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Originally Posted by dsqrddgd909
7 years ago. First game back in coaching after a 15 year hiatus. Brand new team - 5/6 grade, small school, my point guard was a 2nd grader. Played a well coached, experienced team, lost 50-2. Parents were fine, players were fine, opposite coach was fine, I felt like puking - I thought our team would never want to play again.
Not these kids (or kids in general I think). They were happy to practice the next time and I think we wone 3-4 games out of 12 that year.
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I remeber a CYO game where our mostly 4th and 5th grade boys team was put in a division made up almost entirely of all 6th grade boys. The opening game was a 46-0 defeat. Oddly, the kids didn't seem to mind. Although the team went winless that year, the boys never gave up regardless of what was on the scoreboard; that's one of the reasons I like being involved on that level.