I need some advice. DS1 has been playing on soccer leagues since he was 2, but last fall was the first time I signed him up for a competitive league where they play actual games (they don't keep score or have goalies). He loved the practices, but he struggled during the games because he's just not a rough-and-tumble kid and he'd get upset (and sometimes even cry) because he hadn't scored any goals. He finished the season without ever scoring a goal. He'd be sad immediately after each game, but then he'd get over it and be excited about soccer again by the time the next practice or game rolled around. So that was last summer/fall, when he had just turned 4. I was hoping something would change in the past 7 months, but today was his first day of soccer camp and at the end of camp he was once again really upset that he was the only person who didn't score any goals during their scrimmage.
I've always told him to be positive, keep practicing, etc. But now I'm questioning whether I should sign him up for the league again this fall. I understand the value in trying to get better at something, but at what point do you pull the plug and try a different sport? I know if I ask him right now he'd say he wants to play, it's just that he gets so upset at the end of each game it really makes me sad.
I've always told him to be positive, keep practicing, etc. But now I'm questioning whether I should sign him up for the league again this fall. I understand the value in trying to get better at something, but at what point do you pull the plug and try a different sport? I know if I ask him right now he'd say he wants to play, it's just that he gets so upset at the end of each game it really makes me sad.
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