, which means that we've gone to a lot of soccer games since January.
The parents of some of the kids on blue are absolutely insane. For some reason, they like my kid because he's decent, but if any other red kid plays in a blue game, they get irate. Once, for a tournament, the club mixed red and blue together and had like half and half for two teams in a tournament and both teams lost a game and some of these parents refuse to have their kid even play on a mixed team any so little timmy doesn't have to play with kids who aren't good. Even if a blue player makes a mistake, they get pissed and throw their hands up like wtf is this kid doing.
Blue and red players are in same "pool" so we're all on a single group chat to coordinate games. Parents of blue and red are arguing about why the club seems to focus on blue team and not red etc. One time, a substitute coach had to coach a game and that coach sat on his phone the entire time during the game. Parents complained like you would not believe and one kid's parents didn't let him play in the next game to "punish" the club for the substitute coach's behavior. Like dude, who gives a shit. |
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Date: April 1st, 2026 10:22 AM Author: dupa Spoiler alert: you have your kid playing at a toxic club. You have the right values but I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment of a lunacy of the parents. I left the “academy” scam. Current club also has 3 levels at every age and in both genders. But they don’t have an elite league badge like ECNL, GA or MLS Next. My kids are on their top teams which sound like a similar level as the team your son is on. I’d just much rather that be the top teams which sound at a club rather than the 2nd or 3rd team with insane striver parents and a club that sees you jus as revenue. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5852294&forum_id=2#49785643) |
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Date: April 1st, 2026 10:27 AM Author: Richard Ames These people are just losers. They probably just want some way to brag to their "friends" and are using their kids for this purpose. Very sick world. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5852294&forum_id=2#49785658) |
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Date: April 1st, 2026 9:43 AM Author: Bogdanoff there are so few routes left to maek it, what else do you want them to do? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5852294&forum_id=2#49785530) |
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Date: April 1st, 2026 9:51 AM Author: .,.,...,..,.,..:,,:,......,;:.,.:..:.,:,::,. Sports, gambling on sports, and slutting it up on Onlyfans are the only career paths for kids these days (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5852294&forum_id=2#49785548) |
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Date: April 1st, 2026 9:52 AM Author: Bogdanoff dont forget becoming a streamer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5852294&forum_id=2#49785552) |
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Date: April 1st, 2026 10:23 AM Author: .,.,...,..,.,..:,,:,......,;:.,.:..:.,:,::,. A damn fine career (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5852294&forum_id=2#49785650) |